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canvas webhook

canvas webhook

Manage Canvas webhook listeners

Synopsis

Start and manage webhook listeners for Canvas LMS events.

The webhook listener receives real-time notifications from Canvas for various events like assignment creation, submission updates, grade changes, enrollment changes, and more.

The listener provides: - JWT verification for Canvas Data Services (recommended) - HMAC signature verification for custom integrations - Event routing to specific handlers - Graceful shutdown - Health check endpoint - Request logging

Examples:

# Start with Canvas Data Services JWT verification (recommended)
canvas webhook listen --canvas-data-services

# Start with HMAC signature verification
canvas webhook listen --secret your-secret-key

# Start with custom JWK URL
canvas webhook listen --jwks-url https://your-jwks-endpoint.com/jwks

# Listen for specific event types
canvas webhook listen --events submission_created,grade_change

# List available event types
canvas webhook events

Options

  -h, --help   help for webhook

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

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