VALENCE API BASICSGlenn WattMay 2, 2013

WHAT WILL THIS SESSION COVER?

• What is the Valence API

• How do you setup Valance API

• How do you use it?

• What gets sent to D2L

• What gets returned from D2L

WHAT IS VALENCE API?

REST API• REST Representational State Transfer

• Client Server Architecture

• Stateless

• Cacheable

• Layered System

• Code On Demand (Not Supported)

• Uniform Interface

REST API

• GET

• POST

• PUT

• DELETE

OATH• Open Standard for Authentication

D2LYour APP

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User

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HOW DO YOU SETUP VALENCE

API ID AND KEY

• Must have a Google Account

• Make a key request to D2L using KEY TOOL

KEY TOOLhttp://keytool.valence.desire2learn.com/extensionmanagement/ui/

AppDeveloperKeys.php

KEY TOOL

KEY TOOL

KEY TOOL

KEY TOOL

D2L ENABLE API

ROLES AND PERMISSIONS

MANAGE EXTENSIBILITY

EXTENSIBILITY MANAGEMENT

HOW DO YOU USE IT?

SDKhttp://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/clients/index.html

DOWNLOAD

Demo

SEND TO D2L

API REFERENCE

API REFERENCE

/d2l/api/lp/1.0/users/&userid=wattg

RECEIVE FROM D2L

JSON

JSON

VALENCE API REFERENCE• http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html

THIS SESSION COVERED

• What is the Valence API

• How do you setup Valance API

• How do you use Valence?

• What gets sent to D2L

• What gets returned from D2L

RESOURCES

• Valence documentation home page: http://desire2learn.com/r/valencehome/

• Key Request Instructions http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/clients/tools/keytool.html

• SDK http://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/clients/index.html

• GlennWatt@Me.Com

VALENCE API BASICSGlenn WattMay 2, 2013