Create Course API

This API is used for creating new courses in LMS.

Request URL:

https://people.zoho.com/api/v1/courses?courseData={"name" : <name>, "type" : <type>, "description" : <description>, "aboutCourse" : <aboutCourse>, "duration" : <duration>, "durationUnit" : <durationUnit>, "courseCode" : <courseCode>, "courseAdmins" : <courseAdmins>, "categories" : <categories>, "permissionSettings" : <permissionSettings>}

Header:

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxf

Scope:

ZOHOPEOPLE.training.ALL
OR
ZOHOPEOPLE.training.CREATE

Possible Operation Types:

ALL - Complete access to data
CREATE - Only to create data

Method:

POST

Request Parameters

Parameters	Values Allowed	Default Value	Description
*courseData	<parameters in JSON Object>		JSON Input

Parameters	Values Allowed	Default Value	Description
*name	<Course name>	<Mandatory>	Specify the Course name
*type	<1> \| <2> \| <3>	<Mandatory>	Specify the Course type 1 - Self Paced 2 - Blended Learning 3 - E-Matrerial
description	<Description>	-	Specify the description
aboutCourse	<about course>	-	Specify what is covered in the course along with the details on the content of the course
duration	<Duration in integer format>	-	Specify the course duration
durationUnit	<minute> \| <hour> \| <day>	-	Specify the course code
courseCode	<Course Code>	-	Specify the course code
courseAdmins	<Erec Nos>	-	Specify the course admins
categories	<category Ids>	-	Specify the category Ids
permissionSettings	<permissionSettings>	-	JSON Input

Sample object for "permissionSettings" key
{"whoCanEnroll" : ["admin","learner"], "whoCanUnenroll" : ["admin","learner"],
"whenAnEntityIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2,
"whenACourseIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2,
"whenAModuleIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2}

whenACourseIsConsideredAsCompleted - 1|2|3|4
1 - When the learner mark as completed
2 - When all mandatory entities are completed
3 - When course admin/trainer marks as complete
4 - Based on date

whenAModuleIsConsideredAsCompleted - 1|2
1 - When the learner mark as completed
2 - When all mandatory entities are completed

Request

Copiedhttps://people.zoho.com/api/v1/courses?courseData={"name" : "An Introduction to Java",  "type" : 1, "description" : "Course to learn Java course ", "aboutCourse" : "You will be familiar with basic aspects of Java, including procedural programming and object-oriented programming", "duration" : 30, "durationUnit" : "minute", "courseCode" : 0001,  "courseAdmins" : [4754300054543405], "categories" : [474342343545058], "permissionSettings" : {"whoCanEnroll" : ["admin","learner"], "whoCanUnenroll" : ["admin","learner"], "whenAnEntityIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2, "whenACourseIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2, "whenAModuleIsConsideredAsCompleted" : 2}}

Header

CopiedAuthorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxf

Response

Copied{
    "code": "200",
    "course": {
        "canUserRequestToJoin": false,
        "canUserAddLearners": true,
        "durationAsDisplayString": "30 Minutes",
        "courseCode": "0001",
        "description": "Course to learn Java couse",
        "courseURL": "https://people.zoho.com/idcportalfb18/zp/lmscourse#lms-learner/course/588882000000984009/overview",
        "type": "1",
        "canUserGiveFeedback": true,
        "canUserShare": true,
        "canUserDelete": true,
        "permissionSettings": {
            "whenAModuleIsConsideredAsCompleted": "1",
            "whoCanEnroll": [
                "admin",
                "courseAdmin",
                "learner"
            ],
            "whenAnEntityIsConsideredAsCompleted": "1",
            "whenACourseIsConsideredAsCompleted": "2"
        },
        "hasUserCompleted": false,
        "canUserUnpublish": true,
        "canUserSuggest": false,
        "currentUserRole": {
            "settingsAdmin": false,
            "courseOwner": true,
            "trainer": false,
            "sharedUser": false,
            "learner": false,
            "admin": true,
            "courseAdmin": false,
            "dataAdmin": false
        },
        "canUserShareCourseURL": false,
        "isSuggestedCourse": false,
        "isDisabled": false,
        "categories": [],
        "isFavourite": false,
        "courseId": "588882000000984009",
        "aboutCourse": "You will be familiar with basic aspects of Java, including procedural programming and object-oriented programming",
        "publishStatus": "unpublished",
        "hasUserStarted": true,
        "introFiles": [],
        "canUserFavourite": true,
        "progressAsDisplayString": "0 of 0 Completed",
        "canUserDisable": false,
        "typeAsDisplayString": "Self paced learning",
        "isSharedCourse": false,
        "canUserDeleteLearners": true,
        "percentageOfProgress": 0,
        "courseOwners": [
            {
                "erecno": "588882000000162005",
                "displayName": "adam CEO logicx",
                "employeeId": "1",
                "emailId": "davisvenfield@zohotest.com",
                "displayPictureURL": "https://people.zoho.com/api/viewEmployeePhoto?filename=953310000000021001"
            }
        ],
        "canUserStartDiscussion": false,
        "canUserComplete": false,
        "statusAsDisplayString": "Drafted",
        "canUserUnEnroll": true,
        "canUserUnfavourite": true,
        "canUserRevokeCompletion": false,
        "courseImageURL": null,
        "canUserPublish": true,
        "name": "An Introduction to Java",
        "courseAdmins": [
{
                "erecno": "588882000000162005",
                "displayName": "adam CEO logicx",
                "employeeId": "1",
                "emailId": "davisvenfield@zohotest.com",
                "displayPictureURL": "https://people.zoho.com/api/viewEmployeePhoto?filename=953310000000021001"
            }
         ],
        "canUserEnroll": true,
        "canUserPreview": true,
        "status": 0
    },
    "message": "success"
}