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This required URL represents the base path for constructing the full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) (URL) to a given resource. To this base path, a client appends the data model namespace. For example, the /ed-fi/students resource can be reached at the URL formed by combining the dataManagementApi URL with the resource information. From the example above, this yields the URL https://api.ed-fi.org/v7.1/api/data/v3/ed-fi/students. While the Ed-Fi ODS/API Platform uses "data/v3" in the URL, other implementations can use different path segments.
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The following note about a specific implementation problem is shared to help other implementations of an Ed-Fi API avoid making similar mistakes. In versions of the Ed-Fi ODS/API Platform prior to 7.x, there were modes of operation that added another segment to the path, for example a school year. In those modes of operation, an API client could not rely solely on the |
Application Settings
The Discovery API 2.0 specifications will introduce a section for listing application settings that could be useful for client application self-discovery. These may include standard settings such as:
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