List Questions

GET /v1/nextexams/questions

List bank questions

The question bank, paged. Questions that are private to one exam (made there with Keep in bank off) and retired versions are not listed. Scope questions:read.

Request

GET https://your-site.example/api/index.php/v1/nextexams/questions?limit=<integer>&offset=<integer>&search=<string>&published=<integer>

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
`limit`	`integer`	`query`	No	Page size. (min 1) Defaults to `20`.
`offset`	`integer`	`query`	No	Rows to skip. (min 0) Defaults to `0`.
`search`	`string`	`query`	No	Matches the title (and, for questions, the stem).
`published`	`integer`	`query`	No	1 for published only, 0 for unpublished only. One of `0`, `1`.

Responses

`200` — A page of questions.

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "subject_id": 1,
            "question_type": "string",
            "title": "string",
            "alias": "string",
            "stem": "string",
            "explanation": "string",
            "difficulty": 1,
            "default_points": 1.5,
            "answer_key": {},
            "shuffle_options": true,
            "published": true,
            "version": 1,
            "approval_status": "approved",
            "owner_exam_id": 1,
            "created": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
            "modified": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z",
            "exam_count": 1
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "total": 1
    }
}

Field	Type	Meaning
`data[].id`	`integer`
`data[].subject_id`	`integer`	0 when filed under no subject.
`data[].question_type`	`string`	One of the values GET /question-types returns.
`data[].title`	`string`	The internal name authors see; examinees see the stem.
`data[].alias`	`string`
`data[].stem`	`string`	The question as examinees see it (HTML).
`data[].explanation`	`string\|null`	Shown with the released result (HTML).
`data[].difficulty`	`integer`	1 (easy) to 5 (hard).
`data[].default_points`	`number`
`data[].answer_key`	`object\|null`	The grading configuration. Its shape depends on `question_type`.
`data[].shuffle_options`	`boolean`
`data[].published`	`boolean`
`data[].version`	`integer`
`data[].approval_status`	`string`
`data[].owner_exam_id`	`integer`	0 for a bank question, the exam's id for one private to an exam, -1 for a retired version.
`data[].created`	`string\|null`	ISO 8601 in UTC, or null when not set. (date-time)
`data[].modified`	`string\|null`	ISO 8601 in UTC, or null when not set. (date-time)
`data[].exam_count`	`integer`	Exams that use it.
`meta.total`	`integer`	Matching records in all pages.

Errors

Status	Code	When
`401`	`INVALID_TOKEN`	No token (`MISSING_TOKEN`), or one that is wrong, expired, revoked, or whose owner can no longer sign in (`INVALID_TOKEN`).
`403`	`MISSING_SCOPE`	The token is valid but this request is not allowed, and `code` says why: `MISSING_SCOPE` (the token lacks the scope), `FORBIDDEN` (the owner's role does not allow it), `ACCESS_DENIED` (the owner cannot manage Next Exams), `API_DISABLED` (the API Tokens app is off), `APP_DISABLED` (the feature's app is off — `meta.app` names it), `ACCOUNT_UNUSABLE` (the owner is blocked or must reset their password), `DEMO_LOCKED` (a demo site).

Examples

curl

curl -s "https://your-site.example/api/index.php/v1/nextexams/questions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN"

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/api/index.php/v1/nextexams/questions?limit=<integer>&offset=<integer>&search=<string>&published=<integer>');

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('API_TOKEN'),
    ],
]);

$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

JavaScript

const API_TOKEN = process.env.API_TOKEN;

const response = await fetch("https://your-site.example/api/index.php/v1/nextexams/questions?limit=<integer>&offset=<integer>&search=<string>&published=<integer>", {
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${API_TOKEN}`,
  },
});
const data = await response.json();