Canvas has a great GUI (graphical user interface). However, sometimes even a great GUI can't beat the speed and efficiency of a CLI (command line interface) for automating mundane tasks, gathering...

Sorry! Guess it didn't come through when I posted it -- or I totally forgot.But, here it is:CANBASH : Create modules demo video - YouTube

If you wanted to do the BASH way you could always install a VM and run a free linux distro like Ubuntu or something and should (pretty much) be able to BASH the way I do it... However, I totally get y...

Python is a great language! I'm also sort'of limited in my knowledge of Python and I'm sure if I get some time I can look into automating tasks in python to help you out. Or ruby if you...

LAST TIME ON  CANBASH​ ​-- Kent shows how to interact with Canvas using BASH scripting with an introduction to curl, json and APIs. Nanananana CANBASH! CANBASH Part 2INTRODUCING RESTY & JSAWKHello...

LAST TIME ON  CANBASH​ ​-- Kent shows how to interact with Canvas using BASH scripting with an introduction to curl, json and APIs. Nanananana CANBASH! CANBASH Part 2INTRODUCING RESTY & JSAWKHello...

This is just a small update that I figured didn't deserve a new blog post. I had some time and started working on some more stuff to share with those who are interested. I plan on writing my next ...

Curl is cool indeed!

As I understand it, canvas will restrict code entered in their text-entry boxes. We can see this in action where canvas seems to be stripping the <script> tag from the twitter widget html code. ...

I would guess you should  play around with jsonp instead of json for datatype in your javascript if the cross domain errors are persistent. There's lots of documentation online about it. But I cou...