Attendance

Attendance statuses are associated with an enrollment and a specific date. Attendance statuses are assigned to users for a specific date through enrollments.

Note

Attendances exist in sections.

Fields

Field	Name	Description	Type
enrollment_id*	Enrollment ID	The ID of the enrollment for which you are assigning an attendance status.	integer
date*	Date	The date for which the status is being set (YYYY-MM-DD).	date (YYYY-MM-DD)
status*	Status	The attendance status: 1 = present, 2 = absent, 3 = late, 4 = excused.	1-4
comment	Comment	A comment to associate with this attendance status.	string

* = Required

GET sections/{section id}/attendance

View a list of attendance statuses (paged).

Query parameters:

• start and end: filter statuses for a given date range, inclusive (YYYY-MM-DD)
• enrollment_id: filter statuses for a given enrollment

Return A list of attendance objects

JSON

{
  "date": [
    {
      "date": "2014-01-13",
      "statuses": {
        "status": [
          {
            "status_code": 2,
            "attendances": {
              "attendance": [
                {
                  "enrollment_id": 44783151,
                  "date": "2014-01-13",
                  "status": 2,
                  "comment": ""
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "date": "2014-01-14",
      "statuses": {
        "status": [
          {
            "status_code": 3,
            "attendances": {
              "attendance": [
                {
                  "enrollment_id": 44783151,
                  "date": "2014-01-14",
                  "status": 3,
                  "comment": ""
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "totals": {
    "total": [
      {
        "status": 2,
        "count": 1
      },
      {
        "status": 3,
        "count": 1
      }
    ]
  }
}

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<result>
    <date>
        <date>2014-01-13</date>
        <statuses>
            <status>
                <status_code>2</status_code>
                <attendances>
                    <attendance>
                        <enrollment_id>44783151</enrollment_id>
                        <date>2014-01-13</date>
                        <status>2</status>
                        <comment />
                    </attendance>
                </attendances>
            </status>
        </statuses>
    </date>
    <date>
        <date>2014-01-14</date>
        <statuses>
            <status>
                <status_code>3</status_code>
                <attendances>
                    <attendance>
                        <enrollment_id>44783151</enrollment_id>
                        <date>2014-01-14</date>
                        <status>3</status>
                        <comment />
                    </attendance>
                </attendances>
            </status>
        </statuses>
    </date>
    <totals>
        <total>
            <status>2</status>
            <count>1</count>
        </total>
        <total>
            <status>3</status>
            <count>1</count>
        </total>
    </totals>
</result>

Note: In general, this endpoint will not return records for a status of PRESENT. If attendance was taken on a given day, assume all enrollments are PRESENT outside of whatever status-specific records are returned.

Errors:

• Response Code 410 Gone returned if district has installed the PowerSchool SIS Attendance App for its courses.

PUT sections/{section id}/attendance

Modify attendance statuses

Content Objects containing attendance fields

JSON

{
  "attendances": {
    "attendance": [
      {
        "enrollment_id": "784754",
        "date": "2014-05-20",
        "status": "1"
      }
    ]
  }
}

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<result>
  <attendances>
    <attendance>
      <enrollment_id>784754</enrollment_id>
      <date>2014-05-20</date>
      <status>1</status>
    </attendance>
  </attendances>
</result>

Return An array of attendance ids and response codes

JSON

{
  "attendance": [
    {
      "id": "564027",
      "response_code": 200
    }
  ]
}

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<result>
  <attendance>
    <id>564027</id>
    <response_code>200</response_code>
  </attendance>
</result>

Errors:

• Response Code 410 Gone returned if district has installed the PowerSchool SIS Attendance App for its courses.