Sis Post Grades

Post grades for course

post

https://canvas.instructure.com

/api/v1/courses/{id}/post_grades

Posts grades for specified assignments to the SIS

Authorizations

BearerAuthOAuth2

AuthorizationstringRequired

Canvas API access token

Path parameters

idintegerRequired

Course ID

Body

application/json

assignmentsinteger[]Required

Array of assignment IDs to post grades for

Responses

200

Grades posted successfully

application/json

statusstringOptional

400

Missing required parameters

403

Unauthorized - requires manage_grades permission

404

Course not found

post

/api/v1/courses/{id}/post_grades

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/courses/{id}/post_grades HTTP/1.1
Host: canvas.instructure.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 19

{
  "assignments": [
    1
  ]
}

{
  "status": "text"
}

Post grades for section

post

https://canvas.instructure.com

/api/v1/sections/{id}/post_grades

Posts grades for specified assignments to the SIS for a course section

Authorizations

BearerAuthOAuth2

AuthorizationstringRequired

Canvas API access token

Path parameters

idintegerRequired

Section ID

Body

application/json

assignmentsinteger[]Required

Array of assignment IDs to post grades for

Responses

200

Grades posted successfully

No content

400

Missing required parameters

403

Unauthorized

404

Section not found

post

/api/v1/sections/{id}/post_grades

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/sections/{id}/post_grades HTTP/1.1
Host: canvas.instructure.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 19

{
  "assignments": [
    1
  ]
}

No content

Update post grades status for course

post

https://canvas.instructure.com

/api/v1/courses/{id}/update_post_grades_status

Updates the status of a grade posting operation

Authorizations

BearerAuthOAuth2

AuthorizationstringRequired

Canvas API access token

Path parameters

idintegerRequired

Course ID

Body

application/json

timestampstring · date-timeRequired

statusstring · enumRequiredPossible values:

messagestringOptional

Responses

201

Status created

404

Course not found

422

Invalid status value

post

/api/v1/courses/{id}/update_post_grades_status

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/courses/{id}/update_post_grades_status HTTP/1.1
Host: canvas.instructure.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 76

{
  "timestamp": "2026-03-06T20:00:54.287Z",
  "status": "pending",
  "message": "text"
}

No content

Update post grades status for section

post

https://canvas.instructure.com

/api/v1/sections/{id}/update_post_grades_status

Updates the status of a grade posting operation for a section

Authorizations

BearerAuthOAuth2

AuthorizationstringRequired

Canvas API access token

Path parameters

idintegerRequired

Section ID

Body

application/json

timestampstring · date-timeRequired

statusstring · enumRequiredPossible values:

messagestringOptional

Responses

201

Status created

404

Section not found

422

Invalid status value

post

/api/v1/sections/{id}/update_post_grades_status

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /api/v1/sections/{id}/update_post_grades_status HTTP/1.1
Host: canvas.instructure.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 76

{
  "timestamp": "2026-03-06T20:00:54.287Z",
  "status": "pending",
  "message": "text"
}

No content