Line Items

Line Item API for IMS Assignment and Grade Services

A LineItem object looks like:

{
  // The fully qualified URL for showing, updating, and deleting the Line Item
  "id": "http://institution.canvas.com/api/lti/courses/5/line_items/2",
  // The maximum score of the Line Item
  "scoreMaximum": 50,
  // The label of the Line Item.
  "label": "50",
  // Tag used to qualify a line Item beyond its ids
  "tag": "50",
  // A Tool Provider specified id for the Line Item. Multiple line items can share
  // the same resourceId within a given context
  "resourceId": "50",
  // The resource link id the Line Item is attached to
  "resourceLinkId": "50",
  // The extension that defines the submission_type of the line_item. Only returns
  // if set through the line_item create endpoint.
  "https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/submission_type": "{
  	"type":"external_tool",
  	"external_tool_url":"https://my.launch.url",
  }",
  // The launch url of the Line Item. Only returned if `include=launch_url` query
  // parameter is passed, and only for Show and List actions.
  "https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/launch_url": "https://my.tool.url/launch"
}

Create a Line Item

Lti::Ims::LineItemsController#create

POST /api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items

Scope: url:POST|/api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items

Create a new Line Item

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
scoreMaximum	Required number	The maximum score for the line item. Scores created for the Line Item may exceed this value.
label	Required string	The label for the Line Item. If no resourceLinkId is specified this value will also be used as the name of the placeholder assignment.
resourceId	string	A Tool Provider specified id for the Line Item. Multiple line items may share the same resourceId within a given context.
tag	string	A value used to qualify a line Item beyond its ids. Line Items may be queried by this value in the List endpoint. Multiple line items can share the same tag within a given context.
resourceLinkId	string	The resource link id the Line Item should be attached to. This value should match the LTI id of the Canvas assignment associated with the tool.
startDateTime	string	The ISO8601 date and time when the line item is made available. Corresponds to the assignment’s unlock_at date.
endDateTime	string	The ISO8601 date and time when the line item stops receiving submissions. Corresponds to the assignment’s due_at date.
https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/submission_type	object	(EXTENSION) - Optional block to set Assignment Submission Type when creating a new assignment is created. type - ‘none’ or ‘external_tool’external_tool_url - Submission URL only used when type: ‘external_tool’

Example Request:

{
  "scoreMaximum": 100.0,
  "label": "LineItemLabel1",
  "resourceId": 1,
  "tag": "MyTag",
  "resourceLinkId": "1",
  "startDateTime": "2022-01-31T22:23:11+0000",
  "endDateTime": "2022-02-07T22:23:11+0000",
  "https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/submission_type": {
    "type": "external_tool",
    "external_tool_url": "https://my.launch.url"
  }
}

Returns a LineItem object.

Update a Line Item

Lti::Ims::LineItemsController#update

PUT /api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Scope: url:PUT|/api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Update new Line Item

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
scoreMaximum	number	The maximum score for the line item. Scores created for the Line Item may exceed this value.
label	string	The label for the Line Item. If no resourceLinkId is specified this value will also be used as the name of the placeholder assignment.
resourceId	string	A Tool Provider specified id for the Line Item. Multiple line items may share the same resourceId within a given context.
tag	string	A value used to qualify a line Item beyond its ids. Line Items may be queried by this value in the List endpoint. Multiple line items can share the same tag within a given context.
startDateTime	string	The ISO8601 date and time when the line item is made available. Corresponds to the assignment’s unlock_at date.
endDateTime	string	The ISO8601 date and time when the line item stops receiving submissions. Corresponds to the assignment’s due_at date.

Returns a LineItem object.

Show a Line Item

Lti::Ims::LineItemsController#show

GET /api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Show existing Line Item

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
include[]	string	Array of additional information to include. “launch_url” includes the launch URL for this line item using the “https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/launch_url” extension Allowed values: launch_url

Returns a LineItem object.

List line Items

Lti::Ims::LineItemsController#index

GET /api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items

Scope: url:GET|/api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items

List all Line Items for a course

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
tag	string	If specified only Line Items with this tag will be included.
resource_id	string	If specified only Line Items with this resource_id will be included.
resource_link_id	string	If specified only Line Items attached to the specified resource_link_id will be included.
limit	string	May be used to limit the number of Line Items returned in a page
include[]	string	Array of additional information to include. “launch_url” includes the launch URL for each line item using the “https://canvas.instructure.com/lti/launch_url” extension Allowed values: launch_url

Returns a LineItem object.

Delete a Line Item

Lti::Ims::LineItemsController#destroy

DELETE /api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/lti/courses/:course_id/line_items/:id

Delete an existing Line Item

Returns a LineItem object.

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© Instructure, Inc. Generated on Wed Nov 6 14:20:07 2024 This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available on Github.