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Moodle ACTION

Create a Course

Creates a new course in Moodle. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Moodle account once, then configure and run Create a Course from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "moodle-create-course",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    moodle: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    fullname: "Full Name",
    shortname: "Short Name",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create a Course inputs
Property Type Description
fullname Full Name string
The full name of the course
Required
shortname Short Name string
The short name of the course (used in URLs and navigation)
Required
categoryId Category ID string
The ID of the category
Required Dynamic
summary Summary string
A brief description or summary of the course
Optional
format Course Format string
The format of the course (e.g. weeks, topics, social, site)
Optional
visible Visible boolean
Whether the course is visible to students
Optional
idNumber ID Number string
An optional ID number for the course (used for external systems)
Optional
startdate Start Date integer
The course start date as a Unix timestamp
Optional
enddate End Date integer
The course end date as a Unix timestamp
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
moodle-create-course
Version
0.0.1
App
Moodle
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes