Submission Comments

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Submission Comments API

This API can be used to edit and delete submission comments.

Edit a submission comment

SubmissionCommentsApiController#update

PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/:id

Scope: url:PUT|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/:id

Edit the given submission comment.

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
comment	string	If this argument is present, edit the text of a comment.

Returns a SubmissionComment object.

Delete a submission comment

SubmissionCommentsApiController#destroy

DELETE /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/:id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/:id

Delete the given submission comment.

Example Request:

curl https://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/<course_id>/assignments/<assignment_id>/submissions/<user_id>/comments/<id> \
     -X DELETE \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Returns a SubmissionComment object.

Upload a file

SubmissionCommentsApiController#create_file

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/files

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:assignment_id/submissions/:user_id/comments/files

Upload a file to attach to a submission comment

See the File Upload Documentation for details on the file upload workflow.

The final step of the file upload workflow will return the attachment data, including the new file id. The caller can then PUT the file_id to the submission API to attach it to a comment

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