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Canvas Pages API

The Pages API from Canvas — 13 operation(s) for pages.

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

Tagged areas include Pages. 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 23 operations across 13 paths, and defines 2 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.

23 operations 13 paths 2 schemas 2 DELETE12 GET5 POST4 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 Pages 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 23

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 23 operations — 2 DELETE, 12 GET, 5 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Pages 23
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/front_page
Show front page
show_front_page_courses 1 param → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/front_page
Update/create front page
update_create_front_page_courses 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/front_page
Show front page
show_front_page_groups 1 param → 200
PUT
/v1/groups/{group_id}/front_page
Update/create front page
update_create_front_page_groups 1 param body → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/duplicate
Duplicate page
duplicate_page 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages
List pages
list_pages_courses 6 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages
Create page
create_page_courses 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages
List pages
list_pages_groups 6 params → 200
POST
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages
Create page
create_page_groups 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Show page
show_page_courses 2 params → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Update/create page
update_create_page_courses 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Delete page
delete_page_courses 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Show page
show_page_groups 2 params → 200
PUT
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Update/create page
update_create_page_groups 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}
Delete page
delete_page_groups 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions
List revisions
list_revisions_courses 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions
List revisions
list_revisions_groups 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/latest
Show revision
show_revision_courses_latest 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/latest
Show revision
show_revision_groups_latest 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/{revision_id}
Show revision
show_revision_courses_revision_id 4 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/{revision_id}
Revert to revision
revert_to_revision_courses 3 params → 200
GET
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/{revision_id}
Show revision
show_revision_groups_revision_id 4 params → 200
POST
/v1/groups/{group_id}/pages/{url_or_id}/revisions/{revision_id}
Revert to revision
revert_to_revision_groups 3 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Page (17 properties), PageRevision (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PageRevision
object
7 properties
Page
object
17 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canvas-pages-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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