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Content Exports API

API for exporting courses and course content

A ContentExport 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",
  // the type of content migration: 'common_cartridge' or 'qti'
  "export_type": "common_cartridge",
  // attachment api object for the export package (not present before the export
  // completes or after it becomes unavailable for download.)
  "attachment": {"url":"https:\/\/example.com\/api\/v1\/attachments\/789?download_frd=1"},
  // 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 content migration: created exporting exported failed
  "workflow_state": "exported"
}

List content exports ContentExportsApiController#index

GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports

GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports

A paginated list of the past and pending content export jobs for a course, group, or user. Exports are returned newest first.

Returns a list of ContentExport objects

Show content export ContentExportsApiController#show

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

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

GET /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports/:id

GET /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports/:id

Get information about a single content export.

Returns a ContentExport object

Export content ContentExportsApiController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/content_exports

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

POST /api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/groups/:group_id/content_exports

POST /api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/users/:user_id/content_exports

Begin a content export job for a course, group, or user.

You can use the Progress API to track the progress of the export. The migration’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.

Request Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
export_type Required string
“common_cartridge”

Export the contents of the course in the Common Cartridge (.imscc) format

“qti”

Export quizzes from a course in the QTI format

“zip”

Export files from a course, group, or user in a zip file

Allowed values: common_cartridge, qti, zip

skip_notifications boolean

Don’t send the notifications about the export to the user. Default: false
select Hash

The select parameter allows exporting specific data. The keys are object types like ‘files’, ‘folders’, ‘pages’, etc. The value for each key is a list of object ids. An id can be an integer or a string.

Multiple object types can be selected in the same call. However, not all object types are valid for every export_type. Common Cartridge supports all object types. Zip and QTI only support the object types as described below.

“folders”

Also supported for zip export_type.

“files”

Also supported for zip export_type.

“quizzes”

Also supported for qti export_type.

Allowed values: folders, files, attachments, quizzes, assignments, announcements, calendar_events, discussion_topics, modules, module_items, pages, rubrics

Returns a ContentExport object