openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Sis Import Errors API
  version: v1
  summary: The complete Canvas LMS REST API, converted from the Swagger 1.2 documents Instructure publishes under https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/.
  description: The Canvas LMS REST API covers courses, assignments, quizzes, grades, users, enrollments, accounts, files, modules, rubrics, submissions, SIS imports, LTI, analytics and account administration.
  contact:
    name: Instructure Canvas
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://canvas.instructure.com/api
  description: Instructure-hosted Canvas (canvas.instructure.com)
- url: https://{canvas_host}/api
  description: Any Canvas instance; Canvas is multi-tenant and self-hostable, so the host is the institution's Canvas domain.
  variables:
    canvas_host:
      default: canvas.instructure.com
      description: Your institution's Canvas hostname, e.g. school.instructure.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Sis Import Errors
  x-resource: sis_import_errors
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/sis_import_errors.html
paths:
  /v1/accounts/{account_id}/sis_imports/{id}/errors:
    get:
      tags:
      - Sis Import Errors
      operationId: get_sis_import_error_list_sis_imports
      summary: Get SIS import error list
      description: 'Returns the list of SIS import errors for an account or a SIS import. Import

        errors are only stored for 30 days.


        Example:

        curl ''https:///api/v1/accounts//sis_imports//sis_import_errors'' \

        -H "Authorization: Bearer "


        Example:

        curl ''https:///api/v1/accounts//sis_import_errors'' \

        -H "Authorization: Bearer "'
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: failure
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        required: false
        description: If set, only shows errors on a sis import that would cause a failure.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SisImportError'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/sis_import_errors.html
  /v1/accounts/{account_id}/sis_import_errors:
    get:
      tags:
      - Sis Import Errors
      operationId: get_sis_import_error_list_sis_import_errors
      summary: Get SIS import error list
      description: 'Returns the list of SIS import errors for an account or a SIS import. Import

        errors are only stored for 30 days.


        Example:

        curl ''https:///api/v1/accounts//sis_imports//sis_import_errors'' \

        -H "Authorization: Bearer "


        Example:

        curl ''https:///api/v1/accounts//sis_import_errors'' \

        -H "Authorization: Bearer "'
      parameters:
      - name: account_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: failure
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        required: false
        description: If set, only shows errors on a sis import that would cause a failure.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SisImportError'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/sis_import_errors.html
components:
  schemas:
    SisImportError:
      type: object
      properties:
        sis_import_id:
          type: integer
          example: '1'
          description: The unique identifier for the SIS import.
        file:
          type: string
          example: courses.csv
          description: The file where the error message occurred.
        message:
          type: string
          example: No short_name given for course C001
          description: The error message that from the record.
        row_info:
          type: string
          example: 'account_1, Sub account 1,, active '
          description: The contents of the line that had the error.
        row:
          type: integer
          example: '34'
          description: The line number where the error occurred. Some Importers do not yet support this. This is a 1 based index starting with the header row.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Canvas OAuth2 access token sent as "Authorization: Bearer <token>". See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth_endpoints.html
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Canvas LMS REST API Documentation
  url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
x-generated-from: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
x-provenance:
  method: derived
  derived_by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline (Swagger 1.2 -> OpenAPI 3.1 conversion)
  source: openapi/_original/swagger-1.2/*.json (144 verbatim first-party Swagger 1.2 documents)
  source_url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
  fetched: '2026-09-05'
  http_status: 200