Resolve Ed-Fi resource dependency order via the metadata dependencies endpoint before loading StudentSchoolAssociation enrollment records.
domain: docs.ed-fi.org · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate with OAuth 2.0 client credentials against /oauth/token using Basic auth of client key/secret to get a bearer access token.
Call the API root to retrieve the Discovery document, listing the data API base URL, version, and available data models.
GET /metadata/data/v3/dependencies to retrieve the required load order for resources, since Ed-Fi enforces referential integrity.
Create/verify the Student and School resources referenced by a StudentSchoolAssociation before POSTing the association itself.
POST the StudentSchoolAssociation with studentReference, schoolReference, entryDate, entryGradeLevelDescriptor, and exitWithdrawDate on exit.
Use correctly namespaced descriptor URIs (e.g., uri://ed-fi.org/GradeLevelDescriptor#...) and check for state-specific descriptor extensions.
Known gotchas
Loading StudentSchoolAssociation before its dependent Student/School resources exist fails with a referential integrity error — check the dependencies endpoint first.
Descriptor namespace mismatches between core Ed-Fi and state extensions are a common integration failure.
API version and data model version are decoupled — read the Discovery document rather than hardcoding a data model version.
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