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.

• difficulty (str): The difficulty of the questions, can be easy, medium, or hard. Defaults to None returning all difficulties.

• quizType (str): The type of questions, can be multiple (multiple choice questions), or boolean (true/false questions). Defaults to None 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']
}]