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Update a question

PATCH/v5/questions/{question_id}

Update a question’s display name.

Only the name is mutable through this endpoint; a question’s type, prompt, and type-specific configuration are fixed at creation and cannot be changed here. Updating an archived question is rejected with a client error, so restore it first if it needs to be edited. The update is scoped to the caller’s account.

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

question_id: string

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

name: string

Display name for the question

maxLength255

minLength1

ReturnsExpand Collapse

Question = CategoricalQuestion { id, configuration, created_at, 7 more } or RatingQuestion { id, configuration, created_at, 7 more } or NumberQuestion { id, created_at, created_by, 7 more } or 3 more

One of the following:

CategoricalQuestion object { id, configuration, created_at, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

configuration: CategoricalQuestionConfiguration { choices, dropdown, multi }

choices: array of string

Categorical answer choices (must contain at least one entry)

dropdown: optional boolean

Whether the question is displayed as a dropdown in the UI.

multi: optional boolean

Whether the question allows multiple answers.

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "categorical"

RatingQuestion object { id, configuration, created_at, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

configuration: RatingQuestionConfiguration { max_label, min_label, steps }

max_label: string

Label shown for the maximum rating

min_label: string

Label shown for the minimum rating

steps: number

Number of discrete points on the scale (e.g., 5 for a 1–5 scale)

minimum1

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "rating"

NumberQuestion object { id, created_at, created_by, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

configuration: optional NumberQuestionConfiguration { max, min }

max: optional number

Maximum value for the number

min: optional number

Minimum value for the number

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "number"

FreeTextQuestion object { id, created_at, created_by, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

configuration: optional FreeTextQuestionConfiguration { max_length, min_length }

max_length: optional number

Maximum characters allowed

minimum1

min_length: optional number

Minimum characters required

minimum0

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "free_text"

FormQuestion object { id, configuration, created_at, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

configuration: FormQuestionConfiguration { form_schema }

form_schema: map[unknown]

The JSON schema of the desired form object

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "form"

TimestampQuestion object { id, created_at, created_by, 7 more }

id: string

Unique identifier of the entity

created_at: string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was created

formatdate-time

created_by: Identity { id, type, object }

The identity that created the entity.

id: string

type: "user" or "service_account"

One of the following:

"user"

"service_account"

object: optional "identity"

name: string

prompt: string

user-facing question prompt

archived_at: optional string

ISO-timestamp when the entity was archived

formatdate-time

conditions: optional array of map[unknown]

Conditions for the question to be shown

configuration: optional TimestampQuestionConfiguration { multi }

multi: optional boolean

Whether to allow multiple timestamps

object: optional "question"

question_type: optional "timestamp"

Update a question

HTTP

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TypeScript

Python

Go

curl https://api.egp.scale.com/v5/questions/$QUESTION_ID \
    -X PATCH \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "x-api-key: $SGP_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "name": "x"
        }'

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "configuration": {
    "choices": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dropdown": true,
    "multi": true
  },
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "id",
    "type": "user",
    "object": "identity"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "prompt": "prompt",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  ],
  "object": "question",
  "question_type": "categorical"
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
  "id": "id",
  "configuration": {
    "choices": [
      "string"
    ],
    "dropdown": true,
    "multi": true
  },
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "id",
    "type": "user",
    "object": "identity"
  },
  "name": "name",
  "prompt": "prompt",
  "archived_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "foo": "bar"
    }
  ],
  "object": "question",
  "question_type": "categorical"
}