# Canvas Notification Preferences API

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

Canvas Notification Preferences 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 Notification Preferences. 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 Notification Preferences API from Canvas — 10 operation(s) for notification preferences.

## Operations (10)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/v1/users/{user_id}/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preferences` | List preferences |
| GET | `/v1/users/{user_id}/communication_channels/{type}/{address}/notification_preferences` | List preferences |
| GET | `/v1/users/{user_id}/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preference_categories` | List of preference categories |
| GET | `/v1/users/{user_id}/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preferences/{notification}` | Get a preference |
| GET | `/v1/users/{user_id}/communication_channels/{type}/{address}/notification_preferences/{notification}` | Get a preference |
| PUT | `/v1/users/self/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preferences/{notification}` | Update a preference |
| PUT | `/v1/users/self/communication_channels/{type}/{address}/notification_preferences/{notification}` | Update a preference |
| PUT | `/v1/users/self/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preference_categories/{category}` | Update preferences by category |
| PUT | `/v1/users/self/communication_channels/{communication_channel_id}/notification_preferences` | Update multiple preferences |
| PUT | `/v1/users/self/communication_channels/{type}/{address}/notification_preferences` | Update multiple preferences |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/openapi/canvas-notification-preferences-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 API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accounts-api/)
- [Canvas Accounts (Lti) API](https://apis.io/apis/canvas/canvas-accounts-lti-api/)

## Tags

Notification Preferences

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