openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: USOS API (University of Warsaw) apiref fac API
  description: The University of Warsaw installation of the USOS API, a REST-like protocol providing access to the university's academic database. This OpenAPI 3.0 description was derived faithfully from the live machine-readable USOS API reference (services/apiref/method_index and services/apiref/method) of the Warsaw installation, covering anonymous-access methods only. Most methods accept a "fields" selector (a pipe-separated list of result fields) and a "format" parameter (json, jsonp, xml). Many methods returning user or administrative data require OAuth 1.0a authorization and a Consumer Key/Secret obtained from the USOS developers portal; those are not described here. Field semantics, arguments and the error envelope shown below were confirmed against live responses on 2026-06-03.
  version: 7.3.0.0-4
  contact:
    name: USOS API Team (University of Warsaw)
    url: https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/api/
    email: dsksysadm@adm.uw.edu.pl
  license:
    name: USOS API Terms
    url: https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/api/
servers:
- url: https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/services
  description: University of Warsaw USOS API installation
tags:
- name: fac
  description: Faculties and organizational units
paths:
  /fac/faculty:
    get:
      tags:
      - fac
      operationId: getFaculty
      summary: Get information on a faculty (organizational unit)
      description: Get information on a single faculty / organizational unit by ID. Anonymous access.
      externalDocs:
        url: https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/api/services/fac/#faculty
      parameters:
      - name: fac_id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: ID of the faculty.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fields
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Pipe-separated selector of result fields.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: id|name
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/callback'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A dictionary of selected faculty fields.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Faculty'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  parameters:
    callback:
      name: callback
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Required only if jsonp is chosen as the return format.
      schema:
        type: string
    format:
      name: format
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Output format. See supported output formats in the USOS API datatypes documentation.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - json
        - jsonp
        - xml
        default: json
  responses:
    Error:
      description: USOS API error envelope.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    LangDict:
      type: object
      description: A language dictionary mapping ISO language codes to localized strings, as used throughout the USOS API.
      properties:
        pl:
          type: string
          description: Polish-language value.
        en:
          type: string
          description: English-language value.
      example:
        pl: Uniwersytet Warszawski
        en: The University of Warsaw
    Faculty:
      type: object
      description: A faculty or organizational unit.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the faculty.
        name:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LangDict'
          description: A LangDict object with the name of the faculty.
        profile_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Faculty's USOSweb URL.
        homepage_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
          description: Faculty's home page URL.
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          description: List of phone number strings (undocumented format).
          items:
            type: string
        phone_numbers2:
          type: array
          description: List of structured phone number objects.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              comment:
                type: string
                nullable: true
              number:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
        postal_address:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Short plain-text postal address, or null if unknown.
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          nullable: true
          description: Faculty's email address.
        is_public:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the faculty is public.
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error envelope returned by USOS API methods (confirmed against live responses, e.g. an unknown course_id returns object_not_found).
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code, e.g. object_not_found.
        reason:
          type: string
          description: Additional reason detail, e.g. the offending object type.
      example:
        message: Referenced course does not exist.
        error: object_not_found
        reason: course
  securitySchemes:
    oauth1a:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: oauth_token
      description: USOS API uses OAuth 1.0a for authorized methods. A Consumer Key/Secret is obtained from the USOS developers portal (https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/), and an access token is obtained via the OAuth flow documented at https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/api/authorization/. The methods described in this file are anonymous and do not require it.
externalDocs:
  description: USOS API developer documentation
  url: https://usosapps.uw.edu.pl/developers/api/