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This documentation describes concepts and techniques necessary for a technical professional to understand and successfully exchange information with an Ed-Fi ODS / API.

Audience

This documentation is for current and prospective ODS / API client implementers. Client implementers are generally software developers, database administrators, or data integration developers. Client implementers interested in the inner workings of an Ed-Fi ODS / API platform may also find the Platform Developers' Guide useful. Similarly, ODS / API platform hosts may find this information useful.

Prerequisites

To gain the most benefit from this documentation, the reader should already be familiar with the following knowledge areas:

• Ed-Fi technology
• Ed-Fi Data Standard
• Representational state transfer (REST) services (Chapter 5)
• OAuth2
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)