To use the Canvas connector, add the <canvas.init>
element in your configuration before carrying out any other Canvas operations.
Canvas uses an access token for authorization. For more information on authentication, see https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html.
<canvas.init> <apiUrl>{$url:apiUrl}</apiUrl> <accessToken>{$url:accessToken}</accessToken> </canvas.init>
Properties
apiUrl:
The API URL of Canvas.accessToken:
The generated access token.
Configuring the message formatters and builders
Ensure that the following Axis2 configurations are added and enabled in the <ESB_HOME>\repository\conf\axis2\axis2.xml
file.
Required message formatter
<messageFormatter contentType="multipart/form-data" class="org.wso2.carbon.relay.ExpandingMessageFormatter"/>
Required message builder
<messageBuilder contentType="multipart/form-data" class="org.wso2.carbon.relay.BinaryRelayBuilder"/>
Ensure that the following Axis configurations are disabled (if already enabled) in the <ESB_HOME>\repository\conf\axis2\axis2.xml
file.
Message formatter to disable
<messageFormatter contentType="multipart/form-data" class="org.apache.axis2.transport.http.MultipartFormDataFormatter"/>
Message builder to disable
<messageBuilder contentType="multipart/form-data" class="org.apache.axis2.builder.MultipartFormDataBuilder"/>
Configuring the operations
Now that you have connected to Canvas, use the information in the following topics to perform various operations with the connector. After you have completed your configurations, see Testing the Canvas Integration.