get_page_content
Retrieve the complete content body of a specific page from a Canvas course using the course identifier and page URL or ID.
Instructions
Get the full content body 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
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| course_identifier | Yes | ||
| page_url_or_id | Yes |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- The main handler function for the 'get_page_content' tool. It resolves the course ID, makes a Canvas API request to fetch the page, extracts the title, body, and published status, formats the response, and returns the page content.
@mcp.tool() @validate_params async def get_page_content(course_identifier: str | int, page_url_or_id: str) -> str: """Get the full content body 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 """ course_id = await get_course_id(course_identifier) response = await make_canvas_request("get", f"/courses/{course_id}/pages/{page_url_or_id}") if "error" in response: return f"Error fetching page content: {response['error']}" title = response.get("title", "Untitled") body = response.get("body", "") published = response.get("published", False) if not body: return f"Page '{title}' has no content." course_display = await get_course_code(course_id) or course_identifier status = "Published" if published else "Unpublished" return f"Page Content for '{title}' in Course {course_display} ({status}):\n\n{body}" - src/canvas_mcp/server.py:50-50 (registration)The call to register_other_tools(mcp) within register_all_tools, which defines and registers the get_page_content tool (along with other page tools) using the @mcp.tool() decorator inside the register_other_tools function.
register_other_tools(mcp) - src/canvas_mcp/server.py:147-147 (registration)Invocation of register_all_tools in the main server startup, which chains to the registration of the get_page_content tool.
register_all_tools(mcp) - Type hints and docstring Args section define the input schema for the tool, used by FastMCP for tool schema generation.
async def get_page_content(course_identifier: str | int, page_url_or_id: str) -> str: """Get the full content body 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 """ - The register_other_tools function contains the nested definition of get_page_content and its @mcp.tool() registration.
def register_other_tools(mcp: FastMCP):