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University of Waterloo Wcms API

The Wcms API from University of Waterloo — 8 operation(s) for wcms.

University of Waterloo Wcms API is one of 12 APIs that University of Waterloo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Wcms. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.4, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca.

8 operations 8 paths 4 schemas 8 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.4
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

University of Waterloo Wcms API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — Custom API key authentication

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Wcms 8
GET
/v3/Wcms
Retrieves information about all active and published WCMS sites
→ 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/{id}
Retrieves information about a specific WCMS site by Site Id
1 param → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/latestnews/{maxItems}
Retrieves the latest news items across all WCMS sites, ordered by posted date
1 param → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/latestevents/{maxItems}
Retrieves the latest events items across all WCMS sites, ordered by event start date
1 param → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/latestposts/{maxItems}
Retrieves the latest blog post items across all WCMS sites, ordered by posted date
1 param → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/{id}/news
Retrieves all news items for a specific WCMS site by Site Id
3 params → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/{id}/posts
Retrieves all blog post items for a specific WCMS site by Site Id
3 params → 200
GET
/v3/Wcms/{id}/events
Retrieves all event items for a specific WCMS site by Site Id
3 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SiteEvent (18 properties), SiteBlogPost (11 properties), Site (9 properties), SiteNews (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SiteNews
object
Model representing News data associated to a Site in the WCMS
8 properties
SiteBlogPost
object
Model representing a WCMS blog post item
11 properties
Site
object
Model representing a Site on the Waterloo CMS
9 properties
SiteEvent
object
Model representing a WCMS Event item
18 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-waterloo-wcms-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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