Pages API

Pages are rich content associated with Courses and Groups in Canvas. The Pages API allows you to create, retrieve, update, and delete pages.

Note on page identifiers

Most Pages API endpoints accept identification of the Page as either a URL or an ID. In ambiguous cases, the URL takes precedence.

For example, if you have a page whose ID is 7 and another whose ID is 8 and whose URL is "7", the endpoint /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/7 will refer to the latter (ID 8). To explicitly request by ID, you can use the form /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/page_id:7.

A Page object looks like:

{
  // the ID of the page
  "page_id": 1,
  // the unique locator for the page
  "url": "my-page-title",
  // the title of the page
  "title": "My Page Title",
  // the creation date for the page
  "created_at": "2012-08-06T16:46:33-06:00",
  // the date the page was last updated
  "updated_at": "2012-08-08T14:25:20-06:00",
  // (DEPRECATED) whether this page is hidden from students (note: this is always
  // reflected as the inverse of the published value)
  "hide_from_students": false,
  // roles allowed to edit the page; comma-separated list comprising a combination
  // of 'teachers', 'students', 'members', and/or 'public' if not supplied, course
  // defaults are used
  "editing_roles": "teachers,students",
  // the User who last edited the page (this may not be present if the page was
  // imported from another system)
  "last_edited_by": null,
  // the page content, in HTML (present when requesting a single page; optionally
  // included when listing pages)
  "body": "<p>Page Content</p>",
  // whether the page is published (true) or draft state (false).
  "published": true,
  // scheduled publication date for this page
  "publish_at": "2022-09-01T00:00:00",
  // whether this page is the front page for the wiki
  "front_page": false,
  // Whether or not this is locked for the user.
  "locked_for_user": false,
  // (Optional) Information for the user about the lock. Present when
  // locked_for_user is true.
  "lock_info": null,
  // (Optional) An explanation of why this is locked for the user. Present when
  // locked_for_user is true.
  "lock_explanation": "This page is locked until September 1 at 12:00am",
  // The editor used to create and edit this page. May be one of 'rce' or
  // 'block_editor'.
  "editor": "rce",
  // The block editor attributes for this page. (optionally included, and only if
  // this is a block editor created page)
  "block_editor_attributes": {"id":278,"version":"0.2","blocks":"{...block json here...}"}
}

A PageRevision object looks like:

{
  // an identifier for this revision of the page
  "revision_id": 7,
  // the time when this revision was saved
  "updated_at": "2012-08-07T11:23:58-06:00",
  // whether this is the latest revision or not
  "latest": true,
  // the User who saved this revision, if applicable (this may not be present if
  // the page was imported from another system)
  "edited_by": null,
  // the following fields are not included in the index action and may be omitted
  // from the show action via summary=1 the historic url of the page
  "url": "old-page-title",
  // the historic page title
  "title": "Old Page Title",
  // the historic page contents
  "body": "<p>Old Page Content</p>"
}

Show front page WikiPagesApiController#show_front_page

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/front_page

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/front_page

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/front_page

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/front_page

Retrieve the content of the front page

Example Request:

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
     https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/front_page

Returns a Page object

Duplicate page WikiPagesApiController#duplicate

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/duplicate

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/duplicate

Duplicate a wiki page

Example Request:

curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/14/duplicate

Returns a Page object

Update/create front page WikiPagesApiController#update_front_page

PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/front_page

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/front_page

PUT /api/v1/groups/:group_id/front_page

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/front_page

Update the title or contents of the front page

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
wiki_page[title]	string	The title for the new page. NOTE: changing a page’s title will change its url. The updated url will be returned in the result.
wiki_page[body]	string	The content for the new page.
wiki_page[editing_roles]	string	Which user roles are allowed to edit this page. Any combination of these roles is allowed (separated by commas). “teachers” Allows editing by teachers in the course. “students” Allows editing by students in the course. “members” For group wikis, allows editing by members of the group. “public” Allows editing by any user. Allowed values: `teachers`, `students`, `members`, `public`
wiki_page[notify_of_update]	boolean	Whether participants should be notified when this page changes.
wiki_page[published]	boolean	Whether the page is published (true) or draft state (false).

