@trivia-api/fetch v1.38.0

Trivia API Fetch Client

Functions to fetch data from The Trivia API.

Installation

Install with npm install @trivia-api/fetch.

Usage

Functions

getQuestions

import { getQuestions } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

getQuestions({ limit: 5 }).then((questions) => {
  // questions is an array of questions
});

searchQuestions

import { searchQuestions } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

searchQuestions({ freetext: "france" }).then((questions) => {
  // questions is an array of questions that have either the tag 'france'
  // or match 'france' to a freetext search on the question.
});

getMetadata

import { getMetadata } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

getMetadata().then((metadata) => {
  // metadata is an object representing the number of questions in the API, broken down by category and state
});

getTags

import { getTags } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

getTags().then((tags) => {
  // tags is an array of all the tags used by questions in the API
});

updateQuestion

import { updateQuestion } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

const question = await getQuestions()[0];

const newQuestion = {
  ...question,
  correctAnswer: "A different answer",
};

const API_KEY = "abcd1234";

try {
  await updateQuestion(API_KEY, newQuestion);
  // If the promise resolves then the question has been successfully updated
} catch {
  // If the promise is rejected then the question has not been updated. Did you
  // pass in a valid API key? Is the ID wrong? Did you miss a required property?
}

createSession

import { createSession, getQuestions } from "@trivia-api/fetch";

createSession().then((session) => {
  // You can use the session object to request questions with no duplicates

  // Request 10 questions from the session you just created
  getQuestions({ session: session.id, limit: 10 });

  /**
   * Request 10 more questions from the session you just created. These
   * questions are guaranteed to be different to the questions previously
   * received.
   */
  getQuestions({ session: session.id, limit: 10 });
});