Canvas has API docs. If you’re new to them or to working with APIs in general you’ll probably want to start with the getting started page or review the API use cases.

Before you can use the Canvas API in a production environment you’re going to need a developer key. For more information about how to obtain and use developer keys, see our API guides. When requesting a developer key, be aware of some of the questions Institution admins may ask.

There are official LTI docs, but if you’re struggling to sort through them, we have a shorter LTI introduction you can check out to get started.

Once you’ve built an LTI app and you’re ready to share it with the world on EduAppCenter.com, you can create an account and submit your app to our LTI repository. Then just notify us about your app so we can review and approve it.

Our mobile apps on Android and iOS have an API that allows other apps on a device to communicate with them. If you have an app that would benefit from interacting with our Canvas Mobile apps, check out our App API documentation.

If you’re running Canvas yourself or considering working on the Canvas codebase, first check out the introduction on GitHub. You should also join the mailing list or our IRC channel. Issues? Visit our help portal.

Canvas is released open source under the AGPL license. There’s a couple other related libraries you can see on our github site.

Canvas is dual-licensed, so if you’re interested in contributing to the project you’re going to need to send us a code contributor agreement. You’ll also probably want to review the contribution guide. After that it’s pull requests ftw!