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Canvas Outcome Results API

The Outcome Results API from Canvas — 6 operation(s) for outcome results.

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

Tagged areas include Outcome Results. 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 6 operations across 6 paths. 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.

6 operations 6 paths 0 schemas 4 GET2 POST

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 Outcome Results 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 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 4 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Outcome Results 6
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/outcome_results
Get outcome results
get_outcome_results 5 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/assign_outcome_order
Set outcome ordering for LMGB
set_outcome_ordering_for_lmgb 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/outcome_rollups
Get outcome result rollups
get_outcome_result_rollups 12 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/outcomes/{outcome_id}/contributing_scores
Get contributing scores
get_contributing_scores 5 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/outcome_mastery_distribution
Get mastery distribution
get_mastery_distribution 8 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/enqueue_outcome_rollup_calculation
Enqueue a delayed Outcome Rollup Calculation Job
enqueue_delayed_outcome_rollup_calculation_job 1 param body → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canvas-outcome-results-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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