Trivia API Documentation

This documentation provides detailed information about the available API endpoints in the Trivia application. Each endpoint is described with its URL, request parameters, and expected response body.

API Endpoints

1. GET /categories

Description: Fetches all categories.

Request Parameters: None

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "categories": {
    "1": "Science",
    "2": "Art"
    // other categories
  }
}

2. GET /questions

Description: Fetches all questions with pagination.

Request Parameters: page (optional): Page number for pagination (default: 1)

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "question": "What is the capital of France?",
      "answer": "Paris",
      "category": "1",
      "difficulty": 1
    }
    // other questions
  ],
  "total_questions": 50
}

3. DELETE /questions/question_id

Description: Deletes a specific question.

Request Parameters: None

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "deleted": 1
}

4. POST /questions

Description: Adds a new question.

Request Parameters: None

Request Body:

{
  "question": "What is the largest planet?",
  "answer": "Jupiter",
  "category": "1",
  "difficulty": 3
}

Response Body:

{
  "success": true
}

5. POST /questions/search

Description: Adds a new question.

Request Parameters: None

Request Body:

{
  "searchTerm": "planet"
}

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "question": "What is the largest planet?",
      "answer": "Jupiter",
      "category": "1",
      "difficulty": 3
    }
    // other matching questions
  ],
  "total_questions": 1
}

6. GET /categories/category_id/questions

Description: Fetches questions for a specific category.

Request Parameters: None

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "question": "What is the capital of France?",
      "answer": "Paris",
      "category": "1",
      "difficulty": 1
    }
    // other questions in the category
  ],
  "total_questions": 10,
  "current_category": 1
}

7. POST /quizzes

Description: Fetches the next question for a quiz.

Request Parameters: None

Request Body:

{
  "previous_questions": [1, 2],
  "quiz_category": {
    "id": "1",
    "type": "Science"
  }
}

Response Body:

{
  "success": true,
  "question": {
    "id": 3,
    "question": "What is the boiling point of water?",
    "answer": "100°C",
    "category": "1",
    "difficulty": 1
  }
}

8. ERROR HANDLING

The API returns error responses in the following format:

{
  "success": false,
  "error": 404,
  "message": "Resource not found"
}

Error Codes:

• 400: Bad request
• 404: Resource not found
• 422: Unprocessable entity