filter.md

GET exams/filter

Returns a list of exams that match specified filters.

URL

https://cobalt.qas.im/api/1.0/exams/filter

Parameters

key (required) Your unique API key. If you do not provide this, you must set the Authorization header to your API key instead.

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q (required) The filters to be applied, specified in the filter query format. Each filter within the query can be joined with either an AND or an OR.

For numerical and time filters:

• No operator indicates equal to (eg. duration:10800)
• > indicates greater than (eg. start_time:>32400)
• < indicates less than (eg. end_time:<43200)
• >= indicates greater than or equal to (eg. start_time:>=50400)
• <= indicates less than or equal to (eg. end_time:<=61200)
• ! indicates not (eg. duration:!7200)

For string filters:

• No operator indicates contains (eg. code:"CSC")
• ! indicates not (eg. period:!"DEC15")

For time filters:

• All numerical operators work with time keys. The time can be provided as a formatted string (i.e. "HH:MM").
• Alternatively, the time can be provided as an integer representing the seconds since midnight (i.e. 32400 for 9:00).

Examples of filter combinations:

• campus:"UTSG" AND id:"CSC" AND date:"2016-04-14"
• code:"ECO" AND lecture:"L2001" AND period:!"DEC15"
• start:>"16:00" AND duration:10800 OR end:<49500

For filters that involve properties from sections, an additional key is returned called matched_sections, which contains only the sections that match the filter.

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limit (optional) The number of results to return, up to a maximum of 100 per request. The default value is 10.

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skip (optional) The number of results to skip. The default value is 0.

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sort (optional) The sorting procedure to be used on the returned list. A + followed by a parameter implies ascending, and a - implies descending. You can also stack procedures, separating them with a space: +id -department. The default value is +id.

Filter keys

The following is a list of all filter keys that can be used in the q parameter.

Key	Type	Example
id	String	id:"ANT"
code	String	code:"CSC"
campus	String	campus:!"UTSC"
period	String	period:"APR16"
date	Date	date:"2016-04-28"
start	Time	start:>=75600
end	Time	end:<"21:00"
duration	Time	duration:"3:00"
lecture	String	lecture:"L0101"
location	String	location:"BA"

Example

https://cobalt.qas.im/api/1.0/courses/filter?q=code:"ECO" AND lecture:"L2001" AND period:!"DEC15"

[
  {
    "id":"ECO100Y1Y20159APR16",
    "course_id":"ECO100Y1Y20159",
    "course_code":"ECO100Y1Y",
    "campus":"UTSG",
    "period":"APR16",
    "date":"2016-04-12",
    "start_time":68400,
    "end_time":79200,
    "duration":10800,
    "sections":[
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0101",
        "exam_section":"A - LE",
        "location":"BN 2N"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0101",
        "exam_section":"LI - WA",
        "location":"BN 2S"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0101",
        "exam_section":"WE - Z",
        "location":"BN 3"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0201",
        "exam_section":"A - GA",
        "location":"BN 3"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0201",
        "exam_section":"GE - Y",
        "location":"EX 100"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0201",
        "exam_section":"Z - Z",
        "location":"EX 200"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0301",
        "exam_section":"A - P",
        "location":"EX 200"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0301",
        "exam_section":"Q - W",
        "location":"EX 300"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0301",
        "exam_section":"X - Z",
        "location":"EX 310"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0401",
        "exam_section":"A - DO",
        "location":"GB 304"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0401",
        "exam_section":"DU - J",
        "location":"GB 404"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0401",
        "exam_section":"K - ME",
        "location":"GB 405"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0401",
        "exam_section":"MI - V",
        "location":"NR 25"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L0401",
        "exam_section":"W - Z",
        "location":"ST VLAD"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L2001",
        "exam_section":"",
        "location":"HA 401"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5101",
        "exam_section":"A - LE",
        "location":"BR 200"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5101",
        "exam_section":"LI - O",
        "location":"EM 119"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5101",
        "exam_section":"P - WA",
        "location":"TC 239"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5101",
        "exam_section":"WE - Z",
        "location":"WY 119"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5201",
        "exam_section":"A - CHA",
        "location":"EX 310"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5201",
        "exam_section":"CHE - KI",
        "location":"EX 320"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5201",
        "exam_section":"KO - Q",
        "location":"SF 3202"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5201",
        "exam_section":"R - X",
        "location":"UC 266"
      },
      {
        "lecture_code":"L5201",
        "exam_section":"Y - Z",
        "location":"UC 273"
      }
    ],
    "matched_sections":[
      {
        "lecture_code":"L2001",
        "exam_section":"",
        "location":"HA 401"
      }
    ]
  }
]