RESTful API for MCQ(Multiple Choice Question) Quiz

• API is hosted at: https://mcq-quiz-app.herokuapp.com/

• Generate API Key https://ameermuhammed.github.io/mcq-quiz-api/

• Tools and technologies used:

  • Node.js (Express)
  • MongoDB

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/{APIKEY}/	Returns one random question
GET	/getBulk/{APIKEY}/{COUNT}/	Returns n(COUNT) random questions
POST	/	Sample POST request body: { "apikey":"{API KEY}" "question":"World’s highest Hockey ground is located in?", "option1":"Chail", "option2":"Shilaroo", "option3":"Parwanoo" "option4":"Delhi", "answer":"Shilaroo" }
PUT	/	Sample PUT request body: { "apikey":"{API KEY}" "_id": "{ID}", "question":"World’s highest Hockey ground is located in?", "option1":"Chail", "option2":"Shilaroo", "option3":"Parwanoo" "option4":"Delhi", "answer":"Shilaroo" }
DELETE	/	Sample DELETE request body: { "apikey":"{API KEY}" "_id": "{ID}" }

Samples

GET /{APIKEY}/

Response:

[
    {
        "_id": "5ee1fb4bd8f42f0017bae794",
        "question": "Which of the following is not an equatorial crop?",
        "option1": "Coconut",
        "option2": "Rubber",
        "option3": "Oil Palm",
        "option4": "Banana",
        "answer": "Banana",
        "__v": 0
    }
]

GET /getBulk/{APIKEY}/{COUNT}/

Response:

[
    {
        "_id": "5ee1fba3d8f42f0017bae79a",
        "question": "Which of the following is the least dense planet among all the planets?",
        "option1": "Earth",
        "option2": "Uranus",
        "option3": "Jupiter",
        "option4": "Saturn",
        "answer": "Saturn",
        "__v": 0
    },
    {
        "_id": "5ee1fb84d8f42f0017bae798",
        "question": "Expanding Universe hypothesis is also known as:",
        "option1": "Nebular theory",
        "option2": "Big Bang theory",
        "option3": "Steady state theory",
        "option4": "None of the above",
        "answer": "Big Bang theory",
        "__v": 0
    },
    {
        "_id": "5ee1fbe8d8f42f0017bae79f",
        "question": "Wings of Fire is an autobiography of",
        "option1": "A. P. J. Abdul Kalam",
        "option2": "Rabindranath Tagore",
        "option3": "Pranab Mukherjee",
        "option4": "None of these",
        "answer": "A. P. J. Abdul Kalam",
        "__v": 0
    },
    {
        "_id": "5ee1ffb9d8f42f0017bae7ac",
        "question": "In which year the Jnanpith Award was first awarded?",
        "option1": "1965",
        "option2": "1955",
        "option3": "1972",
        "option4": "None of these",
        "answer": "1965",
        "__v": 0
    }
]