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Canvas Group Categories API

The Group Categories API from Canvas — 12 operation(s) for group categories.

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

Tagged areas include Group Categories. 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 16 operations across 12 paths, and defines 1 schema. 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.

16 operations 12 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE8 GET6 POST1 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
Contact
Instructure Canvas
License
AGPL-3.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Canvas Group Categories 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 16

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 16 operations — 1 DELETE, 8 GET, 6 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Group Categories 16
GET
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/group_categories
List group categories for a context
list_group_categories_for_context_accounts 2 params → 200
POST
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/group_categories
Create a Group Category
create_group_category_accounts 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories
List group categories for a context
list_group_categories_for_context_courses 2 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories
Create a Group Category
create_group_category_courses 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}
Get a single group category
get_single_group_category 1 param → 200
PUT
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}
Update a Group Category
update_group_category 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}
Delete a Group Category
delete_group_category 1 param → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories/bulk_manage_differentiation_tag
Bulk manage differentiation tags
bulk_manage_differentiation_tags 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories/differentiation_tag_candidate_count
Get differentiation tag candidate count
get_differentiation_tag_candidate_count 4 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories/import_tags
Import differentiation tags
import_differentiation_tags 1 param body → 200
POST
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}/import
Import category groups
import_category_groups 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}/groups
List groups in group category
list_groups_in_group_category 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}/export
export groups in and users in category
export_groups_in_and_users_in_category 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/group_categories/export_tags
export tags and users in course
export_tags_and_users_in_course 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}/users
List users in group category
list_users_in_group_category 3 params → 200
POST
/v1/group_categories/{group_category_id}/assign_unassigned_members
Assign unassigned members
assign_unassigned_members 1 param body → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is GroupCategory (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GroupCategory
object
12 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canvas-group-categories-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
canvas:canvas-group-categories-api
Base URL
https://canvas.instructure.com/api/v1
Docs
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
Provider
Canvas
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