canvas-getter

a recent-file downloader for Canvas LMS.

imagine... your homework comes to you. automatically.

No more running after canvas files.

Nor keeping track of those pesky stupid canvas notifications.

canvas-getter automatically checks your classes and downloads the newest files using Canvas' official REST API.

Now your homework shall be delivered automagically will you choose to do it?

Setup / Install

1. Windows:
   1. unzip zip file from releases
   2. set up .config
   3. rename template file .config.jsonc
   4. grab an api key off your Canvas settings schoolname.instructure.com/profile/settings
   5. replace config values the relevant info, including your classes' classids and the paths you want to save your new files to.
   6. open any cli and run the binary; it should provide some output of success/errors/downloads

autorun:

1. minimizes to the system tray and runs in the background, and runs canvas-getter every hour.
2. doesn't give feedback when downloading files atm; you can run canvas-getter.exe or canvas-getter-linux in cli to see downloads & feedback in output.

Building

bundle main.luau with darklua with provided config; then compile to binary with lune build

Contributions

Are very welcome; please submit a PR and/or issue for feature requests/bugs/improvements/etc.!

Made with love in Luau + Lune