Webhooks Subscriptions for Plagiarism Platform API

LTI API for Webhook Subscriptions (Must use JWT access tokens with this API).

This is intended for use with Canvas' Plagiarism Detection Platform. For general-purpose event subscriptions see Live Events.

The tool proxy must also have the appropriate enabled capabilities (See appendix).

Webhooks from Canvas are your way to know that a change (e.g. new or updated submission, new or updated assignment, etc.) has taken place.

Webhooks are available via HTTPS to an endpoint you own and specify, or via an AWS SQS queue that you provision, own, and specify. We recommend SQS for the most robust integration, but do support HTTPS for lower volume applications.

We do not deduplicate or batch messages before transmission. Avoid creating multiple identical subscriptions. Webhooks always identify the ID of the subscription that caused them to be sent, allowing you to identify problematic or high volume subscriptions.

We cannot guarantee the transmission order of webhooks. If order is important to your application, you must check the "event_time" attribute in the "metadata" hash to determine sequence.

Create a Webhook Subscription Lti::SubscriptionsApiController#create

POST /api/lti/subscriptions

Scope: url:POST|/api/lti/subscriptions

Creates a webook subscription for the specified event type and context.

Request Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
subscription[ContextId] Required string

The id of the context for the subscription.
subscription[ContextType] Required string

The type of context for the subscription. Must be ‘assignment’, ‘account’, or ‘course’.
subscription[EventTypes] Required Array

Array of strings representing the event types for the subscription.
subscription[Format] Required string

Format to deliver the live events. Must be ‘live-event’ or ‘caliper’.
subscription[TransportMetadata] Required Object

An object with a single key: ‘Url’. Example: { “Url”: “sqs.example” }
subscription[TransportType] Required string

Must be either ‘sqs’ or ‘https’.

Delete a Webhook Subscription Lti::SubscriptionsApiController#destroy

DELETE /api/lti/subscriptions/:id

Scope: url:DELETE|/api/lti/subscriptions/:id

Show a single Webhook Subscription Lti::SubscriptionsApiController#show

GET /api/lti/subscriptions/:id

Scope: url:GET|/api/lti/subscriptions/:id

Update a Webhook Subscription Lti::SubscriptionsApiController#update

PUT /api/lti/subscriptions/:id

Scope: url:PUT|/api/lti/subscriptions/:id

This endpoint uses the same parameters as the create endpoint

List all Webhook Subscription for a tool proxy Lti::SubscriptionsApiController#index

GET /api/lti/subscriptions

Scope: url:GET|/api/lti/subscriptions

This endpoint returns a paginated list with a default limit of 100 items per result set. You can retrieve the next result set by setting a ‘StartKey’ header in your next request with the value of the ‘EndKey’ header in the response.

Example use of a ‘StartKey’ header object:

{ "Id":"71d6dfba-0547-477d-b41d-db8cb528c6d1","DeveloperKey":"10000000000001" }

Appendixes

Appendix: Webhook Subscription Required Capabilities

A tool must have certain capabilities enabled in order to create webhook subscriptions for a given event type in a given context. These capabilities can only be obtained through the use of a custom tool consumer profile.

All available event types are listed bellow along with the capability that will allow creating subscriptions of the associated type.

QUIZ_SUBMITTED Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.quiz_submitted
  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.assignment.quiz_submitted

GRADE_CHANGE Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.grade_change

ATTACHMENT_CREATED Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.attachment_created
  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.assignment.attachment_created

SUBMISSION_CREATED Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.submission_created
  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.assignment.submission_created

SUBMISSION_UPDATED Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.submission_updated
  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.assignment.submission_updated

PLAGIARISM_RESUBMIT Event Type

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.plagiarism_resubmit
  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.assignment.plagiarism_resubmit

All Event Types

  • vnd.instructure.webhooks.root_account.all