When a user is terminated in the organization, we would like the account to be disable using automation tools.
Hi @pKadam
You could use the Edit User API to suspend the user logins. That would keep their data intact while not allowing them to login anymore. If you have a single-signon system, you may also be able to suspend their login there to prevent them from logging in to any official systems (including Canvas) set to use that signon system.-Chris
Hi Chris,
I have a question on how to disable user using REST API as well. We would like to disable a batch of student accounts for housekeeping purpose. Would you recommend using custom python scripts on CLI or API tool like Postman to run Canvas REST API? Thanks!
Hi @ErnestChan,
I do pretty much everything with python scripts right now. I would say it really comes down to your preference though. I'm a Computer Science major, so python came pretty naturally to me (and provides the most flexibility), while I felt like I was spending more time to figure out how to get Postman to do what I wanted. I think a lot of people may be the opposite of me though…
-Chris
Thanks Christ for your respond. As a experienced python developer, how would you rate the difficulty of writing custom Python script for running Canvas REST API? I am learning all the Python basic from datacamp and wondering whether with the help of Claude Code I could manage this task without the help of our IT team.
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