Instructure

aid: instructure
name: Instructure
description: Instructure is an EdTech company best known for Canvas LMS, a widely adopted learning management system used
  by thousands of educational institutions and organizations worldwide. The platform provides a comprehensive REST API and
  GraphQL API enabling developers to programmatically access and manage courses, enrollments, assignments, grades, discussions,
  and institutional data. Instructure also offers the Data Access Platform (DAP) for bulk data queries, New Quizzes API, Canvas
  Studio API, and support for LTI 1.3 integrations. Authentication is handled via OAuth2 with per-token dynamic rate limiting,
  and all API responses are returned in JSON over HTTPS.
type: Index
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- EdTech
- Education
- LMS
- Canvas
- Courses
- Enrollments
- Assignments
- Grades
- Discussions
- GraphQL
- LTI
- Learning Management
apis:
- aid: instructure:canvas-lms-rest-api
  name: Canvas LMS REST API
  description: The Canvas LMS REST API provides programmatic access to all core LMS functionality including courses, enrollments,
    assignments, grades, discussions, users, groups, modules, and institutional management. All requests are made over HTTPS
    against the institution's Canvas domain and responses are returned in JSON format with 64-bit integer IDs.
  humanURL: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas
  baseURL: https://{canvas_domain}/api/v1
  tags:
  - Courses
  - Enrollments
  - Assignments
  - Grades
  - Users
  - Groups
  - Modules
  - Discussions
  - Sections
  - Tabs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/public/doc/openapi/canvas.openapi.yaml
  contact:
  - FN: Instructure Support
    email: support@instructure.com
- aid: instructure:canvas-graphql-api
  name: Canvas GraphQL API
  description: The Canvas GraphQL API provides a flexible query interface for Canvas LMS data, allowing developers to request
    exactly the fields they need and reduce over-fetching. It follows the Relay Object Identification spec and includes an
    interactive GraphiQL browser accessible by appending /graphiql to the Canvas production URL.
  humanURL: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/basics/file.graphql
  baseURL: https://{canvas_domain}/api/graphql
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Courses
  - Users
  - Assignments
  - Grades
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/basics/file.graphql
  - url: graphql/instructure-schema.graphql
    type: GraphQLSchema
  - url: graphql/instructure-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: instructure:data-access-platform-api
  name: Data Access Platform (DAP) API
  description: The Instructure Data Access Platform API provides bulk data query capabilities for Canvas data, enabling institutions
    and developers to access large datasets for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing. It includes table listing, schema
    inspection, and data query endpoints with distinct rate limits per operation type.
  humanURL: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
  baseURL: https://api-gateway.instructure.com/dap
  tags:
  - Data
  - Analytics
  - Bulk Data
  - Reporting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap/limits-policies
  contact:
  - FN: DAP Support
    email: canvasdatahelp@instructure.com
- aid: instructure:canvas-lti-api
  name: Canvas LTI 1.3 API
  description: Canvas supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 integrations, enabling third-party tools to embed
    securely within the Canvas LMS. The LTI implementation covers deep linking, Names and Roles Provisioning Service, and
    Assignment and Grades services following 1EdTech specifications.
  humanURL: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/
  baseURL: https://{canvas_domain}
  tags:
  - LTI
  - Integrations
  - Deep Linking
  - Grades
  - Names and Roles
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/instructure-canvas-lti-openapi.yml
- aid: instructure:canvas-studio-api
  name: Canvas Studio API
  description: The Canvas Studio API provides programmatic access to Canvas Studio, Instructure's video and media platform,
    enabling account administrators and developers to manage media assets, captions, analytics, and user data within the Studio
    product.
  humanURL: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-studio-api-examples
  baseURL: https://{studio_domain}/api
  tags:
  - Studio
  - Video
  - Media
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-studio-api-examples
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.instructure.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/instructure
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instructure
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.instructure.com/resources/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.instructure.com/canvas/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.instructure.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/instructure
- type: Plans
  url: plans/instructure-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/instructure-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/instructure-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/instructure-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/instructure-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com