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University of Waterloo Open Data Initiative

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The University of Waterloo Public Data API allows anyone to build applications using data from the University of Waterloo websites. The API currently features more than 25 methods of accessing various datasets accross the University of Waterloo network.

About this Repository

Note: This repository only servers as a tracker.

Please refer to the contributing section for more information.

Accessing the API

All calls are made to the following URL with the required parameters for a given service.

http://api.uwaterloo.ca/public/v1/

In order to make an API call, you must have a valid API Key

Documentation

API docs can be viewed by clicking on a dataset from the left sidebar on http://api.uwaterloo.ca/

Contributing

This repository will serve as a progress and request tracker for the API. If you would like to offer your suggestions or report any misfindings, simply create a new issue from the issues tab and assign it an appropriate label.

Categories

Restrictions

Usage

Currently, the API requests are restricted to 5000 calls per month for a given key. This number may increase in the future.

If your implementation of the API requires additional requests, feel free to contact us regarding the removal of your limit.

Data

The intent of data offered through this API is limited to publicly visible data only. Private data such as student specific information is out of the API's scope.

Licensing

The data from the API is offered under the Open Data License Agreement v1.0 for the Univeristy of Waterloo. Please refer below to read more about the licensing info.

https://uwaterloo.ca/open-data/university-waterloo-open-data-license-agreement-v1

Contact

If you have any inquiries or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at:

email

Please consider subscribing to our mailing list in order to recieve updates on the API and follow discussions

https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/opendata