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Canvas Blueprint Courses API

The Blueprint Courses API from Canvas — 12 operation(s) for blueprint courses.

Canvas Blueprint Courses API is one of 145 APIs that Canvas publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Blueprint Courses. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, an API reference, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 13 operations across 12 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://canvas.instructure.com/api, https://{canvas_host}/api.

13 operations 12 paths 5 schemas 10 GET1 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://canvas.instructure.com/api/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Canvas Blueprint Courses API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Canvas OAuth2 access token sent as "Authorization: Bearer ". See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html
  • oauth2 — Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauthendpoints.html

Paths & Operations 13

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 10 GET, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Blueprint Courses 13
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}
Get blueprint information
get_blueprint_information 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/associated_courses
Get associated course information
get_associated_course_information 2 params → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/update_associations
Update associated courses
update_associated_courses 2 params body → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/migrations
Begin a migration to push to associated courses
begin_migration_to_push_to_associated_courses 2 params body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/migrations
List blueprint migrations
list_blueprint_migrations 2 params → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/restrict_item
Set or remove restrictions on a blueprint course object
set_or_remove_restrictions_on_blueprint_course_object 2 params body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/unsynced_changes
Get unsynced changes
get_unsynced_changes 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/migrations/{id}
Show a blueprint migration
show_blueprint_migration 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_templates/{template_id}/migrations/{id}/details
Get migration details
get_migration_details 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_subscriptions
List blueprint subscriptions
list_blueprint_subscriptions 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_subscriptions/{subscription_id}/migrations
List blueprint imports
list_blueprint_imports 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_subscriptions/{subscription_id}/migrations/{id}
Show a blueprint import
show_blueprint_import 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/blueprint_subscriptions/{subscription_id}/migrations/{id}/details
Get import details
get_import_details 3 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BlueprintMigration (10 properties), ChangeRecord (7 properties), BlueprintTemplate (5 properties), BlueprintRestriction (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BlueprintTemplate
object
5 properties
ChangeRecord
object
Describes a learning object change propagated to associated courses from a blueprint course
7 properties
BlueprintSubscription
object
Associates a course with a blueprint
3 properties
BlueprintRestriction
object
A set of restrictions on editing for copied objects in associated courses
4 properties
BlueprintMigration
object
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canvas-blueprint-courses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Canvas publishes across the network.

Canvas LMS GraphQL API
Canvas LTI Integrations
Canvas Courses API
Canvas Access Tokens API
Canvas Accessibility Course Scans API
Canvas Accessibility Course Statistics API
Canvas Account Calendars API
Canvas Account Domain Lookups API
Canvas Account Notifications API
Canvas Account Reports API
Canvas Accounts API
Canvas Accounts (Lti) API
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