canvas files
canvas files¶
Manage Canvas files
Synopsis¶
Manage Canvas files including listing, uploading, downloading, and deleting files.
Examples:
canvas files list --course-id 123
canvas files get 456
canvas files upload --course-id 123 document.pdf
canvas files download 456 --destination ./downloaded.pdf
canvas files delete 456
Options¶
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")
--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 files delete - Delete a file
- canvas files download - Download a file
- canvas files get - Get file details
- canvas files list - List files
- canvas files quota - Get storage quota information
- canvas files upload - Upload a file