Create survey | Prolific API

import requests
url = "https://api.prolific.com/api/v1/surveys/"
payload = {
    "researcher_id": "7172727272",
    "title": "A survey with questions",
    "questions": [
        {
            "answers": [
                {
                    "value": "Potato",
                    "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
                }
            ],
            "title": "What is your favourite root vegetable?",
            "type": "single",
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Token <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

{
  "researcher_id": "7172727272",
  "title": "A survey about vegetables",
  "_id": "string",
  "date_created": "2022-05-27T08:43:12",
  "date_modified": "2022-05-27T08:43:12",
  "sections": [
    {
      "questions": [
        {
          "answers": [
            {
              "value": "Potato",
              "id": "string"
            }
          ],
          "title": "What is your favourite root vegetable?",
          "type": "single",
          "id": "string"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Root vegetables",
      "id": "string"
    }
  ],
  "questions": [
    {
      "answers": [
        {
          "value": "Potato",
          "id": "string"
        }
      ],
      "title": "What is your favourite root vegetable?",
      "type": "single",
      "id": "string"
    }
  ]
}

You can create a survey with either sections -> questions or just questions. This allows you to decide how much flexibility you want in your survey design. However, if you want to render the survey in the Prolific Application, you must use sections.

Authentication

AuthorizationToken

Header authentication of the form Token <token>

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

researcher_idstringRequired

The Prolific researcher ID.

titlestringRequired

The survey title.

sectionslist of objectsOptional

An array of sections in the survey, or use questions.

questionslist of objectsOptional

An array of questions in the survey, or use sections.

Response

Successful Response

researcher_idstring

The Prolific researcher ID.

titlestring

The survey title.

_idstring or null

Auto generated by the system.

date_createddatetime or null

The date/time the survey was created (UTC).

date_modifieddatetime or null

The date/time the survey was modified (UTC).

sectionslist of objects or null

Optional: An array of sections in the survey, otherwise questions will be defined.

questionslist of objects or null

Optional: An array of questions in the survey, otherwise sections will be defined.

Authentication

Request

Response

Errors