Get a data set version

Get a data set version’s summary details.

The URL for this endpoint is:

GET https://dev.statistics.api.education.gov.uk/api/v{version}/data-sets/{dataSetId}/versions/{dataSetVersion}

Parameters

Path parameters

The following parameters will need to be substituted into the URL path.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
dataSetId	string	true	The ID of the data set.
dataSetVersion	string	true	The data set version e.g. 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, etc.
version	string	true	The requested API version Defaults to: 1.0

Example request

To illustrate how to use this API endpoint, we have provided some samples below in various languages.

cURL

curl -X GET https://dev.statistics.api.education.gov.uk/api/v{version}/data-sets/{dataSetId}/versions/{dataSetVersion}

JavaScript

const url = 'https://dev.statistics.api.education.gov.uk/api/v{version}/data-sets/{dataSetId}/versions/{dataSetVersion}';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'GET',
});

console.log(response.json());

Python

import requests

url = 'https://dev.statistics.api.education.gov.uk/api/v{version}/data-sets/{dataSetId}/versions/{dataSetVersion}'

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

R

library(httr)

url <- "https://dev.statistics.api.education.gov.uk/api/v{version}/data-sets/{dataSetId}/versions/{dataSetVersion}"

response <- GET(url)

output <- content(response)

Responses

Status	Description	Media Type	Schema
200	The requested data set version.	application/json	DataSetVersionViewModel
403	Forbidden	application/json	ProblemDetailsViewModel
404	Not Found	application/json	ProblemDetailsViewModel

Example successful response

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "type": "Major",
  "status": "Published",
  "published": "2024-03-01T09:30:00+00:00",
  "withdrawn": "2024-06-01T12:00:00+00:00",
  "notes": "Some notes about the version.",
  "totalResults": 1000000,
  "file": {
    "id": "e0754872-3206-4918-aad4-029eaaae191f"
  },
  "release": {
    "title": "Spring term 2023/24",
    "slug": "2023-24-spring-term"
  },
  "timePeriods": {
    "start": "2024 January",
    "end": "2024 December"
  },
  "geographicLevels": [
    "National",
    "Regional",
    "Local authority"
  ],
  "filters": [
    "Characteristic",
    "School type"
  ],
  "indicators": [
    "Authorised absence rate",
    "Overall absence rate"
  ]
}