OAuth2 - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation OAuth2 is a protocol designed to let third-party applications authenticate to perform actions as a user, without getting the user's password Canvas uses OAuth2 (specifically RFC-6749) for authentication and authorization of the Canvas API Additionally, Canvas uses OAuth2 for LTI Advantage service authentication (as described in the IMS Security Framework) Accessing the Canvas API Storing
Canvas LMS REST API Documentation Not available if configured globally for Canvas - login_attribute [Optional] The attribute to use to look up the user's login in Canvas Either 'sub' (the default), or 'email' - federated_attributes [Optional] See FederatedAttributesConfig
Users - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation login details for users“ permission, but self-registration is enabled on the account, you can still use this endpoint to register new users Certain fields will be required, and others will be ignored (see below)
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Plagiarism Detection Platform - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation The plagiarism detection platform provides a standard way for LTI2 tool providers (TPs) to seamlessly integrate plagiarism detection tools with Canvas Part of this platform is the introduction of Originality Reports which can be created, edited, and retrieved by TPs TPs are also given a means of subscribing to webhooks to notify them of changes to assignments and submissions This document
Manually Configuring LTI Advantage Tools - Canvas The deployment_id in Canvas is exposed after a tool has been deployed using the client_id Configuring the Tool in Canvas With LTI Advantage, Canvas moved to using Developer Keys to store tool configuration information After a developer key is created and enabled, tools can be deployed to accounts sub-accounts or courses
Authentication Providers - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation Use { {login}} as a placeholder for the username supplied by the user For example: “ (sAMAccountName= { {login}})” identifier_format [Optional] The LDAP attribute to use to look up the Canvas login Omit to use the username supplied by the user auth_username Username auth_password Password For LinkedIn, the additional recognized
Canvas LMS REST API Documentation Canvas LMS includes a REST API for accessing and modifying data externally from the main application, in your own programs and scripts This documentation describes the resources that make up the API