Canvas API Quiz Events Inconsistent, At Best.

[910856]

I'm having some trouble querying the quiz events of the Canvas API. For example, when I use a simple python script to get the events:

api_target = '{}/api/v1/courses/{}/quizzes/{}/submissions/{}/events'

# Builds a dictionary containing events linked to student canvas ids
quiz_events = {}
for submission_id, user_id in self.submissions[0]:
   events = requests.put(api_target.format(self.url, self.class_id, self.quiz_id, submission_id),
                         headers=self.header)
   quiz_events[user_id] = events.json()

I always end up with data that does not match the "view log" section of quiz results. Notably, a student who left the page multiple times shows up as not leaving the page once in the API result.

Is there a way to rebuild the on the API end so that the data lines up properly with the "View Log"? Or is there something else I can do to get more consistent results? Because as of now this is leaving a project I'm working on impossible.

EDIT: THE PROBLEM WAS A SMALLER AMOUNT OF DATA BEING QUERYED, FIX:

api_target = '{}/api/v1/courses/{}/quizzes/{}/submissions/{}/events?per_page=50'

[kmeeusen]

Hi mbyrd2‌

I can't even spell API, so I am going to share your question with the https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/canvas-developers?sr=search&searchId=222560e6-079c-4217-9752-...‌ group, where there are folks who can not only spell, but also know coding.

Kelley

[pklove · Accepted solution]

In case there are more than 50 events, you also need check the pagination information in the link header (Pagination - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation ).