Create Submissions with API

[damariszg]

We're developing an app that will create submissions in behalf of students. I'm trying to create the submissions using this endpoint, but the submission is not created (its workflow is still "unsubmitted").

My cURL request looks like so:

curl -X POST -g -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

-H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' 'https://mydomain/api/v1/courses/343331/assignments/2705768/submissions'

-d'{"submission[submission_type]": "online_text_entry","submission[body]": "<p>Present</p>"}'

I don't get errors or anything, but the data call doesn't work. I was able to get the update_grades endpoint to work, but the problem is that it doesn't update the submitted_at date. I need that field to not be null in order for my external LTI to work. Has anyone been able to get the "Submit an Assignment" endpoint to work?

[garth]

If you're still working on this question, here is a saved cURL command that I was working with previously:

curl https://my.test.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/1234/assignments/1234/submissions

-F 'comment[text_comment]=This is assignment file submission'

-F 'submission[submission_type]=online_upload'

-F 'submission[file_ids][]=51543'

-F 'submission[file_ids][]=51544'

-H 'Authorization: Bearer 123...456'

I have not used the -d parameter before, and am not sure of that syntax.

Let me know if the format of the cURL command that I have proposed works for you.

[damariszg]

I had to modify it a little bit for what I'm doing but it works!

Thank you so much.

For anyone who might need to submit an online_text_entry this is the cURL request that I'm using:

curl 'https://example.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/343991/assignments/2706008/submissions'

-F 'comment[text_comment]=This is assignment submission'

-F 'submission[submission_type]=online_text_entry'

-F 'submission[body]=something'

-H 'Authorization: Bearer sfd5y54...34543 '

[garth]

Awsome, glad it worked out : )