Iblai API Catalog

iblai-api-catalog

Manage an organization's learning catalog from the API: courses, programs, pathways, and resources; the skills and roles taxonomy (including each user's desired/reported skills and roles); course and program metadata; plus enrollment (course / program / pathway, admin and self), eligibility checks, catalog search, and course reviews. Use when populating the catalog, enrolling users, checking who can take what, or curating the skills/roles graph.

Auth & conventions

• Base URL: https://api.iblai.app/dm — these are Data Manager (DM) endpoints, so the /dm prefix is required; the /api/catalog/... paths below are appended to it (e.g. https://api.iblai.app/dm/api/catalog/courses/).
• Header: Authorization: Api-Token $IBLAI_API_KEY on every request.
• Path vars: {org} = $IBLAI_ORG (a.k.a. org / platform_key / platform_org on the wire), {username} = $IBLAI_USERNAME. Org/user are passed as query params or body fields, not baked into the path.
• DELETE / destructive / outward-facing calls say "Confirm with the user first."
• course_id values must be URL-encoded in query strings.
• Not connected yet? Run /iblai-api-login first to populate IBLAI_ORG, IBLAI_USERNAME, and IBLAI_API_KEY.

Reads

Courses

• GET /api/catalog/courses/ — retrieve courses; filter by course_id, slug (case-insensitive), org (query params). Returns [{course_id, name, slug, org}].

Programs

• GET /api/catalog/programs/ — retrieve programs; filter by program_id, course_id, name, slug, enabled, org (query params). Returns [{program_id, org, slug, name, program_type, platform_key, enabled, course_list}].

Pathways

• GET /api/catalog/pathways/ — retrieve pathway(s); filter (query params) by pathway_id, pathway_uuid, user_id/username, platform_key, item_id, name, slug (case-insensitive), visible. Returns a (non-paginated) list of pathways, each with a path[] of items.

Resources

• GET /api/catalog/resources/ — retrieve resources; filter (query params) by id, user_id/username, platform_key/key, org/platform_org, resource_type, name, query (matches name via icontains), item_id. Returns a non-paginated list.
• GET /api/catalog/resources/search/ — paginated resource search; same filters, page (default 1), page_size (default 50). Results newest-first. Prefer this for large result sets.

Metadata

Course

• GET /api/catalog/metadata/course/ — read a course's metadata by course_id (query param; the response keys are dynamic, e.g. {subject, tags, level, topics, promotion, slug, ...}). GET /api/catalog/metadata/course/{field}/ reads one metadata field.
• GET /api/catalog/metadata/course-public/ — read a course's public metadata by course_id (no auth/permission required; ignores course visibility). course-public/{field}/ reads one field. Read-only.

Program

• GET /api/catalog/metadata/program/ — read a program's metadata; program_id required, optional org (query params). program/{field}/ reads one field.
• GET /api/catalog/metadata/program-public/ — read a program's public metadata (program_id required, optional org; no auth required). program-public/{field}/ reads one field. Read-only.

Choices

• GET /api/catalog/metadata/choices/ — query allowed metadata choices; requires field_key or scope (query params), optional org. Returns the choice dict (404 if none).

Skills

• GET /api/catalog/skills/ — retrieve skills (paginated); filter by id, name, name__iexact, slug, platform_key; sort (default id).
• GET /api/catalog/skills/desired/ — a user's desired skills by user_id/username (400 if the user has none).
• GET /api/catalog/skills/reported/ — a user's reported skills by user_id/username (200 with an empty record {"user_id":null,"username":null,"skills":[],"data":null} when there are none).

Roles

• GET /api/catalog/roles/ — retrieve roles (paginated); filter by id, name, name__iexact, slug, platform_key; sort (default id). Each role embeds its skills[].
• GET /api/catalog/roles/desired/ — a user's desired roles by user_id/username.
• GET /api/catalog/roles/reported/ — a user's reported roles by user_id/username.

Eligibility

• GET /api/catalog/eligibility/courses/ — list courses a user is eligible for; params user_id/username, org, query.
• GET /api/catalog/eligibility/courses/check/ — check eligibility for one course; course_id required plus user_id or username (course_id URL-encoded), plus org, local_only (skip the remote edX enroll-status call). Always returns {is_eligible}; unless local_only is set, the response is merged with the edX enroll-status fields (e.g. is_enrolled, etc.).

