A python wrapper for Open Trivia DB
Project description
trivia.py
An easy to use python api wrapper for Open Trivia DB with autocaching
Note: There is an request limit of 1 category per request and a max of 50 questions per request
Installing
Python 3.6 or higher is required
pip install trivia.py
Usage
question(parameters)
Parameters:
-
amount (int): The amount of questions you wish to request, defaults to 10
-
category (int): The category you wish to request from (refer to table below for which number correlates to which category), defaults to
None
returning all categories.
Int | Category |
---|---|
0 | All categories |
1 | General Knowledge |
2 | Entertainment: Books |
3 | Entertainment: Film |
4 | Entertainment: Music |
5 | Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres |
6 | Entertainment: Television |
7 | Entertainment: Video Games |
8 | Entertainment: Board Games |
9 | Science & Nature |
10 | Science: Computers |
11 | Science: Mathematics |
12 | Mythology |
13 | Sports |
14 | Geography |
15 | History |
16 | Politics |
17 | Art |
18 | Celebrities |
19 | Animals |
20 | Vehicles |
21 | Entertainment: Comics |
22 | Science: Gadgets |
23 | Entertainment: Japanese Anime & Manga |
24 | Entertainment: Cartoon & Animations |
-
difficulty (str): The difficulty of the questions, can be
easy
,medium
, orhard
. Defaults toNone
returning all difficulties. -
quizType (str): The type of questions, can be
multiple
(multiple choice questions), orboolean
(true/false questions). Defaults toNone
returning all questions types.
Return:
Return a list of dicts which contains the keys below
-
category (str): The category the question comes from.
-
type (str): The type of question (multiple, or boolean).
-
difficulty (str): The difficulty of the question.
-
question (str): The text of the question.
-
correct_answer (str): The correct answer.
-
incorrect_answer (list): List of strings of all the incorrect answers.
Examples
Basic code example
from trivia import trivia
import asyncio
#To use outside of an async function
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
questions = loop.run_until_complete(trivia.question(amount=1, category=2, difficulty='easy', quizType='multiple'))
#To use within an aysnc function
async def main():
questions = await trivia.question(amount=1, category=2, difficulty='easy', quizType='multiple')
An example of the return
[{
'category': 'Entertainment: Books',
'type': 'multiple',
'difficulty': 'easy',
'question': 'What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes book by Arthur Conan Doyle?',
'correct_answer': 'A Study in Scarlet',
'incorrect_answers': ['The Sign of the Four', 'A Case of Identity', 'The Doings of Raffles Haw']
}]
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