The standards resource is used to view, browse and search curriculum standards and other related data. Standards data contained in the repository is continuously maintained by EdGate and refreshed regularly as updates are loaded.
Get a listing of available standards 
This endpoint returns a listing of standards sets available in the client profile, identical to the data in the profile endpoint.
Request
GET /standards/
Response
This returns a list of Standards Set JSON objects
Table 2 - Standard Set object definition
| Field | Description | Type |
| standards_sets | A list of standards sets the profile has access to | list |
| standards_sets.set_id | An identifier for the standards set | string |
| standards_sets.name | Name of the standards set | string |
| Standards_set.parent (optional) | Name of the parent group the standards set belongs to | string |
Get data for an individual standard
This endpoint returns metadata about a single standard.
Request
GET /standards/{GUID}
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| GUID | GUID of the standard to retrieve | path | string |
Response
This returns a Standard JSON object
Table 3 - Standard object definition
| Field | Description | Type |
| guid | GUID of the standard | string |
| set | ID of the standards set the standard belongs to | string |
| standard_number | The numbering designation provided by the standards issuing authority | string |
| standard_text | The text of the standard | string |
| label | The leveling nomenclature for the standard | string |
| depth | The level depth of the standard | integer |
| subject | The general subject areas of the standard | list |
| grade | The grade levels of the standard | list |
| adopted | The year (and possibly month) the standard was adopted | string |
| modified | Timestamp of when the standard record was last modified in the EdGate repository | timestamp (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss-TZ) |
| parent | GUID of parent standard | string |
| children | List of GUIDs of child standards | list |
| metadata | Additional data about the standard | List of metadata JSON objects |
| metadata.name | Name of data field | string |
| metadata.value | Value of data field | strng |
| correlated | Status if the standard has correlated materials in the client's profile (only appears if "correlate" parameter is true) | boolean |
Get child standards for an individual standard
This endpoint returns a list of standards that occur immediately below a given standard in a hierarchy.
Request
GET /standards/{GUID}/children
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| GUID | GUID of the standard | path | string |
Response
This returns a list of Standard JSON objects (see Table 3)
Get a list of standards from a specific set
This endpoint returns a listing of all standards in a specific set for a given subject area and grade. This includes all parent and child level standards.
Request
GET /standards/list/{GUID}
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| GUID | GUID of the standard | path | string |
| subject | Subject area of standards | Query string | string |
| grade | Grade level of standards | Query string | string |
| correlate | Flag to show correlation status of the standards in response | Query string | boolean |
Response
This returns a list of Standard JSON objects (see Table 3)
Get related standards
This endpoint finds other standards that are related to the standard GUID passed in. This is useful for making comparisons across different sets of standards.
Request
GET /standards/related/{GUID}
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| GUID | GUID of the standard | path | string |
| set | ID of the standards set(s) you wish to see related data for. Multiple sets can be passed in via comma separated list | Query string | string |
Response
This returns a list of Standards Group object, grouped by standards set
Table 4 - Standards Group object
| Field | Description | Type |
| sets | Standards set information (see Table 2 for field definitions ) | Standards set JSON object |
| standards | List of standards objects (see table 3 for field definitions) | list |
Get a list of top level standards in a set
This endpoint is used to retrieve a list of the top (or root) level standards within a standards set hierarchy.
Request
GET /standards/root/{set}
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| set | ID of the standards set(s) you wish to see related data for. Multiple sets can be passed in via comma separated list | path | string |
| subject | Subject area of standards | Query string | string |
| grade | Grade level of standards | Query string | string |
Response
This returns a list of Standard JSON objects (see Table 3)
Search standards
Search the standards repository by term. Result filtering is also available by standards set, subject area, and grade. Defaults to 25 returned results with paging options available.
Request
GET /standards/search
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| q | Search query text | Query string | string |
| set | ID of the standards set to retrict results to | Query string | string |
| subject | Subject area of standards | Query string | string |
| grade | Grade level of standards | Query string | string |
| limit | Number of results to return (default is 25) | Query string | integer |
| offset | Numbering of record to begin the results at (used for paging) | Query string | integer |
Response
This returns a list of Standard JSON objects (see Table 3)
Export standards from a specific set 
This endpoint returns all standards for a specific standards set. Can optionally export a single subject
Request
GET /standards/export/{set}(/{subject})
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| set | ID of the standards set to export | path | string |
| subject | Subject area of standards (optional) | path | string |
Response
This returns a list of Standard JSON objects (see Table 3)
Get a list of updated standards sets for a date range
This endpoint returns a list of standards sets that have been updated within a given date range. This includes notes of what the changes were. Results are limited to only those standards sets included in the client profile.
Request
GET /standards/updates
Parameters
| Field | Description | Location | Type |
| start | Initial date to find updates from. Required format: YYYY-MM-DD. | query string | string |
| end | End date to find updates that occurred before. Required format: YYYY-MM-DD. If no end date is specified, the current date is used | query string | string |
| set | ID of standards set to limit results to. (optional) | query string | string |
Response
This returns a Standard Update Log JSON object
Table 4 - Standard object definition
| Field | Description | Type |
| standards_set | a standards set JSON object | Object |
| standards_set.set_id | ID of the standards set | string |
| standars_set.name | The name of the standards set | string |
| standards_set.parent | The name of the parent grouping of the standards set | string |
| subject | The subject area the update pertains to | string |
| date | The date of the update | string |
| notes | The reasoning for the update | string |