Enrollment

Courses

• GET /api/catalog/enrollment/courses/search/ — paginated enrollment search; query params (at least one of user_id, username, email, course_id, slug, org, platform_key required) plus course_name (substring), sort (default -id), include_default_platform, include_archived_courses (default false), page, page_size. Returns {count, next_page, previous_page, results[]} of active enrollments.

Programs

• GET /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/ — query program enrollments; a user identifier (user_id/username) is required (the call 400s on an unresolvable user), and you may also filter by program_id/slug, org/platform_key, program_type (standard|platform|custom), include_metadata (default true), include_default_platform.
• GET /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/search/ — paginated program-enrollment search; same params as the GET above plus sort, page, page_size. Active enrollments only.

Pathways

• GET /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/ — query pathway enrollments; a user identifier (user_id/username) is required, plus optional pathway_id/pathway_uuid/slug, org/platform_key, include_metadata (default true), include_default_platform.
• GET /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/search/ — paginated pathway-enrollment search; user identifier required, plus pathway_id/slug, org/platform_key, sort, page, page_size, include_default_platform. Active enrollments only.

Recommendation

• GET /api/catalog/recommendation/courses/ — get the recommended "next" course relative to a current course. course_id required (query param), plus optional user_id and org. Returns a single serialized course, or null (with 200) when there is no next course.

Reviews

Course reviews

• GET /api/catalog/reviews/course/ — paginated list of (visible) course reviews; filter (query params) by course_id, user_id, platform_key, platform_org/org, sort (default -id), page, page_size. Returns {count, next_page, previous_page, results[]} where each result is {user_id, username, content, rating, title, visible, created, modified, course_id, metadata}.
• GET /api/catalog/reviews/course/info/ — aggregate review stats for a course; course_id required (query param). Returns {course_id, avg_rating, count}.

Program reviews

• GET /api/catalog/reviews/program/ — paginated list of (visible) program reviews; filter by program_id, user_id, platform_key, platform_org/org, sort, page, page_size. Each result includes program_key.
• GET /api/catalog/reviews/program/info/ — aggregate review stats; program_key required (query param). Returns {program_key, avg_rating, count}.

Writes

Courses

• POST /api/catalog/courses/ — create/update a course (200 updated, 201 created):

  { "course_id": "string (required)", "org": "string (required)", "name": "string (optional)" }
  

  Newly created courses are assigned to the org's platform (default platform if org is unknown). On update the org is only changed if you also send overwrite_existing_org: true. (The handler ignores slug/data on write.)
• DELETE /api/catalog/courses/ — delete a course by course_id (query param). Confirm with the user first.

Programs

• POST /api/catalog/programs/ — create/update a program (200 updated, 201 created). Identify the platform by program_id + (org/platform_key) or by program_key. program_id, name, and course_list are required:

  {
    "program_id": "string (required)", "name": "string (required)",
    "course_list": [{ "course_id": "course-v1:A+B+C" }],
    "org": "string", "platform_key": "string", "program_key": "string",
    "slug": "string", "enabled": "boolean (default true)",
    "program_type": "number (1=standard, 2=platform, 3=custom)",
    "data": "object"
  }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/programs/ — delete a program by program_id + org (query params, both required). Returns {count, type}. Confirm with the user first.

Pathways

• POST /api/catalog/pathways/ — create/update a pathway. user_id (required), name (required), and path (required). Use (user_id/username or platform_key) + pathway_id to create; do not send pathway_uuid on create (generated). For an existing pathway, identify by pathway_uuid. Each path[] item is keyed by item_type: resource (resource fields below; created on the fly when no id), course (course_id), program (program_key), or pathway (pathway_id).

