Canvas cURL pagination: doesn't include "last" page link?

For my project I need to get all the pages of data for a project. I can make cURL requests on data endpoints and get all the pages I want. For example, see this DD of some page data that includes ...

Find a Course by SIS Course ID, when given only part of that SIS ID?

In my custom application, I have a program that successfully searches for and finds a course when given its SIS Course ID. Using this code written in PHP Laravel: $sis_course_id = $request->sis_...

How do I find a course by name?

My current project asks me to develop a webpage that allows someone to find a single course, if given its name or ID. Let's say name, for now. To that end, I'm following the official documentati...

Find user in Canvas if given their name?

I'm creating a custom web application for my university that allows users to search for a single user in Canvas. I've studied the documentation here: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/users.h...

Is it possible to create a new Canvas page?

I'm developing a new application for Canvas, and I just want to verify one thing. Is it possible to program a new webpage on my server, https://my.instructure.com, using a text editor or other materi...

How to use Developer Key for OAuth2 Authentication?

So I'm the admin of a Canvas test server, and want to set up OAuth2 authentication for my webpage. I've generated a developer key after logging into "https://my.test.instructure.com" and setting up ...

OAuth2 Authentication: unknown client in Canvas?

I'm developing an OAuth2 Authentication client-server program using Laravel. My code looks like this: Route::get('/hi', function() {    // Build the query parameter string to pas...

Why does "api/v1/users/self" refer to only the same account every time?

In Laravel, I'm creating my own page, where I want to check if the user is a Canvas admin. If so, they have permission to see the page. Else, they're redirected. In each case, both pages reveal the f...

Any way to predict the value layout of curl_exec()?

Hi, hope all is well. I run a successful curl request as you can see below: $ch = curl_init() $headers = ['Authorization: Bearer ' . my_token_here]; $url = "https://my.test.instructure.com/api...

cUrl value changes despite consistent arguments, ruins json_decode as a result? How to respond?

So a curl request I do seems to always return one of four different results. Every time it has the same token, and the same header, and checks the same URL (https://my.test.instructure.com/api/v1/ac...

Can I explore all the values of a directory without pagination?

Hi, I hope all is well. I am writing a canvas script in PHP Laravel that returns all values in a directory "https://my.test.instructure.com/api/v1/accounts/1/courses". I fetch the directory with a c...

cURL Header, Pagination Error - Can't Collect Data and Paginate with the same query?

Hi, With PHP, Laravel and cURL, I am trying to retrieve data and then express it in a paginatable form, and seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place. I am familiar with how to handle pag...

Can I check each of my courses for a certain folder more efficiently than this?

Hi, I am checking all the courses in my Canvas database to see which ones have a certain folder. Let's call this folder "BB_Direct." At the moment, using cUrl requests like below, I check the acc...

How should I check a text file to see if it has a new course for my Canvas project?

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask. I have a "courses.txt" which contains the courses for my Canvas community. This will have new classes added to it as time goes on, and I want a way to ...

PHP Pagination - buttons?

Hi, I'm struggling with working pagination in PHP. According to the documentation, I can use those links to go to the next page of the collected results. I can put out a certain amount of ...

What data integration tools are recommended for Canvas?

I'm designing a website with Canvas and it needs to be able to use data integration.  Are there any tools that would help me with this? The only one I have been recommended so far is Cur...