Canvas LMS FUSE Filesystem

This is, at the moment, just a proof-of-concept.

Features

• read
• write
• mount courses
• mount groups
• mount users

Getting started

Until I get this on PyPi:

• git clone https://github.com/shreyasminocha/canvas-fs.git
• cd canvas-fs
• cp .env.example .env, chmod 600 .env
• Create and activate a virtualenv [optional]
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• On canvas, go to "Account" → "Settings", and under "Approved Integrations:" click "+ New Access Token"
  • Set the purpose to "canvasfs"
  • Set an expiration date [optional, but recommended]
  • Click "Generate" and copy the "Token:" field
• Open .env and set the values of CANVAS_URL and ACCESS_TOKEN
• Find the course ID of the course you wish to mount — https://canvas.example.edu/courses/[course_id]
• Create a directory, say /mnt/canvas/comp182, and make sure your user owns it
• python -m canvasfs [course_id] /mnt/canvas/comp182

Platforms

Tested with fuse3 on Arch Linux. It should also work on macOS with macFuse. Apparently FUSE for Windows is a thing, but I don't know if this will work with it.

License

Licensed under the MIT License

Contributions

… are welcome.

• Canvas files API docs
• pyfuse3 docs