Canvas Files API
The Files API from Canvas — 43 operation(s) for files.
Canvas Files API is one of 145 APIs that Canvas publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include File. 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 53 operations across 43 paths, and defines 4 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Canvas Files 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.htmloauth2— Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauthendpoints.html
Paths & Operations 53
Across 43 paths, the API surfaces 53 operations — 5 DELETE, 33 GET, 10 POST, 5 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are File__files (23 properties), Folder (20 properties), UsageRights (6 properties), License (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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