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# Get a catalogue subject

GET https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/{code}/{year}

The catalogue subject for a (`code`, `year`), including every external id recorded against it
keyed by system.

404 if there is no such subject.

Reference: https://docs-unsw-v6.advance-uac.com/unsw-advance-institution-api/catalogue/get-a-catalogue-subject

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Paste a Keycloak access token (no "Bearer " prefix)

## Servers

- `https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api` (Dev, default)
- `https://unsw-v6-test.advance-uac.com/institution-api` (Test)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `code` (string, required)
- `year` (integer, required)

## Response

### 200

The subject and every external id recorded against it.

- `id` (string, optional)
- `code` (string, optional)
- `year` (integer, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `creditPoints` (integer, optional)
- `studyLevel` (string, optional)
- `fieldOfEducation` (string, optional)
- `facultyName` (string, optional)
- `schoolName` (string, optional)
- `kind` (string, optional) — Whether this row is a specific subject or an unspecified credit block (a placeholder used to grant credit without naming a subject).
- `complexity` (string, optional) — How advanced the subject is. Free text, but use the same vocabulary as the `studyLevel` recorded on applicants' subjects (introductory, intermediate, advanced), because credit matching compares the two and a mismatch fails to match silently rather than erroring.
- `description` (string, optional) — Summary of what the subject covers. Shown in the UI, and intended as input to similarity matching later, so prose is more useful here than keywords.
- `learningOutcomes` (string, optional) — What a student can do on completing the subject. Same purpose as `description`: display now, similarity matching later.
- `discipline` (string, optional) — Discipline code for the subject. Lets a structure group by discipline directly instead of parsing a prefix out of the subject code, which breaks as soon as a code doesn't follow the usual pattern.
- `availability` (string, optional) — When the subject can be studied. Carried into outcome reporting for international students, who need to know which terms are offered.
- `conditions` (string, optional) — Prerequisites, equivalents, exclusions and anything else that affects whether credit can be granted for this subject. Displayed to whoever is assessing an RPL claim, not evaluated automatically.
- `externalIds` (map from string to string, optional) — Every external id recorded for this subject, keyed by system name.
- `createdAt` (datetime, optional)
- `updatedAt` (datetime, optional)

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

No such resource for this institution.

- `status` (integer, optional) — Repeats the HTTP status code.
- `error` (string, optional) — What went wrong, in a form safe to show a developer.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "code": "string",
  "year": 1,
  "name": "string",
  "creditPoints": 1,
  "studyLevel": "string",
  "fieldOfEducation": "string",
  "facultyName": "string",
  "schoolName": "string",
  "kind": "subject",
  "complexity": "intermediate",
  "description": "Introduces statistical inference: estimation, hypothesis testing and regression.",
  "learningOutcomes": "1. Apply statistical inference to real data. 2. Interpret regression output.",
  "discipline": "MATH",
  "availability": "Term 1, Term 3",
  "conditions": "Prerequisite: MATH1131. Excluded: MATH1141. Equivalent: MATH1031.",
  "externalIds": {},
  "createdAt": "2022-03-10T12:15:50-04:00",
  "updatedAt": "2022-03-10T12:15:50-04:00"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/catalogue/subjects/code/1")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```