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Canvas Quiz Submission Questions API

The Quiz Submission Questions API from Canvas — 4 operation(s) for quiz submission questions.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions List the questions in a quiz submission · Get all quiz submission questions #
Ask an LLM
“How do I see every question record in a student's quiz attempt?”
“Can I include the quiz questions themselves alongside the submission records?”
Tell an agent
List the questions for quiz submission {quiz_submission_id}.
Show all question records in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id}.
POST /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions Answer questions in a quiz submission · Answering questions #
Ask an LLM
“How do I submit or change answers for questions in a quiz attempt?”
“What does answering a quiz question require, like the attempt number and validation token?”
Tell an agent
Save answers {quiz_questions} for attempt {attempt} of quiz submission {quiz_submission_id} using token {validation_token}.
Answer questions in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id}, attempt {attempt}, token {validation_token}.
GET /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/formatted_answer Format a student's numerical answer · Get a formatted student numerical answer #
Ask an LLM
“How will Canvas format a number a student types into a numerical question?”
“Can I preview the formatted value of a numerical answer?”
Tell an agent
Format answer {answer} for question {id} in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id}.
Show how {answer} would display for numerical question {id} in submission {quiz_submission_id}.
PUT /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/flag Flag a quiz question to revisit · Flagging a question #
Ask an LLM
“How do I flag a quiz question so I can come back to it later?”
“Can a student mark a question for review during a quiz?”
Tell an agent
Flag question {id} in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id} for attempt {attempt} with token {validation_token}.
Mark question {id} for review in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id}, attempt {attempt}, token {validation_token}.
PUT /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/unflag Remove the flag from a quiz question · Unflagging a question #
Ask an LLM
“How do I unflag a quiz question after returning to it?”
“Can I clear a review flag I set on a question?”
Tell an agent
Unflag question {id} in quiz submission {quiz_submission_id} for attempt {attempt} with token {validation_token}.
Clear the review flag on question {id} in submission {quiz_submission_id}, attempt {attempt}, token {validation_token}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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Authentication
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.oauth.html
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APIReference
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/openapi/canvas-quiz-submission-questions-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms

Other Resources

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Pagination
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.pagination.html
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Swagger
https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/api-docs.json
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OAuthScopes
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/scopes/canvas-scopes.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/errors/canvas-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canvas/refs/heads/main/data-model/canvas-data-model.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

canvas-quiz-submission-questions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Canvas LMS REST Quiz Submission Questions 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 Submission Questions
  x-resource: quiz_submission_questions
  externalDocs:
    url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
paths:
  /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions:
    get:
      tags:
      - Quiz Submission Questions
      operationId: get_all_quiz_submission_questions
      summary: Get all quiz submission questions
      description: 'Get a list of all the question records for this quiz submission.


        200 OK response code is returned if the request was successful.'
      parameters:
      - name: quiz_submission_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: include
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - quiz_question
        required: false
        description: Associations to include with the quiz submission question.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
    post:
      tags:
      - Quiz Submission Questions
      operationId: answering_questions
      summary: Answering questions
      description: Provide or update an answer to one or more QuizQuestions.
      parameters:
      - name: quiz_submission_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
                quiz_questions:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizSubmissionQuestion'
                  description: 'Set of question IDs and the answer value.


                    See {Appendix: Question Answer Formats} for the accepted answer formats

                    for each question type.'
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
                quiz_questions:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizSubmissionQuestion'
                  description: 'Set of question IDs and the answer value.


                    See {Appendix: Question Answer Formats} for the accepted answer formats

                    for each question type.'
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuizSubmissionQuestion'
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
  /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/formatted_answer:
    get:
      tags:
      - Quiz Submission Questions
      operationId: get_formatted_student_numerical_answer
      summary: Get a formatted student numerical answer
      description: 'Matches the intended behavior of the UI when a numerical answer is entered

        and returns the resulting formatted number'
      parameters:
      - name: quiz_submission_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: answer
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
        required: true
        description: no description
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
  /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/flag:
    put:
      tags:
      - Quiz Submission Questions
      operationId: flagging_question
      summary: Flagging a question
      description: 'Set a flag on a quiz question to indicate that you want to return to it

        later.'
      parameters:
      - name: quiz_submission_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
  /v1/quiz_submissions/{quiz_submission_id}/questions/{id}/unflag:
    put:
      tags:
      - Quiz Submission Questions
      operationId: unflagging_question
      summary: Unflagging a question
      description: 'Remove the flag that you previously set on a quiz question after you''ve

        returned to it.'
      parameters:
      - name: quiz_submission_id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: ID
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                attempt:
                  type: integer
                  format: int64
                  description: 'The attempt number of the quiz submission being taken. Note that this

                    must be the latest attempt index, as questions for earlier attempts can

                    not be modified.'
                validation_token:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The unique validation token you received when the Quiz Submission was

                    created.'
                access_code:
                  type: string
                  description: Access code for the Quiz, if any.
              required:
              - attempt
              - validation_token
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success, no content returned
      externalDocs:
        url: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/quiz_submission_questions.html
components:
  schemas:
    QuizSubmissionQuestion:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 1
          description: The ID of the QuizQuestion this answer is for.
        flagged:
          type: boolean
          example: true
          description: Whether this question is flagged.
        answer:
          type: string
          description: The provided answer (if any) for this question. The format of this parameter depends on the type of the question, see the Appendix for more information.
        answers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The possible answers for this question when those possible answers are necessary.  The presence of this parameter is dependent on permissions.
      required:
      - id
  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