User not authorized to perform that action
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Hi all,
I'm trying to accept a course invitation using a post request listed in the Cavnas API documentation. The command I'm using is:
"curl http://<canvas>/api/v1/courses/:course_id/enrollments/:id/accept \
-X POST \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'"
However, I'm getting an error that says:
{"status":"unauthorized","errors":[{"message":"user not authorized to perform that action"}]}
Does anyone know how to fix this? For your reference, I'm using a Canvas instance hosted on AWS and have admin access to it.
Thanks in advance!!
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Check two things:
1. Your API key is valid. Will a GET request work?
2. You actually have a pending course invitation for your account. The API call runs as you, so if you don't have a pending invite, you can't accept it.
If you're trying to automate accepting course invites for other users, you can masquerade your API call to act on someone else's behalf.