Example Request:

curl -X PUT -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/front_page \
-d wiki_page[body]=Updated+body+text

Returns a Page object

List pages WikiPagesApiController#index

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages

A paginated list of the wiki pages associated with a course or group

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
sort	string	Sort results by this field. Allowed values: `title`, `created_at`, `updated_at`
order	string	The sorting order. Defaults to ‘asc’. Allowed values: `asc`, `desc`
search_term	string	The partial title of the pages to match and return.
published	boolean	If true, include only published paqes. If false, exclude published pages. If not present, do not filter on published status.
include[]	string	“enrollments”: Optionally include the page body with each Page. If this is a block_editor page, returns the block_editor_attributes. Allowed values: `body`

Example Request:

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
     https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages?sort=title&order=asc

Returns a list of Page objects

Create page WikiPagesApiController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages

POST /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages

Create a new wiki page

Request Parameters:

Parameter		Type	Description
wiki_page[title]	Required	string	The title for the new page.
wiki_page[body]		string	The content for the new page.
wiki_page[editing_roles]		string	Which user roles are allowed to edit this page. Any combination of these roles is allowed (separated by commas). “teachers” Allows editing by teachers in the course. “students” Allows editing by students in the course. “members” For group wikis, allows editing by members of the group. “public” Allows editing by any user. Allowed values: `teachers`, `students`, `members`, `public`
wiki_page[notify_of_update]		boolean	Whether participants should be notified when this page changes.
wiki_page[published]		boolean	Whether the page is published (true) or draft state (false).
wiki_page[front_page]		boolean	Set an unhidden page as the front page (if true)
wiki_page[publish_at]		DateTime	Schedule a future date/time to publish the page. This will have no effect unless the “Scheduled Page Publication” feature is enabled in the account. If a future date is supplied, the page will be unpublished and wiki_page will be ignored.

Example Request:

curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages \
-d wiki_page[title]=New+page
-d wiki_page[body]=New+body+text

Returns a Page object

Show page WikiPagesApiController#show

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Retrieve the content of a wiki page

Example Request:

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
     https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier

Returns a Page object

Update/create page WikiPagesApiController#update

PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

PUT /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Update the title or contents of a wiki page

NOTE: You cannot specify the ID when creating a page. If you pass a numeric value as the page identifier and that does not represent a page ID that already exists, it will be interpreted as a URL.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
wiki_page[title]	string	The title for the new page. NOTE: changing a page’s title will change its url. The updated url will be returned in the result.
wiki_page[body]	string	The content for the new page.
wiki_page[editing_roles]	string	Which user roles are allowed to edit this page. Any combination of these roles is allowed (separated by commas). “teachers” Allows editing by teachers in the course. “students” Allows editing by students in the course. “members” For group wikis, allows editing by members of the group. “public” Allows editing by any user. Allowed values: `teachers`, `students`, `members`, `public`
wiki_page[notify_of_update]	boolean	Whether participants should be notified when this page changes.
wiki_page[published]	boolean	Whether the page is published (true) or draft state (false).
wiki_page[publish_at]	DateTime	Schedule a future date/time to publish the page. This will have no effect unless the “Scheduled Page Publication” feature is enabled in the account. If a future date is set and the page is already published, it will be unpublished.
wiki_page[front_page]	boolean	Set an unhidden page as the front page (if true)

Example Request:

curl -X PUT -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier \
-d 'wiki_page[body]=Updated+body+text'

Returns a Page object

Delete page WikiPagesApiController#destroy

DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id

DELETE /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id

Delete a wiki page

Example Request:

curl -X DELETE -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier

Returns a Page object

List revisions WikiPagesApiController#revisions

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions

A paginated list of the revisions of a page. Callers must have update rights on the page in order to see page history.

Example Request:

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier/revisions

Returns a list of PageRevision objects

Show revision WikiPagesApiController#show_revision

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/latest

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/latest

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/latest

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/latest

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Retrieve the metadata and optionally content of a revision of the page. Note that retrieving historic versions of pages requires edit rights.

Request Parameters:

Parameter		Type	Description
summary		boolean	If set, exclude page content from results

Example Request:

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier/revisions/latest

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier/revisions/4

Returns a PageRevision object

Revert to revision WikiPagesApiController#revert

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

POST /api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/pages/:url_or_id/revisions/:revision_id

Revert a page to a prior revision.

Request Parameters:

Parameter		Type	Description
revision_id	Required	integer	The revision to revert to (use the List Revisions API to see available revisions)

Example Request:

curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/123/pages/the-page-identifier/revisions/6

Returns a PageRevision object