The Submissions API

AASHE provides access to the STARS Reports through the API in the form of the Submissions API, which allows you to navigate each Report, from the top level down through Categories, Subcategories, Credits, and responses to Documentation Fields.

Warning

This API supports GET requests only.

Submissions

Submissions are STARS Reports

List URI

/api/0.1/submissions/

Sample Output (truncated)

{
        meta: {
                limit: 20,
                next: "/api/0.1/submissions/?offset=20&limit=20&format=json",
                offset: 0,
                previous: null,
                total_count: 198
        },
        objects: [
                {
                        categories: [
                                {
                                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/1/",
                                        title: "Education & Research"
                                },
                                {
                                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/2/",
                                        title: "Operations"
                                },
                                {
                                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/3/",
                                        title: "Planning, Administration & Engagement"
                                },
                                ...
                        ],
                        creditset: {
                                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/creditset/2/",
                                version: "1.0"
                        },
                        date_submitted: "2010-09-13",
                        institution: {
                                name: "Pacific Lutheran University",
                                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/institutions/25/"
                        },
                        pdf_report: "/media/secure/25/submission-29/pacific-lutheran-university-wa.pdf",
                        presidents_letter: "/media/secure/25/letter/ltr%20STARS%20Steering%20Committee%2C%209-02-2010_1.pdf",
                        rating: "Silver",
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/",
                        score: 45.0277598566308
                },
                {
                        categories: [
                                {
                                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/64/category/1/",
                                        title: "Education & Research"
                                },
                                ...
                        ],
                        creditset: {
                                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/creditset/2/",
                                version: "1.0"
                        },
                        date_submitted: "2011-07-29",
                        institution: {
                                name: "Arizona State University",
                                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/institutions/21/"
                        },
                        pdf_report: "/media/secure/21/submission-64/arizona-state-university-az.pdf",
                        presidents_letter: "/media/secure/21/submission-64/STARS%20Submission%20072211%20MMC%20Cover%20Ltr.pdf",
                        rating: "Gold",
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/64/",
                        score: 66.9719298245614
                },
                ...
        ]
}

Object URI

/api/0.1/submissions/29/

Sample Output

{
        category_submissions: [
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/1/",
                        title: "Education & Research"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/2/",
                        title: "Operations"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/3/",
                        title: "Planning, Administration & Engagement"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/4/",
                        title: "Innovation"
                }
        ],
        creditset: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/creditset/2/",
                version: "1.0"
        },
        date_submitted: "2010-09-13",
        institution: {
                name: "Pacific Lutheran University",
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/institutions/25/"
        },
        pdf_report: "/media/secure/25/submission-29/pacific-lutheran-university-wa.pdf",
        presidents_letter: "/media/secure/25/letter/ltr%20STARS%20Steering%20Committee%2C%209-02-2010_1.pdf",
        rating: "Silver",
        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/",
        score: 45.0277598566308
}

Properties

Property Description
category_submissions A list of categories in this submission
creditset The version of STARS this submission used
date_submitted The date this submission was finalized
institution The submitting institution
pdf_report The URI of the pdf versino of this report
presidents_letter The URI of the pdf letter from the president of this institution
rating The rating received for this submission
resource_uri The URI used to access this resource
score The score recieved for this submission (null if Reporter)

Category Submissions

Object URI

/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/1/

Sample Output (truncated)

{
        category: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/category/1/",
                title: "Education & Research"
        },
        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/1/",
        score: 25.875,
        subcategory_submissions: [
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/1/",
                        title: "Co-Curricular Education"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/3/",
                        title: "Curriculum"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/5/",
                        title: "Research"
                }
        ],
        submissionset: {
                date_submitted: "2010-09-13",
                rating: "Silver",
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/",
                title: null
        }
}

Properties

Property Description
category The parent category in the specific STARS Creditset
resource_uri The URI used to access this resource
score The score received in this category (null if Reporter)
subcategory_submissions Subcategories in this category submisison
submissionset The parent submission set

Subcategory Submissions

Object URI

/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/1/

Sample Output (truncated)

{
        category_submission: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/category/1/",
                title: "Education & Research"
        },
        description: "",
        points: 12,
        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/1/",
        subcategory: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/subcategory/1/",
                title: "Co-Curricular Education"
        },
        credit_submissions: [
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/1/",
                        title: "Student Sustainability Educators Program"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/2/",
                        title: "Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign"
                },
                {
                        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/3/",
                        title: "Sustainability in New Student Orientation"
                },
                ...
        ]
}

Properties

Property Description
category_submission The parent category for this subcategory submission
description Optional description of the subcategory from the institution
points The points achieved in this subcategory
resource_uri The URI used to access this resource
subcategory The parent subcategory in this version of STARS and the URI
credit_submissions The list of credit submissions in this subcategory submission

Credit Submissions

Object URI

/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/1/

Sample Output

{
        assessed_points: 5,
        credit: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/credits/credit/2/",
                title: "Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign"
        },
        documentation_fields: [
                {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/158/",
                title: "Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?"
                },
                {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/6/",
                title: "A brief description of the campaign(s)"
                },
                {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/7/",
                title: "A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s)"
                },
                {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/5/",
                title: "The name of the campaign(s)"
                },
                {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/10/",
                title: "The website URL for the campaign"
                }
        ],
        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/2/",
        subcategory_submission: {
                resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/subcategory/1/",
                title: "Co-Curricular Education"
        },
        submission_status: "c",
        title: "Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign"
}

Properties

Property Description
assessed_points The points assessed for this credit submission
credit The parent credit in this version of STARS and the URI
documentation_fields The list of documentation fields in this credit
resource_uri The URI to access this resource
subcategory_submission The parent subcategory submission in this submission set
submission_status c: Complete, na: Not Applicable, np: Not Pursuing
title The title of this credit

Documentation Fields

Object URI

/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/5/

Sample Output

{
        credit_submission: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/credit/2/",
        documentation_field: "/api/0.1/credits/field/5/",
        resource_uri: "/api/0.1/submissions/29/field/5/",
        value: "unPLUg All-Hall Energy Challenge"
}

Properties

Property Description
credit_submission The parent credit containing this field
documenation_field The parent documentation_field in the creditset (working version of STARS)
resources_uri The URI for this resouce
value The value submitted by the institution for this field