D2L Brightspace | Operate As Docs

Connect your client's D2L Brightspace with a sign-in, and call its API through Operate As.

Website: d2l.com
Connects by: Signing in with D2L Brightspace
Category: Projects and tasks
Services: 1
Tools: Pass-through only

Service	Key	Base URL
D2L Brightspace	`brightspace`	`https://{host}/d2l/api`

Your client also types their brightspace address (Your school's Brightspace address, such as school.brightspace.com).

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on D2L Brightspace's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "brightspace"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "brightspace"    ]  }]

Permissions

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
See and manage your Brightspace courses, users and grades	`core::`

Pass-through

D2L Brightspace has no ready-made tools yet. Call any endpoint of its API through Operate As instead, with the client's access attached.

Add the client

In Clients, add your client and select D2L Brightspace. Then send them their link.

Your client connects

They sign in with D2L Brightspace and approve.

Find the endpoint

Pick the call from D2L Brightspace's own API docs. Your path is everything after https://{host}/d2l/api, with the parts in braces filled in from your client's account.

Send it through Operate As

Use the client's ID, the service key brightspace and that path. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../brightspace/lp/1.47/users/whoami" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../brightspace/lp/1.47/users/whoami" \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If D2L Brightspace refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's D2L Brightspace access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's D2L Brightspace access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "brightspace",
    "services": [
      "brightspace"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "brightspace",    "services": [      "brightspace"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}