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Canvas REST API — Courses

Canvas REST API — Courses business surface. Lead operation: List Courses for the Current User. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Canvas business surface.

Canvas REST API — Courses is a Naftiko capability published by Canvas LMS, one of 2 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 4 operations across the GET, PUT, and DELETE methods rooted at /v1/api/v1/courses.

The capability includes 2 read-only operations and 2 state-changing operations. Lead operation: List Courses for the Current User. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include Canvas, Courses, and LMS.

Run with Naftiko CanvasCoursesLMS

What You Can Do

GET

Listcourses — List Courses for the Current User

/v1/api/v1/courses

GET

Getcourse — Get a Single Course

/v1/api/v1/courses/{course-id}

PUT

Updatecourse — Update a Course

/v1/api/v1/courses/{course-id}

DELETE

Deletecourse — Conclude or Delete a Course

/v1/api/v1/courses/{course-id}

MCP Tools

canvas-list-courses

List Courses for the Current User

read-only idempotent

canvas-get-course

Get a Single Course

read-only idempotent

canvas-update-course

Update a Course

canvas-delete-course

Conclude or Delete a Course

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Canvas REST API — Courses
  description: 'Canvas REST API — Courses business surface. Lead operation: List Courses for the Current User. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Canvas business surface.'
  tags:
  - Canvas
  - Courses
  - LMS
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    CANVAS_HOST: CANVAS_HOST
    CANVAS_ACCESS_TOKEN: CANVAS_ACCESS_TOKEN
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: rest-api-courses
    baseUri: https://{{env.CANVAS_HOST}}
    description: Canvas REST API — Courses surface. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: api-v1-courses
      path: /api/v1/courses
      operations:
      - name: listcourses
        method: GET
        description: List Courses for the Current User
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: array
          value: $.
    - name: api-v1-courses-id
      path: /api/v1/courses/{course_id}
      operations:
      - name: getcourse
        method: GET
        description: Get a Single Course
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: updatecourse
        method: PUT
        description: Update a Course
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: deletecourse
        method: DELETE
        description: Conclude or Delete a Course
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: api-v1-accounts-id-courses
      path: /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/courses
      operations:
      - name: listcoursesinaccount
        method: GET
        description: List Active Courses in an Account
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: array
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: bearer
      value: '{{env.CANVAS_ACCESS_TOKEN}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: rest-api-courses-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Canvas REST API — Courses. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/api/v1/courses
      name: api-v1-courses
      description: REST surface for api-v1-courses.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listcourses
        description: List Courses for the Current User
        call: rest-api-courses.listcourses
        outputParameters:
        - type: array
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/api/v1/courses/{course-id}
      name: api-v1-courses-id
      description: REST surface for api-v1-courses-id.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getcourse
        description: Get a Single Course
        call: rest-api-courses.getcourse
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: PUT
        name: updatecourse
        description: Update a Course
        call: rest-api-courses.updatecourse
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: DELETE
        name: deletecourse
        description: Conclude or Delete a Course
        call: rest-api-courses.deletecourse
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: rest-api-courses-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Canvas REST API — Courses. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: canvas-list-courses
      description: List Courses for the Current User
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-api-courses.listcourses
      outputParameters:
      - type: array
        mapping: $.
    - name: canvas-get-course
      description: Get a Single Course
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: rest-api-courses.getcourse
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: canvas-update-course
      description: Update a Course
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-api-courses.updatecourse
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: canvas-delete-course
      description: Conclude or Delete a Course
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: true
        idempotent: false
      call: rest-api-courses.deletecourse
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.