Canvas LMS

Canvas LMS API for accessing courses, assignments, grades, discussions, and calendar across university and K-12 institutions. Best for student productivity workflows — checking due dates, viewing grades, reading course content, and submitting assignments. Institution-specific base URLs (.instructure.com or canvas..edu). 5 example endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Canvas LMS API docs for full documentation.

This provider requires your own credentials — connect your API key or OAuth account before use.

This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://canvas.instructure.com is supported. Canvas LMS API. URL is institution-specific: https://{institution}.instructure.com/api/v1/{path} or https://canvas.{school}.edu/api/v1/{path}. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/ for full reference. The endpoints below are curated examples.

Endpoints

List enrolled courses

GET https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/courses — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/courses', { method: 'GET' });

curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2F%3Ccanvas%3E.instructure.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fcourses" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY"

Unified planner feed (assignments, quizzes, discussions with due dates)

GET https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/planner/items — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/planner/items', { method: 'GET' });

curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2F%3Ccanvas%3E.instructure.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fplanner%2Fitems" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY"

Submit an assignment

POST https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/submissions — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/submissions', {
  body: {
"submission[submission_type]": "online_text_entry",
"submission[body]": "My submission text"
},
});

curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2F%3Ccanvas%3E.instructure.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fcourses%2F%7Bcourse_id%7D%2Fassignments%2F%7Bassignment_id%7D%2Fsubmissions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"submission[submission_type]":"online_text_entry","submission[body]":"My submission text"}'

Update planner item (mark complete)

PUT https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/planner/items/{id} — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/planner/items/{id}', { method: 'PUT' });

curl -X PUT "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2F%3Ccanvas%3E.instructure.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fplanner%2Fitems%2F%7Bid%7D" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Delete a personal calendar event

DELETE https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/calendar_events/{id} — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://<canvas>.instructure.com/api/v1/calendar_events/{id}', { method: 'DELETE' });

curl -X DELETE "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2F%3Ccanvas%3E.instructure.com%2Fapi%2Fv1%2Fcalendar_events%2F%7Bid%7D" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

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Endpoints

List enrolled courses

Unified planner feed (assignments, quizzes, discussions with due dates)

Submit an assignment

Update planner item (mark complete)

Delete a personal calendar event

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​Endpoints

​List enrolled courses

​Unified planner feed (assignments, quizzes, discussions with due dates)

​Submit an assignment

​Update planner item (mark complete)

​Delete a personal calendar event

​Next Steps

All Providers

Forward Proxy

Endpoints

List enrolled courses

Unified planner feed (assignments, quizzes, discussions with due dates)

Submit an assignment

Update planner item (mark complete)

Delete a personal calendar event

Next Steps