Surveys - Survey Questions API

List all questions of a survey

List all questions of a survey with a specific ID.

GET /surveys/:id/survey_questions

Response

status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "survey": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "My Survey",
      "nodeID": "..."
    },
    "type": "text",
    "question": "What could we do to improve?",
    "position": 1,
    "created_at": "2021-07-21T06:41:08-05:00",
    "updated_at": "2021-07-21T06:41:08-05:00",
    "...": "..."
  },
  "..."
]

The response contains these fields by default.

Collection Fields

By default the following fields will appear in collections of survey questions:

id survey type question created_at updated_at

Obtain a different set of fields using the ?fields= parameter.

Get a single question of a survey

GET /surveys/:id/survey_questions/:question_id

Response

status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 2,
  "survey": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "My Survey",
    "nodeID": "..."
  },
  "type": "text",
  "question": "What could we do to improve?",
  "position": 1,
  "created_at": "2021-07-21T06:41:08-05:00",
  "updated_at": "2021-07-21T06:41:08-05:00",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains these fields.

Add a question to a survey

Add a question to a survey with a specific ID.

POST /surveys/:id/survey_questions

When creating a new question for a survey these fields are available.

Response

status: 200 OK
{
  "question": "How did we do?",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the created survey and is similar to the response in Get a single survey question.

Update a question of a survey

Update a question with a specific ID of a survey with a specific ID.

PATCH /surveys/:id/survey_questions/:question_id

When updating an existing question of a survey these fields are available.

Response

status: 200 OK
{
  "question": "How did we do?",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the created survey and is similar to the response in Get a single survey question.

Remove a question from a survey

Remove question with a specific ID from a survey with a specific ID.

DELETE /surveys/:id/survey_questions/:question_id

Response

status: 204 No Content

Remove all questions from a survey

Remove all questions from a survey with a specific ID.

DELETE /surveys/:id/survey_questions

Response

status: 204 No Content

Fields

attachments
Readonly aggregated Attachments
created_at
Readonly datetime — The date and time at which the question was created.
disabled
Optional boolean, default: false — The Disabled box is checked when the question will not be shown to users completing the survey.
guidance
Optional text (max 64KB) — The Guidance field is used for additional information to aid in answering the question.
guidance_attachments
Writeonly attachments The attachments used in the Guidance field.
id
Readonly integer — The unique ID of the question.
position
Optional integer — The Position field is used to specify the position of the question, relative to the other questions of the survey. The first question has position 1.
question
Required string (max 128) — The question to pose to the user.
source
Optional string (max 30) - See source
sourceID
Optional string (max 128) - See source
type
Required enum — The Type field is used to select the type of the question. Valid values are:
  • star_rating: Star Rating
  • text: Free Text
updated_at
Readonly datetime — The date and time of the last update of the question. If the question has no updates it contains the created_at value.
weight
Optional integer — The Weight field is only used for rating question. It is used to specify the relative weight of the question compared to the others in the survey.