GI Bill Data Service (GIDS)

Last Updated: May 20, 2025

This page summarizes the External Service GI Bill Data Service (GIDs) and is used in vets-api primarily by the GI Bill Comparison Tool (GIBCT).

Overview

GIDS is administrative tool used to manage data about educational institutions, to feed the GI Bill Comparison Tool on VA.gov. Administrative UI allows users (VA employees, plus one user at CFPB) to upload CSVs, then does some processing/aggregation to convert the data to the necessary format. GIDS also exposes the aggregated data via a REST API that VA.gov consumes.

The GI Bill Comparaison Tool (GIBCT) allows GI Bill beneficiaries to learn about education programs and compare benefits by school.

GIDs is in a grey area as far as being an external service so it is included here anyways in the case that someone finds themselves here looking for more information on GIDs. See the GIDS GitHub Repository for more information.

Integration endpoints

• GET {uri}/v0/calculator/constants

• GET {uri}/v0/institutions

• GET {uri}/v0/institutions/:id

• GET {uri}/v0/institutions/autocomplete

• GET {uri}/v0/institutions/:id/children

• GET {uri}/v0/institution_programs

• GET {uri}/v0/institution_programs/autocomplete

• GET {uri}/v0/yellow_ribbon_programs

• GET {uri}/v0/zipcode_rates/:id

• GET {uri}/v1/calculator/constants

• GET {uri}/v1/institutions

• GET {uri}/v1/institutions/:id

• GET {uri}/v1/institutions/autocomplete

• GET {uri}/v1/institutions/:id/children

• GET {uri}/v1/institution_programs

• GET {uri}/v1/institution_programs/autocomplete

• GET {uri}/v1/yellow_ribbon_programs

• GET {uri}/v1/zipcode_rates/:id

• GET {uri}/v1/lcpe/lacs

• GET {uri}/v1/lcpe/lacs/:id

• GET {uri}/v1/lcpe/exams

• GET {uri}/v1/lcpe/exams/:id

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Contacts

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