  {
    "user_id": "number (required)", "name": "string (required)",
    "username": "string", "platform_key": "string",
    "pathway_id": "string", "pathway_uuid": "uuid (update only)",
    "slug": "string", "visible": "boolean (default true)",
    "path": [
      { "item_type": "resource", "id": "number (omit to create)", "resource_type": "string", "url": "string", "name": "string", "description": "string", "data": "object" },
      { "item_type": "course", "course_id": "course-v1:A+B+C" },
      { "item_type": "program", "program_key": "program-v1:org+id" }
    ],
    "data": "object"
  }
  

Resources

• POST /api/catalog/resources/ — create/update a resource (omit id to create). Accepts JSON or multipart (for image):

  { "id": "number (update only)", "username": "string", "user_id": "number", "platform_key": "string", "platform_org": "string", "name": "string", "url": "string", "resource_type": "string", "description": "string", "skills": ["string"], "image": "file (multipart)", "data": "object" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/resources/ — delete a resource; requires id plus user_id or platform_key (query params). Returns {count, type}. Confirm with the user first.

Metadata

Course

• POST /api/catalog/metadata/course/ — create/update course metadata. course_id and metadata required. With update: true (default) the supplied keys are merged; update: false overwrites. Special keys inside metadata: slug, skills (list of existing skill names). Field-path POSTs (course/{field}/) are not supported (404).

  { "course_id": "string", "update": "boolean (default true)", "metadata": { "subject": "string", "tags": ["string"], "level": "string", "topics": ["string"], "promotion": "string|null", "slug": "string", "skills": ["string"] } }
  

• POST /api/catalog/metadata/course-search/ — return course info (to_json()) for courses matching metadata filters in the body, e.g. { "data__contains": {...}, "slug": "string", "course_id": "string" }. Body must be non-empty; invalid filter keys return 400.

Program

• POST /api/catalog/metadata/program/ — create/update program metadata; program_id required, optional org, plus metadata and update (default true) in the body. Field-path POSTs not supported (404).

Skills

• POST /api/catalog/skills/ — create/update a skill (omit id to create; platform_key: null for global):

  { "id": "number (update only)", "name": "string", "slug": "string", "platform_key": "string|null", "data": "object" }
  

• POST /api/catalog/skills/public/ — create a skill, open to any user (config-gated; names lowercased/trimmed): { "name": "string", "slug": "string", "data": "object" }.
• POST /api/catalog/skills/desired/ — set a user's desired skills (refer to skills by id):

  { "user_id": "number", "username": "string", "skills": [{ "id": "number" }], "data": "object" }
  

• POST /api/catalog/skills/reported/ — set a user's reported skills (same shape as desired).

Roles

• POST /api/catalog/roles/ — create/update a role (omit id to create):

  { "id": "number (update only)", "name": "string", "slug": "string", "platform_key": "string", "data": "object" }
  

• POST /api/catalog/roles/public/ — create a role, open to any user (config-gated; names lowercased/trimmed): { "name": "string", "slug": "string", "data": "object" }.
• POST /api/catalog/roles/desired/ — set a user's desired roles: { "user_id": "number", "roles": ["string"|{ "id": "number" }], "data": "object" }.
• POST /api/catalog/roles/reported/ — set a user's reported roles (same shape as desired).

Enrollment

Programs

• POST /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/ — create/update an enrollment. Requires a user (user_id/username) and a program (program_key or program_id + org/platform_key):

  { "user_id": "number", "username": "string", "program_id": "string", "program_key": "string", "org": "string", "platform_key": "string", "started": "datetime", "expired": "datetime", "active": "boolean (default true)" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/ — deactivate an enrollment (query params: user user_id/username + program program_id/program_key + org/platform_key, optional ignore_expiration default false). Confirm with the user first.
• POST /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/self/ — self-enrollment (the program must be in a platform the target user belongs to; 403 otherwise). Same body as the admin POST, including user_id/username:

  { "user_id": "number", "username": "string", "program_id": "string", "program_key": "string", "org": "string", "platform_key": "string", "started": "datetime", "expired": "datetime", "active": "boolean (default true)" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/enrollment/programs/self/ — self-unenroll (same identifiers as the admin DELETE; membership-checked, optional ignore_expiration default false). Confirm with the user first.

