Moodle

aid: moodle
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
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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: 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