Expanded REST APIs

joel.edwards · August 7, 2025, 9:01am

Hi @colin.fredericks
From what I understand based on a similar conversation (here) there are some technological limitations that make a course export API a little tricky. However there are backend scripts that handle the process when you initiate an export from the frontend, perhaps these scripts might put you in a better position to automate the process without using a browser-based automation tool?

github.com/openedx/edx-platform

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py

master

"""
These views handle all actions in Studio related to import and exporting of
courses
"""


import base64
import json
import logging
import os
import re
import shutil
from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
from django.core.files import File
from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
from django.db import transaction

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