# Canvas Accounts API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accounts-api/  
**Provider:** Canvas — https://apis.io/providers/canvas/  
**Base URL:** https://canvas.instructure.com/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/

Canvas Accounts API is one of 145 APIs that [Canvas](https://apis.io/providers/canvas/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Account. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, an API reference, and rate-limit docs.

The Accounts API from Canvas — 19 operation(s) for accounts.

## Operations (21)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/v1/accounts` | List accounts |
| GET | `/v1/horizon_accounts` | List horizon accounts |
| GET | `/v1/manageable_accounts` | Get accounts that admins can manage |
| GET | `/v1/course_creation_accounts` | Get accounts that users can create courses in |
| GET | `/v1/course_accounts` | List accounts for course admins |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{id}` | Get a single account |
| PUT | `/v1/accounts/{id}` | Update an account |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/settings` | Settings |
| GET | `/v1/settings/environment` | List environment settings |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/permissions` | Permissions |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/sub_accounts` | Get the sub-accounts of an account |
| POST | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/sub_accounts` | Create a new sub-account |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/terms_of_service` | Get the Terms of Service |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/help_links` | Get help links |
| GET | `/v1/manually_created_courses_account` | Get the manually-created courses sub-account for the domain root account |
| GET | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/courses` | List active courses in an account |
| DELETE | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/users/{user_id}` | Delete a user from the root account |
| DELETE | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/users` | Delete multiple users from the root account |
| PUT | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/users/bulk_update` | Update multiple users |
| PUT | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/users/{user_id}/restore` | Restore a deleted user from a root account |
| DELETE | `/v1/accounts/{account_id}/sub_accounts/{id}` | Delete a sub-account |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/openapi/canvas-accounts-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
- **Authentication** — https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html
- **Pagination** — https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.pagination.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
- **APIReference** — https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
- **Swagger** — https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/canvas-rate-limits.yml
- **OAuthScopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/scopes/canvas-scopes.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/errors/canvas-problem-types.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/data-model/canvas-data-model.yml

## Other Canvas APIs (12)

- [Canvas LMS GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-lms-graphql-api/)
- [Canvas LTI Integrations](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-lti-integrations/)
- [Canvas Courses API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-courses-api/)
- [Canvas Access Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-access-tokens-api/)
- [Canvas Accessibility Course Scans API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accessibility-course-scans-api/)
- [Canvas Accessibility Course Statistics API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accessibility-course-statistics-api/)
- [Canvas Account Calendars API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-account-calendars-api/)
- [Canvas Account Domain Lookups API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-account-domain-lookups-api/)
- [Canvas Account Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-account-notifications-api/)
- [Canvas Account Reports API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-account-reports-api/)
- [Canvas Accounts (Lti) API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accounts-lti-api/)
- [Canvas Admins API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-admins-api/)

## Tags

Account

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