QuizQuestions API - Position

[navayodhanreddy]

Hi Team,

In the Quiz Questions API (below link), I would like to use an option called Position. 

Quiz Questions - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation 

I tried to create a new question with position = 2 in an empty quiz using Postman. But, in the output body I noticed that the position is 1. 

Can we set positions for the questions while creating them through API calls?

When I am creating various questions using a loop the order is being changed. So, I would like to arrange them in order using Position.

Thanks.

[pklove]

I haven't tried this with quiz questions, but if its like other things in Canvas, you won't be able to give the question a position unless there are least that number of questions.

So when you added the question to the empty quiz, it could not have position 2 and was set to position 1 as there was only one question. 

You will need to give the questions their position once you have added the lower ordered ones.

[navayodhanreddy]

Hi Peter, 

Thanks for your response. Initially, I entered 2 questions and their positions are 1 and 2. Now, I tried to enter new question with position as 1. Unfortunately, I noticed that the question got position 3 automatically by Canvas. 

[pklove]

I should have tried this before making my earlier post.

I've now tried this and I get the same problem as you.

I also tried changing the position with an update and that does not work either.