Is there a way to access Canvas through API or RSS type method we could use to post emergency announcements from our Safety team?

[Justin_Reynolds]

Just wondering what other schools are doing to allow others to post an announcement automatically when they put the same announcement into LiveSafe or other emergency notification system.  The suggestion was RSS (maybe because that's what LiveSafe uses), but I'm guessing this would have to be an API.  Does anyone know?

Thanks,

Justin

[NoahBoswell]

Hi there @Justin_Reynolds !

While I personally don't have a solution for you, I have moved your post over to the Developers Group. I think you'll be able to receive better attention and insight here than in the general question forum!

Wishing you the best of luck!
Noah

[jsimon3]

It depends entirely on your third party does livesafe have an RSS feed page do they maintain an API to acces the information?
If not maybe you have in house devs or someone that can set up a webhook to fetch the data from the livesafe communication and feed it into the the endpoint on canvas side announcements...
https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/announcement_external_feeds#method.e...

TLDR:
livesafe rss exist => https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/announcement_external_feeds#method.e...
livesafe rss does not exist
=>  tell livesave to provide you with rss page, develop in house, or abandon hope


I am sorry I cannot be of much help at this time w/limited knowledge of livesafe, I don't see their documentation anywhere ...

[jsimon3]

@Justin_Reynolds if you work for a non-profit I can take a peak at what you have to give better pointers/solutions... else I cannot help...

[Justin_Reynolds]

Thank you, I appreciate that.  I saw that API.  It looks to me like it only shows announcements as course announcements.  I can't find an API that would let me add it as a global announcement.  Either way, you're right.  I assumed the manager of LiveSafe knows that it has an RSS external feed.  I haven't explored what it has, but if Canvas can't ingest an RSS feed and/or doesn't have an API for global announcements, then I won't need to look at LiveSafe.  

Again, appreciate the help!  🙂

[gguillor · Accepted solution]

Here is the API for global announcements - https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/account_notifications

[Justin_Reynolds]

Thank you!  I was looking for "announcement" and didn't think it would be called something else, especially Account Notifications.  ha