canvas discussions

canvas discussions¶

Manage Canvas discussion topics

Synopsis¶

Manage Canvas discussion topics including listing, viewing, creating, and updating discussions.

Discussion topics are threaded conversations associated with Courses or Groups in Canvas. They can be used for class discussions, Q&A, and collaborative learning.

Examples:

canvas discussions list --course-id 123
canvas discussions list --group-id 456
canvas discussions get --course-id 123 789
canvas discussions create --course-id 123 --title "Week 1 Discussion"
canvas discussions entries --course-id 123 789

Options¶

  -h, --help   help for discussions

Options inherited from parent commands¶

      --as-user int       Masquerade as another user (admin feature, requires permission)
      --columns strings   Select specific columns to display (comma-separated)
      --config string     config file (default is $HOME/.canvas-cli/config.yaml)
      --dry-run           Print curl commands instead of executing requests
      --filter string     Filter results by text (case-insensitive substring match)
      --instance string   Canvas instance URL (overrides config)
      --limit int         Limit number of results for list operations (0 = unlimited)
      --no-cache          Disable caching of API responses
  -o, --output string     Output format: table, json, yaml, csv (default "table")
      --quiet             Suppress informational messages, only output data and errors
      --show-token        Show actual token in dry-run output (default: redacted)
      --sort string       Sort results by field (prefix with - for descending, e.g., -name)
  -v, --verbose           Enable verbose output

SEE ALSO¶

canvas - Canvas LMS CLI - Interact with Canvas from the command line
canvas discussions create - Create a new discussion topic
canvas discussions delete - Delete a discussion topic
canvas discussions delete-entry - Delete a discussion entry
canvas discussions duplicate - Duplicate a discussion topic
canvas discussions entries - List top-level entries in a discussion
canvas discussions entry-list - Fetch specific discussion entries by ID
canvas discussions get - Get a specific discussion topic
canvas discussions list - List discussion topics in a course or group
canvas discussions mark-all-read - Mark all discussion topics as read
canvas discussions mark-entries-read - Mark all entries in a topic as read
canvas discussions mark-entries-unread - Mark all entries in a topic as unread
canvas discussions mark-entry-read - Mark a discussion entry as read
canvas discussions mark-entry-unread - Mark a discussion entry as unread
canvas discussions mark-read - Mark a discussion topic as read
canvas discussions mark-unread - Mark a discussion topic as unread
canvas discussions post - Post a new entry to a discussion
canvas discussions rate-entry - Rate a discussion entry
canvas discussions reorder - Reorder pinned discussion topics
canvas discussions replies - List replies to a discussion entry
canvas discussions reply - Reply to an entry in a discussion
canvas discussions subscribe - Subscribe to a discussion topic
canvas discussions unsubscribe - Unsubscribe from a discussion topic
canvas discussions update - Update an existing discussion topic
canvas discussions update-entry - Update a discussion entry
canvas discussions view - Get the full threaded view of a discussion topic