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Question asked by Rainer Mueller on Jul 9, 2019
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I am trying to use the API to create a question group in a quiz which picks questions from one of the many question banks that exist in my course. The API says I can specify "The id of the assessment question bank to pull questions from", but I do not know how to have my program determine the ID of the question bank I want to use. I know the name of the question bank and by looking at the XML of the exported quiz I know the <sourcebank_ref>g950c49cea8cf545555722ed05a8c3f4dc</sourcebank_ref>. However, the assessment_question_bank_id is an integer and the sourcebank_ref is not, so that can't be it.

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Kelley L. Meeusen

Jul 9, 2019 10:41 AM

Hi Rainer

While I don't know API from UPS, I do have some slight understanding of IDs in Canvas, and Canvas likes integers.

Go to the course that has the Question bank, and open the question bank. Look at the URL for that bank, and you will find its ID.

In this example from one of my courses, https://tacomacc.instructure.com/courses/1746254/question_banks/4398725 , the question bank ID is 4398725.

I hope this is helpful,

Kelley

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Rainer Mueller @ Kelley L. Meeusen on Jul 9, 2019 1:32 PM

Of course, that works great. Thanks so much, this will get me moving. Eventually still want to be able to get this from within the program, based on the question bank name or something else.

BTW, I figured I'd attach my Python code that I've been using to play around with the CANVAS API. You'll have to replace REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ID and REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_TOKEN as well as the urlStart (to point to your CANVAS API url) and set the appropriate courseIDs.

To get your user ID, go to a course, in CANVAS go to People, click on your name. the last number in the URL is your user ID
To generate or see your token link in CANVAS go to Account -> Settings and under Approved Integrations click New Access Token (to generate a new token) or click on details for an existing token
The course ID is the last number in the URL when you click on course in the CANVAS dashboard.

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Kelley L. Meeusen Jul 9, 2019 10:41 AM
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Hi Rainer

While I don't know API from UPS, I do have some slight understanding of IDs in Canvas, and Canvas likes integers.

Go to the course that has the Question bank, and open the question bank. Look at the URL for that bank, and you will find its ID.

In this example from one of my courses, https://tacomacc.instructure.com/courses/1746254/question_banks/4398725 , the question bank ID is 4398725.

I hope this is helpful,

Kelley
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- Rainer Mueller @ Kelley L. Meeusen on Jul 9, 2019 1:32 PM
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  Of course, that works great. Thanks so much, this will get me moving. Eventually still want to be able to get this from within the program, based on the question bank name or something else.
  
  BTW, I figured I'd attach my Python code that I've been using to play around with the CANVAS API. You'll have to replace REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ID and REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_TOKEN as well as the urlStart (to point to your CANVAS API url) and set the appropriate courseIDs.
  To get your user ID, go to a course, in CANVAS go to People, click on your name. the last number in the URL is your user ID
  To generate or see your token link in CANVAS go to Account -> Settings and under Approved Integrations click New Access Token (to generate a new token) or click on details for an existing token
  The course ID is the last number in the URL when you click on course in the CANVAS dashboard.
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