Canvas

Canvas Courses API

The Courses resource of the Canvas LMS REST API — 31 operations covering course creation, settings, users and enrollment counts, course copy, blueprint associations, effective due dates, bulk course updates, conclude/delete and course reset. Split from the first-party contract Instructure publishes at https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/courses.json.

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Operations 31

POST /v1/accounts/{account_id}/courses Create a new course #
PUT /v1/accounts/{account_id}/courses Update courses #
GET /v1/courses List your courses #
GET /v1/users/{user_id}/courses List courses for a user #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/users/{user_id}/progress Get user progress #
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/files Upload a file #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/students List students #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/users List users in course #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/search_users List users in course #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/recent_students List recently logged in students #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/users/{id} Get single user #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/content_share_users Search for content share users #
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/preview_html Preview processed html #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/activity_stream Course activity stream #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/activity_stream/summary Course activity stream summary #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/todo Course TODO items #
DELETE /v1/courses/{id} Delete/Conclude a course #
GET /v1/courses/{id} Get a single course #
PUT /v1/courses/{id} Update a course #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/settings Get course settings #
PUT /v1/courses/{course_id}/settings Update course settings #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/student_view_student Return test student for course #
GET /v1/accounts/{account_id}/courses/{id} Get a single course #
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/reset_content Reset a course #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/effective_due_dates Get effective due dates #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/permissions Permissions #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/bulk_user_progress Get bulk user progress #
POST /v1/courses/{id}/dismiss_migration_limitation_message Remove quiz migration alert #
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/restore/{version_id} Restore course syllabus version #
GET /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_copy/{id} Get course copy status #
POST /v1/courses/{course_id}/course_copy Copy course content #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/courses.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/openapi/canvas-courses-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Swagger
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/courses.json

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OpenAPI Specification

canvas-courses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Courses API
  version: v1
  summary: The complete Canvas LMS REST API, converted from the Swagger 1.2 documents Instructure publishes under https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/.
  description: The Canvas LMS REST API covers courses, assignments, quizzes, grades, users, enrollments, accounts, files, modules, rubrics, submissions, SIS imports, LTI, analytics and account administration.
  contact:
    name: Instructure Canvas
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://canvas.instructure.com/api
  description: Instructure-hosted Canvas (canvas.instructure.com)
- url: https://{canvas_host}/api
  description: Any Canvas instance; Canvas is multi-tenant and self-hostable, so the host is the institution's Canvas domain.
  variables:
    canvas_host:
      default: canvas.instructure.com
      description: Your institution's Canvas hostname, e.g. school.instructure.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:


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