arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Canvas LMS Configure Course Then Author Assignment
  summary: Update a course's settings, then create its first assignment, and read it back.
  description: >-
    A course-setup flow for Canvas. Because the covered REST surface does not
    expose a create-course operation, this workflow adapts the "stand up a new
    course shell" theme to the supported update-then-author pattern: it updates
    an existing (often freshly created, unpublished) course with name and
    syllabus settings, creates the course's first assignment, and re-reads that
    assignment to confirm it persisted. Every step spells out its request inline
    so the flow can be read and executed without opening the underlying OpenAPI
    description.
  version: 1.0.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: canvasApi
  url: ../openapi/canvas-lms-rest-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: configure-course-then-author-assignment
  summary: Configure a course's settings and author its first assignment.
  description: >-
    Updates an existing course's name and default view, creates an assignment in
    it, and reads the assignment back to confirm it was stored.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - courseId
    - courseName
    - assignmentName
    properties:
      courseId:
        type: string
        description: The Canvas course id to configure.
      courseName:
        type: string
        description: The display name to set on the course.
      defaultView:
        type: string
        description: The course default view (feed, wiki, modules, assignments, or syllabus).
      syllabusBody:
        type: string
        description: Optional HTML syllabus body for the course.
      assignmentName:
        type: string
        description: The name of the first assignment to create.
      pointsPossible:
        type: number
        description: The maximum points for the first assignment.
  steps:
  - stepId: configureCourse
    description: >-
      Update the course name, default view, and syllabus to prepare the course
      shell.
    operationId: updateCourse
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        course:
          name: $inputs.courseName
          default_view: $inputs.defaultView
          syllabus_body: $inputs.syllabusBody
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      courseId: $response.body#/id
      courseName: $response.body#/name
      workflowState: $response.body#/workflow_state
  - stepId: createFirstAssignment
    description: >-
      Create the course's first assignment with the supplied name and point
      value.
    operationId: createAssignment
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    requestBody:
      contentType: application/json
      payload:
        assignment:
          name: $inputs.assignmentName
          points_possible: $inputs.pointsPossible
          submission_types:
          - online_text_entry
          published: true
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 201
    outputs:
      assignmentId: $response.body#/id
  - stepId: confirmAssignment
    description: >-
      Re-fetch the new assignment to confirm it persisted inside the configured
      course.
    operationId: getAssignment
    parameters:
    - name: course_id
      in: path
      value: $inputs.courseId
    - name: assignment_id
      in: path
      value: $steps.createFirstAssignment.outputs.assignmentId
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      assignmentId: $response.body#/id
      assignmentName: $response.body#/name
  outputs:
    courseId: $steps.configureCourse.outputs.courseId
    assignmentId: $steps.confirmAssignment.outputs.assignmentId