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API Token Scopes

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BETA: This API resource is not finalized, and there could be breaking changes before its final release.

API for retrieving API scopes

A Scope object looks like:

{
  // The resource the scope is associated with
  "resource": "courses",
  // The localized resource name
  "resource_name": "Courses",
  // The controller the scope is associated to
  "controller": "courses",
  // The controller action the scope is associated to
  "action": "index",
  // The HTTP verb for the scope
  "verb": "GET",
  // The identifier for the scope
  "scope": "url:GET|/api/v1/courses"
}

BETA: This API endpoint is not finalized, and there could be breaking changes before its final release.

GET /api/v1/accounts/:account_id/scopes

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/accounts/:account_id/scopes

A list of scopes that can be applied to developer keys and access tokens.

Request Parameters:

Parameter
Type
Description

group_by

string

The attribute to group the scopes by. By default no grouping is done.

Allowed values: resource_name


Returns a list of objects.

This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available .

ScopesApiController#index
on Github
List scopes
Scope