How to map New Quizzes Item IDs between /api/quiz/v1/.../items and Report ItemIDs?

aydineylem

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to programmatically relate quiz item(question) definitions to their corresponding results in New Quizzes reports(Student Analysis specifically), but I'm encountering a mismatch in Item IDs.

The Problem:

When I call the New Quizzes Items API:

GET /api/quiz/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{assignment_id}/items

I get item IDs like 1274, 1275:

json

[  {"id": "1274", "position": 1, "entry": {"title": "which of the following..."}},  {"id": "1275", "position": 2, "entry": {"title": "which of the following..."}}]

However, when I download the Quiz and Item Analysis Report or Student Analysis Report (via UI or Reports API), the ItemIDs are completely different: 1227, 1228.

What I've Tried:

1. Title matching - Won't work because multiple questions can have identical titles (as in my case)
2. Position matching - Works as a workaround, but feels fragile and undocumented
3. /api/quiz_sessions endpoint - I found this in the Quiz API documentation, but it returns 404 on my instance
4. /api/quiz/v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{assignment_id}/quiz_session_results - Also returns 404

My Questions:

1. What is the correct API endpoint or method to map quiz item definition IDs(or question IDs) to the ItemIDs used in reports?
2. Are the /api/quiz_sessions endpoints available in all Canvas instances, or are they internal/restricted?
3. Is there a documented relationship between these two ID systems?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

defsithe

Hello,

I ran into this issue a few months ago and could not find a reason for the mismatch between the IDs in New Quizzes Items API and the Report API.

I ultimately found the Reports API had all of the information I needed. If you are looking to get the question body text, the CSV quiz_report[format] wont have that but the JSON version does.

The other issue you may run into with the New Quizzes Items API is when a question bank is used. It will only return one ID even though multiple questions will be pulled from the bank. This is the main reason I relied on the Report API.

Is there specific information you are trying to retain from the Items API?