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Collaborations API

API for accessing course and group collaboration information.

A Collaboration object looks like:

{
  // The unique identifier for the collaboration
  "id": 43,
  // A name for the type of collaboration
  "collaboration_type": "Microsoft Office",
  // The collaboration document identifier for the collaboration provider
  "document_id": "oinwoenfe8w8ef_onweufe89fef",
  // The canvas id of the user who created the collaboration
  "user_id": 92,
  // The canvas id of the course or group to which the collaboration belongs
  "context_id": 77,
  // The canvas type of the course or group to which the collaboration belongs
  "context_type": "Course",
  // The LTI launch url to view collaboration.
  "url": null,
  // The timestamp when the collaboration was created
  "created_at": "2012-06-01T00:00:00-06:00",
  // The timestamp when the collaboration was last modified
  "updated_at": "2012-06-01T00:00:00-06:00",
  "description": null,
  "title": null,
  // Another representation of the collaboration type
  "type": "ExternalToolCollaboration",
  // The LTI launch url to edit the collaboration
  "update_url": null,
  // The name of the user who owns the collaboration
  "user_name": "John Danger"
}

A Collaborator object looks like:

{
  // The unique user or group identifier for the collaborator.
  "id": 12345,
  // The type of collaborator (e.g. 'user' or 'group').
  "type": "user",
  // The name of the collaborator.
  "name": "Don Draper"
}

List collaborations CollaborationsController#api_index

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/collaborations

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

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/collaborations

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/collaborations
A paginated list of collaborations the current user has access to in the context of the course provided in the url. NOTE: this only returns ExternalToolCollaboration type collaborations. curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/1/collaborations/ Returns a list of Collaboration objects

List members of a collaboration. CollaborationsController#members

GET /api/v1/collaborations/:id/members

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/collaborations/:id/members
A paginated list of the collaborators of a given collaboration

Request Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
include[] string - "collaborator_lti_id": Optional information to include with each member. Represents an identifier to be used for the member in an LTI context. - "avatar_image_url": Optional information to include with each member. The url for the avatar of a collaborator with type 'user'.

Allowed values: collaborator_lti_id, avatar_image_url

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/1/collaborations/1/members
Returns a list of Collaborator objects

List potential members CollaborationsController#potential_collaborators

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/potential_collaborators

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

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/potential_collaborators

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/potential_collaborators
A paginated list of the users who can potentially be added to a collaboration in the given context. For courses, this consists of all enrolled users. For groups, it is comprised of the group members plus the admins of the course containing the group. Returns a list of User objects