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Canvas Rubrics API

The Rubrics API from Canvas — 15 operation(s) for rubrics.

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

Tagged areas include Rubrics. 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 20 operations across 15 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.

20 operations 15 paths 5 schemas 3 DELETE9 GET5 POST3 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 Rubrics 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 20

Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 20 operations — 3 DELETE, 9 GET, 5 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Rubrics 20
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics
Create a single rubric
create_single_rubric 1 param body → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics
List rubrics
list_rubrics_courses 1 param → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/{id}
Update a single rubric
update_single_rubric 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/{id}
Delete a single
delete_single 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/{id}
Get a single rubric
get_single_rubric_courses 4 params → 200
GET
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/rubrics
List rubrics
list_rubrics_accounts 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/rubrics/{id}
Get a single rubric
get_single_rubric_accounts 4 params → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/{id}/used_locations
Get the courses and assignments for a rubric
get_courses_and_assignments_for_rubric_courses 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/rubrics/{id}/used_locations
Get the courses and assignments for a rubric
get_courses_and_assignments_for_rubric_accounts 2 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/upload
Creates a rubric using a CSV file
creates_rubric_using_csv_file_courses 1 param → 200
POST
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/rubrics/upload
Creates a rubric using a CSV file
creates_rubric_using_csv_file_accounts 1 param → 200
GET
/v1/rubrics/upload_template
Templated file for importing a rubric
templated_file_for_importing_rubric → 200
GET
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubrics/upload/{id}
Get the status of a rubric import
get_status_of_rubric_import_courses 2 params → 200
GET
/v1/accounts/{account_id}/rubrics/upload/{id}
Get the status of a rubric import
get_status_of_rubric_import_accounts 2 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations/{rubric_association_id}/rubric_assessments
Create a single rubric assessment
create_single_rubric_assessment 2 params body → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations/{rubric_association_id}/rubric_assessments/{id}
Update a single rubric assessment
update_single_rubric_assessment 3 params body → 200
DELETE
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations/{rubric_association_id}/rubric_assessments/{id}
Delete a single rubric assessment
delete_single_rubric_assessment 3 params → 200
POST
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations
Create a RubricAssociation
create_rubricassociation 1 param body → 200
PUT
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations/{id}
Update a RubricAssociation
update_rubricassociation 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/v1/courses/{course_id}/rubric_associations/{id}
Delete a RubricAssociation
delete_rubricassociation 2 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Rubric (12 properties), RubricAssessment (11 properties), RubricAssociation (10 properties), RubricCriterion (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Rubric
object
12 properties
RubricCriterion
object
6 properties
RubricAssessment
object
11 properties
RubricAssociation
object
10 properties
RubricRating__rubrics
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canvas-rubrics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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