Trivia Open API Exploration

Trivia Open API Exploration

1. Difficulty

   • Is a Key with the JSON
     • Pair is an element
   • Can be used as a search tool within the API
     • Not Required
       • https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&difficulty=hard
   • Fixed number of categories
     • Helps prevent user error within the entry
       • Increased data integrity
     • 3 fixed difficulties
       • hard
       • easy
       • medium
   • Can be used as a search tool within the API
     • Not required

2. Category

   • Fixed number of categories
     • 24 different categories
       • eg. Sports
       • eg. General Knowledge
       • eg. Entertainment: Film
     • Helps prevent user error within the entry
       • Increased data integrity
   • Can be used as a search tool within the API
     • Not required
       • https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category=21
   • Is a Key within the JSON
     • Corresponding pair is an element
       • Character
   • Accessible to the user by an API request

3. Type

   • Accessible to the user by an API request
   • Fixed number of categories
     • Multiply choice
       • Sets the size pf the array of the incorrect answer to 3
     • True or False
       • sets the size pf the array of the incorrect answer to 1
     • Helps format the question
   • Can be used as a search tool within the API
     • Not required
       • https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&type=multiple
   • Accessible to the user by an API request

4. Question

   • Accessible to the user by an API request
   • Can not search the API by question
     • Can try to get a question through the use of the category option
   • Is a Key with the JSON
     • Is a Key with the JSON
       • character
         • ""
   • Completely user entry
     • Anyone can add a question through the API website
       • https://opentdb.com/
       • No real fact checking

5. Correct Answer

   • Is a Key with the JSON
     • Pair is an element
       • character
         • ""
   • Unlike incorrect answer as it was an array
     • as there is only one answer
   • Can not search the API by correct answers
   • Accessible to the user by an API request

6. Incorrect Answers

   • Is a Key within the JSON
     • Pair is stored in an Array
   • Accessible to the user by an API request
   • Can not search the API by incorrect answers
   • has a set number of different incorrect answer per type of question
     • 3 for multiply choice
     • 1 for true or false
   • answers stored within an array
     • can specify which incorrect answers as it is within an array

7. Amount

   • Selects the number of object the API request gets
   • Can be used as a search tool within the API
     • Required
       • https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10
   • Not accessible to the user by an API request