Canvas Quiz Reports API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Quiz Reports API
  version: v1
  summary: The complete Canvas LMS REST API, converted from the Swagger 1.2 documents Instructure publishes under https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/.
  description: The Canvas LMS REST API covers courses, assignments, quizzes, grades, users, enrollments, accounts, files, modules, rubrics, submissions, SIS imports, LTI, analytics and account administration.
  contact:
    name: Instructure Canvas
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://canvas.instructure.com/api
  description: Instructure-hosted Canvas (canvas.instructure.com)
- url: https://{canvas_host}/api
  description: Any Canvas instance; Canvas is multi-tenant and self-hostable, so the host is the institution's Canvas domain.
  variables:
    canvas_host:
      default: canvas.instructure.com
      description: Your institution's Canvas hostname, e.g. school.instructure.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Quiz Reports
  x-resource: quiz_reports
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_reports.html
paths:
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{quiz_id}/reports:
    get:
      tags:
      - Quiz Reports
      operationId: retrieve_all_quiz_reports
      summary: Retrieve all quiz reports
      description: Returns a list of all available reports.
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: quiz_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: includes_all_versions
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        required: false
        description: 'Whether to retrieve reports that consider all the submissions or only

          the most recent. Defaults to false, ignored for item_analysis reports.'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizReport'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_reports.html
    post:
      tags:
      - Quiz Reports
      operationId: create_quiz_report_quiz_reports
      summary: Create a quiz report
      description: 'Create and return a new report for this quiz. If a previously

        generated report matches the arguments and is still current (i.e.

        there have been no new submissions), it will be returned.


        *Responses*


        * 400 Bad Request if the specified report type is invalid

        * 409 Conflict if a quiz report of the specified type is already being

        generated'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: quiz_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                quiz_report[report_type]:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - student_analysis
                  - item_analysis
                  description: The type of report to be generated.
                quiz_report[includes_all_versions]:
                  type: boolean
                  description: 'Whether the report should consider all submissions or only the most

                    recent. Defaults to false, ignored for item_analysis.'
                include:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - file
                    - progress
                  description: 'Whether the output should include documents for the file and/or progress

                    objects associated with this report. (Note: JSON-API only)'
              required:
              - quiz_report[report_type]
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                quiz_report[report_type]:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - student_analysis
                  - item_analysis
                  description: The type of report to be generated.
                quiz_report[includes_all_versions]:
                  type: boolean
                  description: 'Whether the report should consider all submissions or only the most

                    recent. Defaults to false, ignored for item_analysis.'
                include:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - file
                    - progress
                  description: 'Whether the output should include documents for the file and/or progress

                    objects associated with this report. (Note: JSON-API only)'
              required:
              - quiz_report[report_type]
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizReport'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_reports.html
  /v1/courses/{course_id}/quizzes/{quiz_id}/reports/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Quiz Reports
      operationId: get_quiz_report
      summary: Get a quiz report
      description: Returns the data for a single quiz report.
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: quiz_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: include
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - file
            - progress
        required: false
        description: 'Whether the output should include documents for the file and/or progress

          objects associated with this report. (Note: JSON-API only)'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizReport'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_reports.html
    delete:
      tags:
      - Quiz Reports
      operationId: abort_generation_of_report_or_remove_previously_generated_one
      summary: Abort the generation of a report, or remove a previously generated one
      description: 'This API allows you to cancel a previous request you issued for a report to

        be generated. Or in the case of an already generated report, you''d like to

        remove it, perhaps to generate it another time with an updated version that

        provides new features.


        You must check the report''s generation status before attempting to use this

        interface. See the "workflow_state" property of the QuizReport''s Progress

        object for more information. Only when the progress reports itself in a

        "queued" state can the generation be aborted.


        *Responses*


        - 204 No Content if your request was accepted

        - 422 Unprocessable Entity if the report is not being generated

        or can not be aborted at this stage'
      parameters:
      - name: course_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: quiz_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_reports.html
components:
  schemas:
    QuizReport:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 5
          description: the ID of the quiz report
        quiz_id:
          type: integer
          example: 4
          description: the ID of the quiz
        report_type:
          type: string
          example: student_analysis
          description: 'which type of report this is possible values: ''student_analysis'', ''item_analysis'''
        readable_type:
          type: string
          example: Student Analysis
          description: a human-readable (and localized) version of the report_type
        includes_all_versions:
          type: boolean
          example: true
          description: boolean indicating whether the report represents all submissions or only the most recent ones for each student
        anonymous:
          type: boolean
          example: false
          description: boolean indicating whether the report is for an anonymous survey. if true, no student names will be included in the csv
        generatable:
          type: boolean
          example: true
          description: boolean indicating whether the report can be generated, which is true unless the quiz is a survey one
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-05-01T12:34:56-07:00'
          description: when the report was created
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2013-05-01T12:34:56-07:00'
          description: when the report was last updated
        url:
          type: string
          example: http://canvas.example.com/api/v1/courses/1/quizzes/1/reports/1
          description: the API endpoint for this report
        file:
          type: string
          description: if the report has finished generating, a File object that represents it. refer to the Files API for more information about the format
        progress_url:
          type: string
          description: 'if the report has not yet finished generating, a URL where information about its progress can be retrieved. refer to the Progress API for more information (Note: not available in JSON-API format)'
        progress:
          type: string
          description: 'if the report is being generated, a Progress object that represents the operation. Refer to the Progress API for more information about the format. (Note: available only in JSON-API format)'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Canvas OAuth2 access token sent as "Authorization: Bearer <token>". See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Canvas OAuth2. See https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html and https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth_endpoints.html
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          refreshUrl: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
externalDocs:
  description: Canvas LMS REST API Documentation
  url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
x-generated-from: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
x-provenance:
  method: derived
  derived_by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline (Swagger 1.2 -> OpenAPI 3.1 conversion)
  source: openapi/_original/swagger-1.2/*.json (144 verbatim first-party Swagger 1.2 documents)
  source_url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
  fetched: '2026-09-05'
  http_status: 200