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
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
SIS Import Format Documentation - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation SIS Import Format Documentation Instructure Canvas can integrate with an institution's Student Information Services (SIS) in several ways The simplest way involves providing Canvas with several CSV files describing users, courses, and enrollments These files can be zipped together and uploaded to the Account admin area Standard CSV rules apply: The first row will be interpreted as a header
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)
Canvas LMS REST API Documentation Delete multiple users from a Canvas root account If a user is associated with multiple root accounts (in a multi-tenant instance of Canvas), this action will NOT remove them from the other accounts WARNING: This API will allow a user to remove themselves from the account
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
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
Developer Keys - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation Developer Keys Developer keys are OAuth2 client ID and secret pairs stored in Canvas that allow third-party applications to request access to Canvas API endpoints via the OAuth2 flow Access is granted after a user authorizes an app and Canvas creates an API access token that’s returned in the final request of the OAuth2 flow Developer keys created in a root account, by root account