Get section information API returns 500 error code

[a_craik]

I'm making this GET call and including the students and enrollments values - the API docs suggest this should "return the section enrollment for each student" see here: Sections - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation 

This is the GET call I'm making:

https://XXX.instructure.com/api/v1/sections/sis_section_id:XXX?include[]=students&include[]=enrollments

and this is the response I get:

{
"errors": [
{
"message": "An error occurred.",
"error_code": "internal_server_error"
}
],
"error_report_id": XXX
}

...am I misinterpreting something, or is this a glitch?

[agschmid]

Maybe try /api/v1/courses/sis_course_id:XXX/sections?include[]=students&include[]=enrollments

This would give you the students in the copurse along with their sections

https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/sections.html
"enrollments": If 'students' is also included, return the section enrollment for each student

or /api/v1/sections/sis_section_id:XXX?include[]=students

Since you already have the section, you just need the students

[a_craik]

Thanks for these Andrea!

Interestingly this one ran fine and returned the expected data:

/api/v1/courses/sis_course_id:XXX/sections?include[]=students&include[]=enrollments

but the second one returned the same 500 error:

or /api/v1/sections/sis_section_id:XXX?include[]=students

There is something about 'students' in the get section information call that is just not happy! 

[agschmid]

One other thing to try is 

/api/v1/sections/sis_section_id:XXX?include%5B%5D=students

Also, try your call in the browser when you're logged in and see if it returns anything. 

I have calls that I have been making for the last couple of years and all of a sudden the [] do no work in the call anymore. The API has gotten a little finicky lately. 

[bdaley4]

Also, if you're executing it from the front end, make sure that the role of the user who is executing the call has access to view/etc the sections.