Get a list of eLearning courses with the REST API

Use the eLearning API to get a collection of eLearning courses, in JSON format, available to your organization.

Resource URL

https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses

Parameters

Name	Query or Path Parameter	Type	Description
course_id	Query	String	Optional. Course identifiers. Repeat the query parameters to specify multiple values.
page	Query	Integer	Optional. Page number. Default is 0.
size	Query	Integer	Optional. Page size. Default is 50 courses per page, maximum is 500 courses per page.

HTTP codes

HTTP Code	Description	Type
200	Success. Returns an array of Veracode eLearning courses.	Object
400	Invalid request.	Null
403	Access denied.	Null
404	Not found.	Null
500	Server-side error.	Null

Example request

This example assumes you have correctly configured your credentials and configured any required HMAC authentication libraries.

import java.net.URI;
        
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONObject;
        
import com.veracode.security.apisigning.ClientCryptoLib;
        
public class GetCoursesClient {
        
    // An API Id for authentication
    private final static String API_KEY = "API_KEY_GOES_HERE";
        
    // The secret key corresponding to the API Id
    private final static String API_SECRET = "API_SECRET_GOES_HERE";
        
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        
        URI uri = URI.create("https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses");
        String authHeader = ClientCryptoLib.calculateAuthorizationHeader(ClientCryptoLib.VERACODE_HMAC_SHA_256, API_KEY,
            API_SECRET, uri.getHost(), uri.getPath(), HttpGet.METHOD_NAME);
        
        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
        request.addHeader("Authorization", authHeader);
        
        CloseableHttpResponse response = HttpClients.createDefault().execute(request);
        HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
        JSONObject json = new JSONObject(EntityUtils.toString(entity, "UTF-8"));
        
        System.out.println(json.toString(4));
    }
}

Example response

This example response conforms to the Hypertext Application Language (HAL) content type (application/hal+json), which includes a link to the reportcards endpoint for the courses.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "_embedded": {"courses": [
        {
            "_links": {
                "reportcards": {
                    "templated": true,
                    "href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/reportcards?course_id=CRLF{&user_id,page,size}"
                },
                "self": {"href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses/CRLF"}
            },
            "name": "AppSec Tutorials - CRLF Injection",
            "courseId": "CRLF"
        },
        { ... }
    ]},
    "_links": {
        "next": {"href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses?page=1&size=50"},
        "last": {"href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses?page=1&size=50"},
        "self": {
            "templated": true,
            "href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses?page=0&size=50{&course_id}"
        },
        "first": {"href": "https://api.veracode.com/elearning/v1/courses?page=0&size=50"}
    },
    "page": {
        "number": 0,
        "size": 50,
        "totalPages": 2,
        "totalElements": 54
    }
}