A list of documentation and example code to access the University of Florida's public (undocumented) API
Common Data (admissions and whatnot)
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This documents some of the API calls that can be made to get UF's course information.
** This API is currently changing at UF **
[GET] https://one.ufl.edu/apix/soc/schedule/[parameters]
or if summer
https://one.ufl.edu/apix/soc-summer/schedule/[parameters]
term
and category
are required. last-row
is highly suggested
Sample call:
Bare Minimum:
https://one.ufl.edu/apix/soc/schedule/?category=RES&term=20165
Complex:
https://one.ufl.edu/apix/soc/schedule/?category=RES&course-code=&course-title=&cred-srch=&credits=&day-f=&day-m=&day-r=&day-s=&day-t=&day-w=&days=false&dept=+&eep=&fitsSchedule=false&ge=&ge-b=&ge-c=&ge-d=&ge-h=&ge-m=&ge-n=&ge-p=&ge-s=&instructor=&last-row=0&level-max=--&level-min=--&no-open-seats=false&online-a=&online-c=&online-h=&online-p=&period-b=&period-e=&prog-level=+&term=20181&var-cred=true&writing=
Appended to the BaseURL as parameter=value1¶meter2=value2
...
Set which term to find courses i.e Fall 2018
Term=2188
Variable = [Year (with second 0 removed)][Semester number][optional Summer Semester]
Spring: 1
Summer: 5
Fall: 8
Spring 2018 : 20181 Summer 2018 : 20185 Summer A 2018 : 20185A Fall 2018 : 2188
The base URL for summer is changed. To find courses for semester A, append A. The same holds for semester B and C
Type of program course
Category=CWSP
RES: Campus/Web/Special Program (Regular) (For Summer 2018 and before)
CWSP: Campus/Web/Special Program (Regular) (Fall 2018 and beyond)
UFO: UF online program
IA: Innovation Academy
HUR: USVI and Puerto Rico
This API limits the number of returned courses to 50. In order to get results 51-100 you must set last-control-number=50
.
The API is changing. it could use last-control-number
or last-row
.
The JSON response from the API includes the last row and total number of rows as of the results as
[
{
"COURSES":[],
"LASTROW": [number]
"TOTALROWS": [number]
}
]
course-code=eel3135
This parameter lets you pass the course code as a parameter
List of true false, depending on availability
day-m: Monday
day-t: Tuesday
day-w: Wednesday
day-r: Thursday
day-f: Friday
day-s: Saturday/Sunday
If you want to check days you must pass [boolean] days=(false)
Specify the number of credits for the course
credits=[number]
List of possible gen-ed requirements.
Must pass ge
ge-b: ... To do ...
ge-c:
ge-d:
ge-h:
ge-m:
ge-n:
ge-p:
ge-s:
To be explored
no-open-seats=false
To be explored
Live cameras placed in SouthWest Rec Center update images once every second. Old images are replaced.
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam6.jpg
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam1.jpg
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam3.jpg
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam4.jpg
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam2.jpg
[GET] http://recsports.ufl.edu/cam/cam5.jpg
https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/reports/common-data-set/
These are all pdfs which contain demographic information on UF's student body
https://ufl.lwcal.com/live/calendar/view/week?user_tz=America%2FDetroit&syntax=%3Cwidget%20type%3D%22events_calendar%22%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22modular%22%3Etrue%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22default_view%22%3Eweek%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22month_view_day_limit%22%3E3%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22show_sidebar%22%3Efalse%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22mini_cal_heat_map%22%3Etrue%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22thumb_width%22%3E160%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22thumb_height%22%3E160%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22show_groups%22%3Etrue%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22show_tags%22%3Etrue%3C%2Farg%3E%3Carg%20id%3D%22development%22%3Etrue%3C%2Farg%3E%3C%2Fwidget%3E
To be explored
https://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=UF-ALERT-GAINESVILLE&v=2.0
Returns XML element. Currently uses RSS
To be explored
http://www.police.ufl.edu/wp-content/asp/crimelog/default2.asp
No API but could be super easy to scrape
To be explored
https://www.sg.ufl.edu/Elections/Results
Location and metadata about places on campus that may be useful for creating a map app.
https://campusmap.ufl.edu/library/cmapjson/[resource]
For example, to get the JSON array of all bus stops: https://campusmap.ufl.edu/library/cmapjson/bus_stops.json
- Buildings (No LAT/LON values):
geo_buildings.json
- Buildings (Contains LAT/LON values):
search.json
- Sports Fields:
sport_fields.json
- Urban Parks:
urban_parks.json
- Natural Areas:
natural_areas.json
- Construction:
construction.json
- Accessible Entrances:
ada_entrance.json
- Other Entrances:
other_entrances.json
- ADA Parking:
ada_parking.json
- ADA Routes:
ada_paths.json
- Bus Stops:
bus_stops.json
- SNAP Locaions:
snap.json
- AEDs:
aed.json
- Blue Phones:
blp.json
- Outdoor Speakers:
spkrs.json
- Walk-up Computers:
computerlabs.json
- Walk-up Printers:
printers.json
- Videoconferencing:
video.json
- Wireless Coverage:
wireless.json
- Dining:
dining.json
- Historic District:
historic_district.json
- Registered Locations:
historic_register.json
- Housing:
housing.json
- Libraries:
library.json
- Study Rooms:
study.json
- Open Study Areas:
study_open.json
- Decal Parking:
parking_lots.json
- ADA Parking:
ada_parking.json
- Carpool Parking:
carpool.json
- Metered Parking:
meters.json
- Scooter/Motorcycle Zone:
scooters.json
- Zip Cars:
zip_car.json
- EV Charging:
ev_charging.json
- Places of Interest:
poi.json
- Health & Wellness Services:
health.json
- Lactation Rooms:
lactation.json
- Recreation & Fitness:
recfit.json
- Student Services:
student.json
You can link directly to a building or other point of reference by following the example URL: http://campusmap.ufl.edu/#/index/0001/17
The first parameter (a four digit code) should be the building number or the object ID to center the map on. The second parameter (a two digit number) should be the desired zoom level. If no zoom level is given the default will be 17.