List a data set’s versions

List a data set’s versions. Only provides summary information of each version.

The URL for this endpoint is:

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

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.
version	string	true	The requested API version Defaults to: 1.0

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
page	integer	false	The page of results to fetch. Defaults to: 1 Validation constraints: Format: int32 Minimum: 1
pageSize	integer	false	The maximum number of results per page. Defaults to: 10 Validation constraints: Format: int32 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 20

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

JavaScript

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

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'

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"

response <- GET(url)

output <- content(response)

Responses

Status	Description	Media Type	Schema
200	The paginated list of data set versions.	application/json	DataSetVersionPaginatedListViewModel
400	Bad Request	application/json	ValidationProblemViewModel
403	Forbidden	application/json	ProblemDetailsViewModel

Example successful response

{
  "paging": {
    "page": 1,
    "pageSize": 20,
    "totalResults": 60,
    "totalPages": 3
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "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      "withdrawn": "2024-06-01T12:00:00+00:00",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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}