@lorne_olfman ​This is one way:export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8; curl -s https\://<server.your.domain>/api/v1/users/self?access_token=<user's_token> | \python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.st...

My tidbit is ...I've been using curl to call the api's when trying things out and the python json.tool module is very useful in that it formats the call results:curl -v "https://canvas.test.instructur...

Answering my own question once again. 1) despite the implication of not having 'optional' in comments next it it in the Course object description, public_description needs to be explicitly requested ...

 @dstraayer  I've been using this: https://github.com/kajigga/canvas-contrib/tree/master/SIS_Integration/java/basic_exampleThe sis import API interaction is in SISImport.java. I forked and copied the ...

I am able to get the course information via a cUrl call to https://ourcampus.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/sis_course_id:jonstest1However the 'public_description' is not in that returned document as ...

If you are using an SIS_ID, and since they are unique, it makes more sense for the middleware to target a user, not search for one: /api/v1/users/sis_user_id:simon.j.taylor@gmail.com ....... if that i...

Thanks for the reply and thatv ery reasonable guess. The test course was indeed not published but after deleting the enrollment, publishing the course and retrying the api call again, still no email. ...

I am trying to get a email notification sent for an enrollment invitation and the email never gets sent. Sending a message to the same user via the ui widget works fine. Can anyone tell what I am miss<!-- -->...

&nbsp;@lorne_olfman&nbsp;​This is one way:export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8; curl -s https\://&lt;server.your.domain&gt;/api/v1/users/self?access_token=&lt;user's_token&gt; | \python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.st...

Stan,That url path doesn't look right... looks like your are PUT'ing to the api playground location in docsshould be '/api/v1/courses....'&nbsp; afaik