API Reference

API endpoint: http://api.utdnebula.com/

The Nebula API allows you to query for data regarding UTD class sections as sourced from Coursebook.

API key is in the HackUTD server in the #project-nebula-general chat.

Authentication

Every request to the Nebula Data API requires a valid API key included in the HTTP header Authorization.

GET /v1/sections HTTP/1.1
Authorization: apikey

An example of code that would search for sections with course number 2020 and print the output to the console:

fetch('https://api.utdnebula.com/v1/sections/search?course_number=2020', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'dd1h55UQUb8x5nQIPW2iJ1ABaIDx9iv7',
  },
}).then((resp) => {
  resp.json().then((json) => {
    console.log(json);
  });
});

Sections

Sections are specific instantiations of a course with a unique section ID⁠—for example, ACCT 2301 would be a general course classification, while acct2301.001.21f would represent an instance of ACCT 2301, taught by a professor at a specific time during the Fall 2021 semester. An API request with acct2301.001.21f would return data similar to that shown by Coursebook for ACCT 2301.001 during term 2021 Fall.

/v1/sections/id

Value	Description	Example
id	Section Name	acct2301.001.21f

Returns
{
    "term": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "course_number": "string",
    "school": "string",
    "location": "string",
    "activity_type": "string",
    "class_number": "string",
    "days": "string",
    "assistants": "string",
    "times": "string",
    "topic": "string",
    "core_area": "string",
    "department": "string",
    "section_name": "string",
    "course_prefix": "string",
    "instructors": "string",
    "section_number": "string"
}

---

The following specification allows for section querying:

/v1/sections/search?property=value

Property	Description	Example
activity_type	Whether the section is a lecture or a lab	Lecture
assistants	Teaching assistants in the section	Brad%20Nathan
class_number	Class number	80642
core_area	Core area of the class	∅
course_prefix	Abbreviation of the course	acct
days	On what days the section occurs	Monday%2C%20Wednesday%2C%20Friday
department	What department is the course under	mgmt
instructors	The instructors teaching the section	Cameron%20Holstead
location	Where the section meets	SOM%201.110
section_name	Section name	acct2301.001.21f
section_number	Section number	001
term	Term in which the section occurs	21f
times	When the section occurs	08:00%2008:50
title	Course title	Introductory%20Financial%20Accounting
topic	Course topic

Returns
[
   {
      "term": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "course_number": "string",
      "school": "string",
      "location": "string",
      "activity_type": "string",
      "class_number": "string",
      "days": "string",
      "assistants": "string",
      "times": "string",
      "topic": "string",
      "core_area": "string",
      "department": "string",
      "section_name": "string",
      "course_prefix": "string",
      "instructors": "string",
      "section_number": "string"
   },
]