Export external course resources?

[ProfEsser]

I'm refreshing an existing course that uses a slew of external resources via URLs. Is there a way to pull just those external links from my course in Canvas?

The closest I've come so far is:

1. export course (nets imscc file, which is just a compressed file)
2. expand/decompress imscc file
3. cd into expanded dir
4. grep href -R * > links (writes all lines with hrefs to the file links)
5. feed links to this tool: https://www.convertcsv.com/url-extractor.htm

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @ProfEsser,

I think what you're doing now is probably one of the most efficient ways to accomplish the task.  There could be other methods via the Canvas API or Canvas Data 2, but I don't they'd be any easier or quicker, and honestly, they could even be more complicated overall.

-Chris