Read a Single Question

For questions tied to a topic: GET to /api/account/ACCOUNT_CODE/topics/TOPIC_CODE/questions/QUESTION_ID.xml

For questions at the account level: GET to /api/account/ACCOUNT_CODE/questions/QUESTION_ID.xml

• Your ACCOUNT_CODE can be found via the administrative interface.

• You can find the TOPIC_CODE using the List Topics method.

• The QUESTION_ID must be the Base64-encoded version of the question ID. This is returned in the <to param> field when you list questions for a topic or for a subscriber.

Example Output

Output for Free-Response Question

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <question>
    <columnar type="boolean">false</columnar>
    <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
    <lock-version type="integer">0</lock-version>
    <name>NAME</name>
    <position type="integer" nil="true"></position>
    <question-text>QUESTION</question-text>
    <response-count type="integer">0</response-count>
    <response-field-size>SIZE</response-field-size>
    <response-type>RESPONSE</response-type>
    <select-box type="boolean">false</select-box>
    <to-param>MTAxMDk=</to-param>
  </question>

Output for Multiple-Choice Question

<question>
  <columnar type="boolean">false</columnar>
  <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
  <lock-version type="integer">1</lock-version>
  <name>Select Color</name>
  <position type="integer" nil="true"></position>
  <question-text>What is your favorite color</question-text>
  <response-count type="integer">0</response-count>
  <response-field-size>M</response-field-size>
  <response-type>select_multi</response-type>
  <select-box type="boolean">false</select-box>
  <answers type="array">
    <answer>
      <answer-text>White</answer-text>
      <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
      <position type="integer">1</position>
      <to-param>MTA0ODE=</to-param>
    </answer>
    <answer>
      <answer-text>Yellow</answer-text>
      <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
      <position type="integer">2</position>
      <to-param>MTA0ODI=</to-param>
    </answer>
    <answer>
      <answer-text>Black</answer-text>
      <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
      <position type="integer">3</position>
      <to-param>MTA0ODM=</to-param>
    </answer>
    <answer>
      <answer-text>Red</answer-text>
      <enabled type="boolean">true</enabled>
      <position type="integer">4</position>
      <to-param>MTA0ODQ=</to-param>
    </answer>
    .......
  </answers>
  <to-param>MTAxMTA=</to-param>
</question>

Troubleshooting

Reference question error codes

Related Topics

• List Questions for an Account
• List Questions for a Subscriber
• List Questions for a Topic

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