How to start using canvasapi?

[tg1802]

I'm trying to make a python script that adds assignments into my google calendar. I'm very very new to using apis and I'm confused on how to get the api_url and api_key. Under my profile settings, I generated a token under approved integrations. Is this what I use for api_key? What do the url and key actually mean? If anyone can explain this or knows about some online course that I can use to learn about this, that would be very helpful. Thanks!

[themidiman]

Are you by chance using the excellent Canvas Api wrapper for Python3 done by UCF? (https://github.com/ucfopen/canvasapi)

API_URL is the landing page for your Canvas instance. (i.e. https:// <yourdomain>.instructure.com) 

API_KEY is the token generated from your Canvas account under settings. See https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Guide/How-do-I-manage-API-access-tokens-as-an-admin/ta-p/89

[tg1802]

Ah, ok. I had /courses at the end of the url. Thanks so much!