Does Canvas Allow Outbound API Calls?

[ch...@supernaut.io]

In reading the introduction to the Canvas API is seems that Canvas's API is available for external systems and scripts to use. In other words, requests from elements outside of Canvas can call into the Canvas APIs. Our particular scenario is that we need to make an API call from within Canvas. In other words we need to call out from Canvas (/post) to another system - in particular Adobe Connect.

My question is, in a Canvas hosted environment, are we able to slipstream a "module" or other API layer that will allow us to make an API call from "out of Canvas" to another system? Thank you.

[Battis, Seth]

The usual way to make calls out of Canvas is via an LTI. But, depending on your needs, you might-could add a snippet of javascript that uses the info in the ENV variable to make calls out from a particular page with relevant Canvas info.

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On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:15 PM, <ch...@supernaut.io> wrote:

In reading the introduction to the Canvas API is seems that Canvas's API is available for external systems and scripts to use. In other words, requests from elements outside of Canvas can call into the Canvas APIs. Our particular scenario is that we need to make an API call from within Canvas. In other words we need to call out from Canvas (/post) to another system - in particular Adobe Connect.

My question is, in a Canvas hosted environment, are we able to slipstream a "module" or other API layer that will allow us to make an API call from "out of Canvas" to another system? Thank you.

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