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Quiz Submission Files API

Upload a file Quizzes::QuizSubmissionFilesController#create

POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/submissions/self/files

Scope: url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/quizzes/:quiz_id/submissions/self/files

GET /courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/courses/:course_id/files/:file_id/preview

GET /quiz_statistics/:quiz_statistics_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/quiz_statistics/:quiz_statistics_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/assessment_questions/:assessment_question_id/files/:file_id/preview

GET /groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/groups/:group_id/files/:file_id/preview

GET /accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/accounts/:account_id/files/:file_id/preview

GET /users/:user_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/users/:user_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /users/:user_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/users/:user_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /users/:user_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/users/:user_id/files/:file_id/preview

GET /assignments/:assignment_id/files/:id/download

Scope: url:GET|/assignments/:assignment_id/files/:id/download

GET /files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/files/:file_id/download

GET /quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/download

Scope: url:GET|/quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/download.:type

Scope: url:GET|/quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/download

GET /quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/preview

Scope: url:GET|/quizzes/quiz_submissions/:quiz_submission_id/files/:file_id/preview

Associate a new quiz submission file

This API endpoint is the first step in uploading a quiz submission file. See the File Upload Documentation for details on the file upload workflow as these parameters are interpreted as per the documentation there.

Request Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
name string

The name of the quiz submission file
on_duplicate string

How to handle duplicate names

Example Response:

{
  "attachments": [
    {
      "upload_url": "https://some-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/",
      "upload_params": {
        "key": "/users/1234/files/answer_pic.jpg",
        "acl": "private",
        "Filename": "answer_pic.jpg",
        "AWSAccessKeyId": "some_id",
        "Policy": "some_opaque_string",
        "Signature": "another_opaque_string",
        "Content-Type": "image/jpeg"
      }
    }
  ]
}