Canvas MCP Server

Instructions

    Args:
        course_identifier: The Canvas course code (e.g., badm_554_120251_246794) or ID
        page_url_or_id: The page URL or page ID
        new_content: The new HTML content for the page
        title: Optional new title for the page
    

Implementation Reference

• src/canvas_mcp/tools/other_tools.py:246-287 (handler)

  The main handler function for the 'edit_page_content' tool. It updates the content (and optionally title) of a Canvas course page using the PUT /courses/{course_id}/pages/{page_id} API endpoint.

  @mcp.tool()
  @validate_params
  async def edit_page_content(course_identifier: str | int,
                             page_url_or_id: str,
                             new_content: str,
                             title: str | None = None) -> str:
      """Edit the content of a specific page.
  
      Args:
          course_identifier: The Canvas course code (e.g., badm_554_120251_246794) or ID
          page_url_or_id: The page URL or page ID
          new_content: The new HTML content for the page
          title: Optional new title for the page
      """
      course_id = await get_course_id(course_identifier)
  
      # Prepare the data for updating the page
      update_data = {
          "wiki_page": {
              "body": new_content
          }
      }
  
      if title:
          update_data["wiki_page"]["title"] = title
  
      # Update the page
      response = await make_canvas_request(
          "put",
          f"/courses/{course_id}/pages/{page_url_or_id}",
          data=update_data
      )
  
      if "error" in response:
          return f"Error updating page: {response['error']}"
  
      page_title = response.get("title", "Unknown page")
      updated_at = format_date(response.get("updated_at"))
      course_display = await get_course_code(course_id) or course_identifier
  
      return f"Successfully updated page '{page_title}' in course {course_display}. Last updated: {updated_at}"

• src/canvas_mcp/server.py:50-50 (registration)

  The call to register_other_tools(mcp) within register_all_tools, which defines and registers the edit_page_content tool (among other page tools) to the MCP server instance.

  register_other_tools(mcp)

• src/canvas_mcp/server.py:27-27 (registration)

  Import of register_other_tools from the tools module in the main server.py file.

  register_other_tools,

• src/canvas_mcp/tools/other_tools.py:252-259 (schema)

  The docstring parameters define the input schema for the tool.

  """Edit the content of a specific page.
  
  Args:
      course_identifier: The Canvas course code (e.g., badm_554_120251_246794) or ID
      page_url_or_id: The page URL or page ID
      new_content: The new HTML content for the page
      title: Optional new title for the page
  """