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title: "Create a course assignment"
slug: "create-a-course-assignment"
updated: 2024-10-25T18:04:27Z
published: 2026-02-10T22:32:35Z
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# Create a course assignment

Get/CreateCourseAssignment

Allows you to create a course assignment.

SecurityAPI Key: api_keyHeader parameter nameapi_key

Query parametersExternalIdstring

The course assignment's external ID, usually a unique identifier from the calling system

ExampleE3G5YZFREFEQ9371
CourseIdinteger (int32)  | nullRequired

The Id of the course associated with this course assignment

Example321
UserIdinteger (int32)  | nullRequired

The UserId of the user that is associated with this course assignment

Example44534
ClubMembershipIdinteger (int32) 

The subscription (if any) associated with this course assignment

Example1234
Expiresstring (date) 

When the course assignment expires (as a date string in format yyyy-MM-dd ex: 2025-12-04)

Example2025-12-04
TargetCompletionDatestring (date) 

When course assignment is expected to be completed by the student (as a date string in format yyyy-MM-dd ex: 2025-12-04)

Example2025-12-04

Responses200

OK Response

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='53121ae4-a017-4e9e-95e7-c83acf688ee2'>application/json</option>
</select>object  statusinteger  (int32)    

Indicates the status of the API request.

- 0 = Success
- 10 = Error
- 20 = Not found
- 30 = Invalid integration key

Example10
errorstring   | null  

Error details. This will only have a value if an error was encountered. The status property will also be set to Error (10).

CourseAssignmentIdinteger  (int32)    

The ID of the created course assignment.

Example45632