Urgent: Canvas API Submissions grading and comments not working

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Bryan Holladay

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Jul 6, 2015, 2:51:04 PM7/6/15
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We have noticed that our API submissions and comments integration is throwing a 404 error just recently. Was there a change in the API with the latest release [1]? We haven't changed anything on our side and it is following the API requirements [2]. For example:

PUT:

{
errors: 
[
1]
0:  
{
message: "The specified resource does not exist."
}
-
-
error_report_id: 49209055
}


I have verified that the course ID, assignment ID and user ID all exist and that the access token is correct (e.g. I can use that same access token to get roster information). The only thing I could think of is that I never technically submit anything to Canvas through the API for users. I simply just sync the grades and comments. In the past, this was never an issue, but seems to have just came up.

Thanks,
Bryan

Bryan Holladay

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Jul 6, 2015, 7:37:33 PM7/6/15
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The user exists according to the canvas api:


while(1);{"id":4041918,"name":"Bryan Holladay","sortable_name":"Holladay, Bryan","short_name":"Bryan Holladay","login_id":"x...@111.com","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b01a19c1a206aaeee28574b31d642c65?s=50\u0026d=https%3A%2F%2Fcanvas.instructure.com%2Fimages%2Fmessages%2Favatar-50.png","locale":null,"permissions":{"can_update_name":true,"can_update_avatar":true}}

And that user is in the course roster:


while(1);[{"id":4247772,"name":"Derek","sortable_name":"Derek","short_name":"Derek","login_id":"11@11"},{"id":4491930,"name":"1...@11.com","sortable_name":"x...@11.com","short_name":"1...@11.com","login_id":"x...@11.com"},{"id":4041918,"name":"Bryan Holladay","sortable_name":"Holladay, Bryan","short_name":"Bryan Holladay","login_id":"1...@11.com"},{"id":4238388,"name":"Bryan Holladay","sortable_name":"Holladay, Bryan","short_name":"Bryan Holladay","login_id":"1...@11.com"},{"id":4247770,"name":"Derek Ramsey","sortable_name":"Ramsey, Derek","short_name":"Derek Ramsey","login_id":"1...@11.com"}]



I manually graded a different user and that shows up fine in the submissions list for that course/assignment/user:


while(1);[{"assignment_id":3649294,"attempt":null,"body":null,"excused":false,"grade":"1","grade_matches_current_submission":true,"graded_at":"2015-07-06T23:28:22Z","grader_id":4041918,"id":27798247,"score":1,"submission_type":null,"submitted_at":null,"url":null,"user_id":4491930,"workflow_state":"graded","late":false,"preview_url":"https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/903453/assignments/3649294/submissions/4491930?preview=1\u0026version=1"}]


The issue is with posting a new grade and or comment to a submission that hasn’t been created. This worked in the past and has just recently changed. 

PUT:

{
errors: [1]
0:  {
message: "The specified resource does not exist."
}
-
-
error_report_id: 49209055
}


If I do the exact command with the user ID of the student I manually entered a grade (e.g. a current grade exists), then it works fine:

PUT:

{
assignment_id: 3649294
attempt: null
body: null
excused: false
grade: "5"
grade_matches_current_submission: true
graded_at: "2015-07-06T23:33:44Z"
...
}

This shows that the PUT command to change the grade or comment only works if there is an existing submission. If not, then it throws a 404 error.

Thanks,
Bryan

Simon Williams

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Jul 7, 2015, 9:45:04 AM7/7/15
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Looks like the user (id 4041918) is a teacher in that course, which is why he cannot be graded for a submission.

Simon

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