Pathways

• POST /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/ — create a pathway enrollment; requires a user (user_id/username) and a pathway (pathway_uuid, or pathway_id + org/platform_key):

  { "username": "string", "user_id": "number", "pathway_id": "string", "pathway_uuid": "uuid", "org": "string", "platform_key": "string", "active": "boolean (default true)" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/ — deactivate a pathway enrollment (same identifiers, query params). Confirm with the user first.
• POST /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/self/ — self-enrollment (membership-checked; 403 if the user is not in the pathway's platform). Same body as the admin POST, including user_id/username.
• DELETE /api/catalog/enrollment/pathways/self/ — self-unenroll (same identifiers, membership-checked). Confirm with the user first.

Search

• POST /api/catalog/search/programs/ — full-text program search across program_id, name, slug, and metadata; returns catalog program objects with metadata:

  { "query": "string", "org": "string (optional)" }
  

Reviews

Course reviews

• POST /api/catalog/reviews/course/update/ — create/update a course review (201 created, 200 updated). course_id and username required (or user_id):

  { "course_id": "string", "username": "string", "user_id": "number", "rating": "number", "title": "string", "content": "string", "visible": "boolean (default true)", "metadata": "object" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/reviews/course/update/ — delete a user's course review; course_id + username/user_id required (query params). Confirm with the user first.

Program reviews

• POST /api/catalog/reviews/program/update/ — create/update a program review. program_key and username required (or user_id):

  { "program_key": "program-v1:org+id", "username": "string", "user_id": "number", "rating": "number", "title": "string", "content": "string", "visible": "boolean (default true)", "metadata": "object" }
  

• DELETE /api/catalog/reviews/program/update/ — delete a user's program review; program_key + username/user_id required (query params). Confirm with the user first.

Example

Check whether a user is eligible for a specific course (note the URL-encoded course_id):

curl -G \
  "https://api.iblai.app/dm/api/catalog/eligibility/courses/check/" \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Token $IBLAI_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "user_id=36" \
  --data-urlencode "org=$IBLAI_ORG" \
  --data-urlencode "course_id=course-v1:IBLTEST+IBL000+RUN"

Notes

• All endpoints are DM endpoints served under https://api.iblai.app/dm (/dm + /api/catalog/...). Omitting the /dm prefix will not resolve.
• Course id format is the opaque-keys form course-v1:ORG+NUMBER+RUN (e.g. course-v1:IBLTEST+IBL000+RUN). Always URL-encode it in query strings (%3A, %2B).
• Program ids are slug-like strings (e.g. test-program-000); program_type is a numeric code on write. Resource / skill / role ids are integers; resources also carry a UUID item_id; pathways carry a UUID pathway_uuid (generated on create — never send it on a create call).
• Org on the wire appears as org, platform_key, or (resource search legacy) platform_org/key — all mean the org key. Pass it as a query param (GET) or body field (POST), not in the path.
• Skills/roles by id, not name. When setting a user's desired/reported skills or roles, reference them by {"id": …} (recommended) rather than name. Course-metadata skills must reference existing skill names.
• Self vs admin enrollment. Both the non-self and the …/self/ enrollment endpoints take an explicit user_id/username in the request. The difference is permission scope: …/self/ additionally checks that the target user is a member of the program/pathway's platform (returns 403 if not), so it is the endpoint to use for non-admin (user-token) self-service; the non-self endpoints are for admin tokens enrolling other users.
• Pagination envelope is {count, next_page, previous_page, results[]} for the search/paginated endpoints (course/program/pathway enrollment search, resource search, skills, roles, course/program review query); plain GETs like resources/ and pathways/ are not paginated.
• public/ skill and role creation endpoints are config-gated (ALLOW_PUBLIC_SKILL_CREATE / ALLOW_PUBLIC_ROLE_CREATE) and return 404 when disabled; created names are lowercased and trimmed.
• Auto-increment utility. GET/POST /api/catalog/increment/ reads/advances per-platform auto-increment numbers (org/key, and number_type on POST). It is an internal numbering helper, not a catalog-management operation — included for completeness only.
• The source repo also ships Django management commands (convert_slugs_lower, link_item_objects, verify_course_existence); those are server-side operations, not REST endpoints, and are out of scope for this skill.