ePub Exports

API for exporting courses as an ePub

A CourseEpubExport object looks like:

// Combination of a Course & EpubExport.
{
  // the unique identifier for the course
  "id": 101,
  // the name for the course
  "name": "Maths 101",
  // ePub export API object
  "epub_export": null
}

An EpubExport object looks like:

{
  // the unique identifier for the export
  "id": 101,
  // the date and time this export was requested
  "created_at": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  // attachment api object for the export ePub (not present until the export
  // completes)
  "attachment": {"url":"https:\/\/example.com\/api\/v1\/attachments\/789?download_frd=1\u0026verifier=bG9sY2F0cyEh"},
  // The api endpoint for polling the current progress
  "progress_url": "https://example.com/api/v1/progress/4",
  // The ID of the user who started the export
  "user_id": 4,
  // Current state of the ePub export: created exporting exported generating
  // generated failed
  "workflow_state": "exported"
}

List courses with their latest ePub export

EpubExportsController#index

GET /api/v1/epub_exports

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/epub_exports

A paginated list of all courses a user is actively participating in, and the latest ePub export associated with the user & course.

Returns a list ofCourseEpubExport objects.

Create ePub Export

EpubExportsController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports

Begin an ePub export for a course.

You can use the Progress API to track the progress of the export. The export’s progress is linked to with the progress_url value.

When the export completes, use the Show content export endpoint to retrieve a download URL for the exported content.

Returns anEpubExport object.

Show ePub export

EpubExportsController#show

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports/:id

Get information about a single ePub export.

Returns anEpubExport object.

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