Moodle Integration

Open-source learning management system for courses, students, and educational content. Keep Moodle lists, tags, campaigns, and follow ups aligned across your marketing stack. When Watch Courses fires, automatically update the next system with Get a Course by Field or Get a Course Module.

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Supported triggers and actions for Moodle integration

Triggers can detect changes in Moodle and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Moodle automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.

Watch CoursesTriggers when a new course is created or an existing course is updated in Moodle.
Get a Course by FieldRetrieves courses that match a specific field such as ID, short name, ID number, category, or section ID. If no field or value is provided, all courses (except the front page) are returned.
Get a Course ModuleRetrieves detailed information about a specific course module, such as an assignment, forum, or quiz, using its CMID (course module ID).
Get a Course ModuleReturns detailed information about a specific module within a course using its module name and instance ID.
Get a Course UpdateChecks if there are any updates affecting the current user in a specified Moodle course.
Get a User by FieldRetrieves Moodle users using a chosen field such as ID, username, or email.
Get CategoriesRetrieves a list of existing categories with ID and category name.
Get Course ContentRetrieves the sections and modules (activities/resources) inside a course, supporting optional parameters such as excludemodules, excludecontents, sectionid, cmid, and modname.
Get Course Content ItemsFetches all available content items, including activities, resources, and their subtypes, for the activity picker within a Moodle course. Useful for listing all modules a user can add to a course section.
Get CoursesReturns course details. If no IDs are provided, returns all courses except the front page.
Get Enrolled Courses by Timeline ClassificationReturns a list of courses the current user is enrolled in, filtered by timeline classification (future, in progress, or past).
Get Enrolled UsersRetrieves a list of users enrolled in a specific course, including their roles, groups, and related details.
Get Site InfoReturns basic information about the Moodle site and the current user. Useful for testing the connection.
Search CoursesSearches Moodle courses by name, module, block, or tag, with optional filters for pagination, enrollment, and completion status.
Search UsersSearches for Moodle users that match specific criteria such as username, email, or ID, and returns detailed information about each matching user.
Search UsersRetrieves one or more Moodle users by a specific field, such as email, username, or ID, and is useful for finding user details quickly.
Search UsersSearches for users matching specific criteria such as username, email, first name, or last name.
Add a Content Item to a User's FavouritesAdds a content item (activity, resource, or subtype) to the user's list of favourites.
Create a CategoryCreates a new course category in Moodle. You can optionally set a parent category, ID number, description, and theme. Use this to organize your Moodle courses into structured categories and subcategories.
Create a CourseCreates a new course or multiple courses in Moodle.
Create a UserCreates a new user in Moodle. You can provide basic information such as name, email, and password. Optional fields include city, country, and custom profile fields.
Delete a CategoryDeletes a course category in Moodle. Be careful: deleting with recursive=1 will remove all courses and subcategories inside this category. If recursive=0, contents will be moved to 'New Parent' if specified, otherwise remain under current parent.
Delete CoursesDeletes one or more existing Moodle courses by ID.
Duplicate a CourseDuplicates an existing course, creating a new course with optional settings.
Enroll a User in a CourseManually enrolls a user into a specified course with a given role and optional start and end dates.
Import CourseImports course data from one course into another without user data, allowing configuration of import options and deletion of existing content in the destination course.
Log a Course ViewedLogs that a specific course has been viewed by the current user. Useful for tracking course access in Moodle.
Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
Remove a Content Item from FavouritesRemoves a specific content item, such as an activity or resource, from a user's list of favourites in Moodle.
Set Favourite CoursesAdds or removes courses from the user's list of favourite courses.
Update a CategoryUpdates an existing course category in Moodle. You can modify its name, ID number, parent category, description, format, or theme. Requires the category ID.
Update a CourseUpdates an existing course in Moodle. You can modify fields such as course name, short name, category, summary, visibility, and other course settings.
Update a UserUpdates an existing user’s details such as name, email, password, department, or other profile fields in Moodle.
Watch User ProfilesTriggers when a user's profile is viewed.

How to integrate Moodle in automation workflow?

3 simple steps to make your Moodle connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.

STEP 1

Select Moodle in workflow

Pick Moodle app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.

STEP 2

Connect Moodle

When prompted, authorize access to Moodle in WEXTL once. Moodle credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].

WEXTL wants to integrate with your Moodle account. Approve?

STEP 3

Build a workflow

Build your workflow with Moodle yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Moodle to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.

Moodle

How Moodle connects and integrates with WEXTL

Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Moodle app is called in workflows. That allows your marketing automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Moodle supports.

Full Moodle API documentation

The following table illustrates what fields Moodle integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].

Video slide demonstrates how Moodle is connected in WEXTL builder [4].

Field	Type	Help
Connection TypeRequired	select	Select Cloud-hosted to use the default MoodleCloud site, or Self-hosted if you have your own Moodle server.
WS TokenRequired	text	Enter the WS token generated from your site (Site administration → Server → Web services → Manage tokens).

Connect Moodle to popular apps on WEXTL

Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Moodle below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Moodle. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.

Example automation with Moodle integration

Select Watch Courses trigger from Moodle - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Moodle, workflow will start [7] from Watch Courses node.

Search for Get a Course Module, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Courses and Get a Course Module, so only important data pass from Watch Courses to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Moodle automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].

Moodle on WEXTL has 34 modules for combining marketing automations. Explore Moodle documentation for more.

Video slide demonstrates how Watch Courses and Get a Course Module nodes are used in Moodle workflow.

Video slide demonstrates how Watch Courses and Get a Course Module [6] nodes are used in Moodle workflow.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about automating Moodle in your workflows.

Moodle has 1 trigger, including "Watch Courses". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.

Integration has 33 actions, including "Get a Course by Field", "Get a Course Module", and "Get a Course Module", and more. Refer to our Moodle Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.

No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].

Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.

The Moodle integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Moodle official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.

Absolutely. Where Moodle provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Moodle or any other service sends event to webhook URL.

WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Moodle inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Moodle modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.

References

List of sources used to gather information about the Moodle integration.

Moodle integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
Internal Moodle integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
Official Moodle vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
WEXTL® Apps Library
WEXTL® Moodle App Documentation
WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
WEXTL® HTTP node documentation

Moodle Integration

Supported triggers and actions for Moodle integration