generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source:
- https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
- https://pypi.org/project/instructure-dap-client/
summary: Instructure ships no CLI for the Canvas LMS REST API. It does ship `dap`, the first-party command-line
  client for the Data Access Platform (Canvas Data 2) — the bulk/analytics door onto the same Canvas data.
clis:
- name: dap
  official: true
  covers: Instructure Data Access Platform (Canvas Data 2)
  install:
  - manager: pip
    command: pip install instructure-dap-client
  - manager: pip
    command: pip install "instructure-dap-client[postgresql]"
    note: with a database driver for `dap initdb` / `dap syncdb`
  package: packages/canvas-packages.yml#instructure-dap-client
  version: 2.3.0
  published: '2026-08-27'
  docs: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap
  auth: DAP_CLIENT_ID / DAP_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables against the DAP API
  commands:
  - command: dap snapshot
    purpose: Download a full snapshot of a table.
  - command: dap incremental
    purpose: Download only the changes to a table within a given time range.
  - command: dap initdb
    purpose: Create and seed the table in a local database.
  - command: dap syncdb
    purpose: Keep a local database table in sync with DAP.
  - command: dap dropdb
    purpose: Drop a synced table from the local database.
  - command: dap list
    purpose: List the tables available in a namespace.
  - command: dap schema
    purpose: Print the JSON schema of a table.
  command_source: https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/dap — DAP CLI Reference
  note: Command list read from the published DAP CLI reference index; flags are not reproduced here.
rest_api_cli: null
gap_to_raise_with_provider: No first-party CLI for the Canvas REST API itself.