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D2l Brightspace to PostgreSQL integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL

Put your workforce data where your apps can reach it: PostgreSQL and D2l Brightspace share the same people, positions, and org structure in real time.

D2l Brightspace is the system of record for the people side of the business — employees, candidates, roles, and the org structure around them. PostgreSQL is where internal tools, dashboards, provisioning jobs, and analytics actually read and store records. The overlap is the workforce itself: Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades in D2l Brightspace need to exist as queryable Sequences, Custom Types and Enums, Tables, Views in PostgreSQL before an app can act on them. When that bridge is a nightly export or a hand-run CSV, every downstream system spends the day working from a roster that has already moved on.

Stacksync syncs Sequences, Custom Types and Enums, Tables, Views in PostgreSQL with Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades in D2l Brightspace field by field, in real time. You decide which system owns which fields — D2l Brightspace typically owns identity and org attributes, while operational or computed values can flow back the other way — and Stacksync keeps every copy consistent, matching records on a stable key and resolving conflicts by rules you set.

The result is one live picture of the workforce on both sides: HR keeps its source of truth, and the database keeps a current mirror that internal apps, reports, and access controls can trust without a batch window in between.

Common use cases

  • 01 Expose SaaS objects (CRM contacts, ERP invoices, support tickets) as Postgres tables that internal tools can query and join
  • 02 Let an application write to its own database and have those rows appear as records in business systems in near real time
  • 03 Sync Assignment (Dropbox) submissions and feedback into a reporting database or downstream review tool.
  • 04 Two-way sync of Users and Enrollments between Brightspace and an SIS or HRIS so new learners and their course rosters stay aligned without manual CSV imports.

Common sync patterns

One directory of record

When a person record is added, changed, or deactivated in either system, the matching row in the other stays current, ending dual maintenance.

Reporting and analytics on current data

Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades replicate into PostgreSQL where they join operational tables, so headcount, roles, and status reports run on the live state without manual pulls.

Org and structure stay aligned

Groups, departments, managers, and reporting lines from D2l Brightspace stay consistent in PostgreSQL, so hierarchy-driven logic and permissions don't drift.

What you can sync between D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

D2l Brightspace objects PostgreSQL objects How this pairing syncs
Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) Course content structure plus per-user completion; progress is read into a warehouse and topics can be created and updated via the API. JSONB Columns Hold semi-structured payloads such as nested SaaS objects or metadata. Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) is specific to D2l Brightspace and JSONB Columns to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Quizzes Quiz objects and per-user attempts and results; attempt data is read out for engagement and completion analytics. Sequences Generate surrogate keys for rows created by inbound syncs. Quizzes is specific to D2l Brightspace and Sequences to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Assignments (Dropbox) Dropbox folders, submissions, and feedback; submission and evaluation data is read into reporting systems and feedback can be written back. Custom Types and Enums Constrain synced values to a fixed set, mirroring picklist fields. Assignments (Dropbox) is specific to D2l Brightspace and Custom Types and Enums to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Groups and Sections Group categories, groups, and section membership within an org unit; enrollments are read and written to keep cohort assignments aligned. Tables The primary sync target; rows map one-to-one to records in connected SaaS systems. Groups and Sections is specific to D2l Brightspace and Tables to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Users User accounts in the Learning Platform (lp) component; created, read, updated, and deleted through the Valence API and typically synced two-way with an SIS or HRIS. Views Read-side projections used to expose joined or filtered data to a sync. Users is specific to D2l Brightspace and Views to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Enrollments Links between Users and Org Units; enroll/unenroll and batch-enrollment routes let rosters be written from an upstream system and read back for reporting. Materialized Views Precomputed result sets synced outward on a refresh schedule. Enrollments is specific to D2l Brightspace and Materialized Views to PostgreSQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

D2l Brightspace PostgreSQL Sub-second propagation

DetectionD2l Brightspace notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to PostgreSQL as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

PostgreSQL D2l Brightspace Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in PostgreSQL are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Logical replication (wal_level = logical) for change data capture via the "Postgres" connector.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to D2l Brightspace through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • D2l Brightspace: Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
  • PostgreSQL: No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits, instance resources, and replication slot throughput.
What ships with D2l Brightspace ⇄ PostgreSQL

Connect D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every D2l Brightspace–PostgreSQL connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in D2l Brightspace or PostgreSQL instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever D2l Brightspace or PostgreSQL data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single D2l Brightspace or PostgreSQL record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your D2l Brightspace ⇄ PostgreSQL sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

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EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL.

How the D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL connectors work

D2l Brightspace

Integration surface
Brightspace (Valence) REST API split into independently-versioned Learning Platform (lp) and Learning Environment (le) components, plus the Data Hub / Data Export Framework and Brightspace Data Streams
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 authorization-code grant against the D2L auth service (auth.brightspace.com); a registered app holds a client ID and secret with per-scope grants (group:resource:action, e.g. users:userdata:read), short-lived access tokens, and refresh tokens
Change detection
Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and Brightspace Data Streams webhooks (xAPI activity events) for near-real-time signals
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
D2l Brightspace setup guide

PostgreSQL

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL frontend/backend protocol)
Authentication
Database credentials (connection string or parameters), with optional SSL root certificate upload and optional SSH tunnel (SSH user + host); a least-privilege DB user
Change detection
Logical replication (wal_level = logical) for change data capture via the "Postgres" connector; database triggers (TRIGGER grant + stacksync_logging schema) via the trigger-based "Postgres Heroku" connector where
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits, instance resources, and replication slot throughput
PostgreSQL setup guide
How it works

How to connect D2l Brightspace to PostgreSQL — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    D2l Brightspace connected
    PostgreSQL connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the D2l Brightspace and PostgreSQL objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · D2l Brightspace ⇄ PostgreSQL
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    D2l Brightspace PostgreSQL
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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