Canvas

Canvas Discovery Pages API

The Discovery Pages API from Canvas — 2 operation(s) for discovery pages.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /v1/discovery_pages Get Discovery Page #
PUT /v1/discovery_pages Update Discovery Page #
POST /v1/discovery_pages/token Generate Discovery Page Preview Token #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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Authentication
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html
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APIReference
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/canvas-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms

Other Resources

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Pagination
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.pagination.html
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Swagger
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
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OAuthScopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/scopes/canvas-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/errors/canvas-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/data-model/canvas-data-model.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

canvas-discovery-pages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Discovery Pages 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:
- name: Discovery Pages
  x-resource: discovery_pages
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/discovery_pages.html
paths:
  /v1/discovery_pages:
    get:
      tags:
      - Discovery Pages
      operationId: get_discovery_page
      summary: Get Discovery Page
      description: 'Get the discovery page configuration for the domain root account.


        Returns labels exactly as stored, with no HTML-escaping applied.

        Callers are responsible for escaping on render (the admin React UI

        does this via JSX auto-escaping).'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoveryPage'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/discovery_pages.html
    put:
      tags:
      - Discovery Pages
      operationId: update_discovery_page
      summary: Update Discovery Page
      description: 'Update or create the discovery page configuration for the domain root account.

        This is a full replacement - provide the complete configuration including

        primary, secondary, and active fields. Any fields omitted will be removed.'
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[primary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[primary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[secondary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[active]:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the discovery page is enabled. Defaults to false if not provided.
              required:
              - discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]
              - discovery_page[primary][label]
              - discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]
              - discovery_page[secondary][label]
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[primary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[primary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[secondary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[active]:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the discovery page is enabled. Defaults to false if not provided.
              required:
              - discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]
              - discovery_page[primary][label]
              - discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]
              - discovery_page[secondary][label]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoveryPage'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/discovery_pages.html
  /v1/discovery_pages/token:
    post:
      tags:
      - Discovery Pages
      operationId: generate_discovery_page_preview_token
      summary: Generate Discovery Page Preview Token
      description: 'Returns a short-lived RS256-signed JWT containing the discovery page

        button link configuration, suitable for sending to the identity service

        preview iframe via postMessage.


        A discovery_page configuration must be provided in the request body.

        Omitting it returns a 400 Bad Request.'
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[primary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[primary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[secondary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
              required:
              - discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[primary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[primary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][authentication_provider_id]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: integer
                  description: The ID of an active authentication provider for this account.
                discovery_page[secondary][label]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: The display label for this authentication provider button.
                discovery_page[secondary][icon]:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Icon key for this authentication provider button.
              required:
              - discovery_page[primary][authentication_provider_id]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
                x-canvas-declared-type: '{ "token": "eyJ..." }'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/discovery_pages.html
components:
  schemas:
    DiscoveryPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        primary:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoveryPageEntry'
          description: Primary authentication provider buttons displayed prominently
        secondary:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoveryPageEntry'
          description: Secondary authentication provider buttons displayed less prominently
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the discovery page is enabled
      description: Configuration for the login discovery page
    DiscoveryPageEntry:
      type: object
      properties:
        authentication_provider_id:
          type: integer
          example: 1
          description: The ID of the authentication provider
        label:
          type: string
          example: Students
          description: The display label for this provider button
        icon:
          type: string
          example: google
          description: Icon key for this provider button
          enum:
          - apple
          - auth0
          - classlink
          - default
          - facebook
          - github
          - google
          - linkedin
          - microsoft
          - okta
          - onelogin
          - ping
      description: A single authentication provider entry on the discovery page
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Canvas OAuth2 access token sent as "Authorization: Bearer <token>". See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth_endpoints.html
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Canvas LMS REST API Documentation
  url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
x-generated-from: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
x-provenance:
  method: derived
  derived_by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline (Swagger 1.2 -> OpenAPI 3.1 conversion)
  source: openapi/_original/swagger-1.2/*.json (144 verbatim first-party Swagger 1.2 documents)
  source_url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
  fetched: '2026-09-05'
  http_status: 200