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Moodle

Moodle is the world's open source learning platform, used by educators and organizations to deliver online courses and learning experiences. The Moodle developer platform exposes a broad set of internal APIs for plugin and core development, plus a Web Services API that enables external systems to integrate with Moodle for users, courses, enrollments, grading, and more.

Moodle publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include E-Learning, EdTech, LMS, Moodle, and Open Source.

Moodle’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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33.9/100 thin ▲ 8.5 Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
12 APIs
E-LearningEdTechLMSMoodleOpen SourceWeb Services

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Composite quality — 33.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 10.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 12

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Moodle Web Services API

Exposes Moodle functionality as web services so external programs can integrate with a Moodle site for users, courses, enrollments, grading, and other operations. Supports REST,...

Moodle External Functions API

Allows developers to expose parametrized functions to external systems, forming the basis of Moodle's web services and powering integrations consumed via REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC.

Moodle Access API

Provides functions to determine what the current user is allowed to do, checking roles, capabilities, and permissions across system, course, and activity contexts.

Moodle Roles API

An extension of the Access API that defines the set of actions a user is allowed to perform on certain system levels through assignable roles and capabilities.

Moodle Data Manipulation API (DML)

Enables safe, consistent database read and write operations across Moodle, abstracting the underlying database driver and providing helpers for common query patterns.

Moodle File API

Manages file storage across plugins, providing a unified interface for uploading, retrieving, and serving files associated with users, courses, and activities.

Moodle Form API

Defines and processes user data submitted through web forms, including validation, rendering, and persistence.

Moodle Events API

Defines event handlers for inter-plugin communication and logging, enabling decoupled, observer-style integrations across Moodle.

Moodle Hooks API

Enables indirect communication between core and plugins through well-defined extension points, allowing plugins to react to and modify core behavior.

Moodle Privacy API

Describes stored personal data and supports discovery, export, and deletion of user data across plugins for GDPR and similar privacy compliance.

Moodle Task API

Executes background jobs on a schedule or as one-off operations, allowing plugins to defer long-running work to cron processing.

Moodle Payment API

Manages payment processing in Moodle, providing pluggable payment gateways for paid enrollments and other monetized features.

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GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Moodle GraphQL API

Moodle is an open-source learning management system. The API covers courses, users, enrollments, grades, assignments, quizzes, forums, resources, activities, calendar events, ba...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Moodle Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Moodle Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Moodle Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Moodle Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: moodle
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.19'
name: Moodle
description: Moodle is the world's open source learning platform, used by educators and organizations to deliver online courses
  and learning experiences. The Moodle developer platform exposes a broad set of internal APIs for plugin and core development,
  plus a Web Services API that enables external systems to integrate with Moodle for users, courses, enrollments, grading,
  and more.
type: Index
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/moodle.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/moodle/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-08'
modified: '2026-04-28'
tags:
- E-Learning
- EdTech
- LMS
- Moodle
- Open Source
- Web Services
apis:
- aid: moodle:web-services
  name: Moodle Web Services API
  description: Exposes Moodle functionality as web services so external programs can integrate with a Moodle site for users,
    courses, enrollments, grading, and other operations. Supports REST, XML-RPC, and SOAP protocols with token-based authentication.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/external/
  tags:
  - External
  - Integration
  - REST
  - SOAP
  - Web Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/external/
  - url: graphql/moodle-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: moodle:external-functions
  name: Moodle External Functions API
  description: Allows developers to expose parametrized functions to external systems, forming the basis of Moodle's web services
    and powering integrations consumed via REST, SOAP, and XML-RPC.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/external/functions
  tags:
  - External
  - Functions
  - Integration
  - Web Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/external/functions
- aid: moodle:access
  name: Moodle Access API
  description: Provides functions to determine what the current user is allowed to do, checking roles, capabilities, and permissions
    across system, course, and activity contexts.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/access
  tags:
  - Access
  - Authorization
  - Permissions
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/access
- aid: moodle:roles
  name: Moodle Roles API
  description: An extension of the Access API that defines the set of actions a user is allowed to perform on certain system
    levels through assignable roles and capabilities.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/access/roles
  tags:
  - Access
  - Capabilities
  - Permissions
  - Roles
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/access/roles
- aid: moodle:dml
  name: Moodle Data Manipulation API (DML)
  description: Enables safe, consistent database read and write operations across Moodle, abstracting the underlying database
    driver and providing helpers for common query patterns.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/dml
  tags:
  - Database
  - DML
  - Persistence
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/dml
- aid: moodle:file
  name: Moodle File API
  description: Manages file storage across plugins, providing a unified interface for uploading, retrieving, and serving files
    associated with users, courses, and activities.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/files
  tags:
  - Files
  - Storage
  - Uploads
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/files
- aid: moodle:form
  name: Moodle Form API
  description: Defines and processes user data submitted through web forms, including validation, rendering, and persistence.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/form
  tags:
  - Forms
  - UI
  - Validation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/form
- aid: moodle:events
  name: Moodle Events API
  description: Defines event handlers for inter-plugin communication and logging, enabling decoupled, observer-style integrations
    across Moodle.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/event
  tags:
  - Events
  - Logging
  - Observers
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/event
- aid: moodle:hooks
  name: Moodle Hooks API
  description: Enables indirect communication between core and plugins through well-defined extension points, allowing plugins
    to react to and modify core behavior.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/hooks
  tags:
  - Extensibility
  - Hooks
  - Plugins
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/core/hooks
- aid: moodle:privacy
  name: Moodle Privacy API
  description: Describes stored personal data and supports discovery, export, and deletion of user data across plugins for
    GDPR and similar privacy compliance.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/privacy
  tags:
  - Compliance
  - GDPR
  - Privacy
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/privacy
- aid: moodle:task
  name: Moodle Task API
  description: Executes background jobs on a schedule or as one-off operations, allowing plugins to defer long-running work
    to cron processing.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/task
  tags:
  - Background Jobs
  - Cron
  - Scheduling
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/task
- aid: moodle:payment
  name: Moodle Payment API
  description: Manages payment processing in Moodle, providing pluggable payment gateways for paid enrollments and other monetized
    features.
  humanURL: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/payment
  tags:
  - Enrollment
  - Gateways
  - Payments
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/subsystems/payment
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/moodle-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/moodle
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moodle
- type: Portal
  url: https://moodledev.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://moodledev.io/docs/apis
- type: Website
  url: https://moodle.org
- type: Blog
  url: https://moodle.com/news/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com