Distinguish Clever's free SSO (Instant Login) from paid Secure Sync roster access when scoping a district integration.
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Steps
Implement OAuth 2.0 authorization code (or OIDC) login for Instant Login/SSO, which any Clever-connected district can use for free.
After the OAuth redirect, call GET https://api.clever.com/v3.0/me to identify the logged-in user's Clever ID, district, and token type.
Recognize that full roster/data sync (districts, schools, users, sections, courses, terms, contacts) requires the district to have Clever Complete (Secure Sync), a paid tier.
If Secure Sync is available, pull roster resources under /v3.0/ and use GET /v3.0/events with a starting_after cursor for delta sync, processing events in ID order.
Design the integration to work standalone on SSO-only access and add roster sync as an enhanced path only when Secure Sync is present.
Known gotchas
Calling roster endpoints for a district without Secure Sync will fail even though SSO works fine — check entitlements before assuming full data access.
Pagination is capped at 100 records/page; follow the exact links[].uri with rel="next" rather than constructing your own offset.
Delta events can arrive out of order relative to wall-clock time — always process by cursor/event ID, not by timestamp.
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