Providing a secure and easy way to query the Athens University of Economics and Business exam period information.
| Model entity | Description |
|---|---|
| Exams | Entity representing a single examination date. Holds information about the exam's date, time and location. |
Exam model endpoints
- /api/exams
- /api/exams?date=<date> : date is a "DDMMYYYY" string
- /api/exams?department=<department> : department is a string
- /api/exams?professor=<professor> : professor is a string
- /api/exams?course=<course> : course is a string
- Plus all possible combinations of the above query parameters.
The main goal of the project is to provide a functional and secure API for the university's exams table. Apart from that, the project aims to deliver more amenities that increase the ease of use and the overall quality.
As mentioned above, the API constitutes the central functionality of this effort and should thus be mentioned first. Using a series of endpoints, the API allows its users to query the different examination dates hosted by the university. A single token, which is delivered by the university to the end-users, is used to authenticate all incoming connections. Lastly, all logic was written using the Django REST framework.
In order to safeguard the API from malicious requests, a logger is used to document all traffic heading to the API. This is achieved by means of an additional middleware, named the RequestLogMiddleware, which monitors all incoming traffic.
The proper way to utilize the API is detailed online, at a hosted webpage. Moreover, the present article which you've just read, constitutes an additional introduction to the API and its inner workings.