GET /api/questions/:id

GET /api/questions/:id (show)

Returns details about a particular question. You can view questions visible to you, which includes your own questions as well as colleagues’ questions where shared is set to true. If you’re an organization owner, you can view all questions in the organization.

curl \
  -H 'Authorization: Token token="<%= api_key %>"' \
  https://app.coderpad.io/api/questions/42

yields:

{
  "status": "OK",
  "id": 42,
  "title": "Are fruits tomatoes?",
  "author_name": "Molly Macadamia",
  "owner_email": "molly@macadamia.net",
  "language": "postgresql",
  "description": "Use SQL magic to discover the answer.",
  "contents": "SELECT * FROM fruits;\n",
  "shared": true,
  "used": 0,
  "created_at": "2019-01-25T02:07:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-01-25T02:07:12Z"
}

Fields returned:

Field	Description
id	Primary key for the object. Use this to query or modify this resource later.
title	User-assigned title of the question.
author_name	Name of the person who authored this question. This is the same person as the owner referenced by owner_email.
owner_email	Email address of the person who owns the question.
language	Chosen language for the question. One of a set list.
description	Notes for yourself (or colleagues) on what this question is about, and what good and bad answers might look like.
contents	User-assigned question contents. This text is inserted into your CoderPad interview session if you choose to use this question.
shared	A boolean specifying whether this question is shared with the user’s organization. Defaults to `true`.
used	A counter counting the number of times this question was used to create pads.
created_at	The time when the question was created, in UTC ISO 8601, like `2019-01-30T00:22:55.520Z`.
updated_at	Similarly, the time when the question was last updated.