The Parliamentary Written Questions and Answers REST API is the underlying interface to access the Parliament Questions & Answers application.
The current version of the API is Version 2024.5.8.0
All requests should be done over SSL.
| Http Status Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 | OK response returned for valid GET requests. |
| 202 | Accepted response returned for PUT requests for an Answer on an Question. |
| 204 | No Content. Returned for PUT and POST requests where no content is returned in the response. |
| 400 | A Bad request is returned when validation fails for an PUT or POST request. The error is returned in the body of the response. |
| 401 | Unauthorised request. Basic username password authentication is used to access the Web API. If this fails or not passed in the header a 401 response is returned. |
| 404 | Not found. Returned for a PUT on Question where the UIN does not exist. |
| 403 | Forbidden action. Reason is defined in the body of the response. |
| 422 | Unprocessable Entity. Returned when validating Member Ids for PUTs on Questions |
| 500 | Internal Server Error. |
| 503 | Service unavailable. When endpoint is unavailable or has been temporarily disabled. |
Full documentation can be downloaded from the following link: REST API Specification
