# Course Pace
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## Course Pace API
API for accessing and building Course Paces.
**A CoursePace object looks like:**
```js
{
// the ID of the course pace
"id": 5,
// the ID of the course
"course_id": 5,
// the ID of the user for this course pace
"user_id": 10,
// the state of the course pace
"workflow_state": "active",
// boolean value depending on exclude weekends setting
"exclude_weekends": true,
// array of strings representing the days of the work week
"selected_days_to_skip": [fri, sat],
// set if the end date is set from course
"hard_end_dates": true,
// date when course pace is created
"created_at": "2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00",
// course end date
"end_date": "2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00",
// date when course pace is updated
"updated_at": "2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00",
// date when course pace is published
"published_at": "2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00",
// the root account ID for this course pace
"root_account_id": 10,
// course start date
"start_date": "2013-01-23T23:59:00-07:00",
// list of modules and items for this course pace
"modules": null,
// progress of pace publishing
"progress": null
}
```
**A Module object looks like:**
```js
{
// the ID of the module
"id": 5,
// the name of the module
"name": "Module 1",
// the position of the module
"position": 5,
// list of module items
"items": null,
// the ID of the context for this course pace
"context_id": 10,
// The given context for the course pace
"context_type": "Course"
}
```
**A ModuleItem object looks like:**
```js
{
// the ID of the module item
"id": 5,
// the duration of the module item
"duration": 5,
// the course pace id of the module item
"course_pace_id": 5,
// the root account id of the module item
"root_account_id": 5,
// the module item id of the module item
"module_item_id": 5,
// The title of the item assignment
"assignment_title": "Assignment 9",
// The points of the item
"points_possible": 10.0,
// The link of the item assignment
"assignment_link": "/courses/105/modules/items/264",
// the current position of the module item
"position": 5,
// The module item type of the item assignment
"module_item_type": "Assignment",
// published boolean value for course pace
"published": true
}
```
**A Progress object looks like:**
```js
{
// the ID of the Progress object
"id": 1,
// the context owning the job.
"context_id": 1,
"context_type": "Account",
// the id of the user who started the job
"user_id": 123,
// the type of operation
"tag": "course_batch_update",
// percent completed
"completion": 100,
// the state of the job one of 'queued', 'running', 'completed', 'failed'
"workflow_state": "completed",
// the time the job was created
"created_at": "2013-01-15T15:00:00Z",
// the time the job was last updated
"updated_at": "2013-01-15T15:04:00Z",
// optional details about the job
"message": "17 courses processed",
// optional results of the job. omitted when job is still pending
"results": {"id":"123"},
// url where a progress update can be retrieved
"url": "https://canvas.example.edu/api/v1/progress/1"
}
```
### [Show a Course pace](#method.course_paces.api_show)
[CoursePacesController#api\_show](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/course_paces_controller.rb)
**`GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_pacing/:id`**
**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/course_pacing/:id`
Returns a course pace for the course and pace id provided
**Request Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | -------------------------- |
| `course_id` | Required `integer` | The id of the course |
| `course_pace_id` | Required `integer` | The id of the course\_pace |
**Example Request:**
```bash
curl https://