Google Forms · Schema

Question

A question in a Google Form.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
questionId	string	Output only. The ID of the question.
required	boolean	Whether the question must be answered.
grading	object
choiceQuestion	object
textQuestion	object
scaleQuestion	object
dateQuestion	object
timeQuestion	object

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-forms/refs/heads/main/json-schema/google-forms-api-question-schema.json",
  "title": "Question",
  "description": "A question in a Google Form.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "questionId": { "type": "string", "description": "Output only. The ID of the question.", "readOnly": true },
    "required": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the question must be answered." },
    "grading": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "pointValue": { "type": "integer", "description": "Points available for this question." },
        "correctAnswers": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "answers": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "value": { "type": "string" }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "choiceQuestion": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "type": { "type": "string", "enum": ["CHOICE_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED", "RADIO", "CHECKBOX", "DROP_DOWN"] },
        "options": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "value": { "type": "string" },
              "isOther": { "type": "boolean" }
            }
          }
        },
        "shuffle": { "type": "boolean" }
      }
    },
    "textQuestion": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "paragraph": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the question accepts paragraph text." }
      }
    },
    "scaleQuestion": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "low": { "type": "integer" },
        "high": { "type": "integer" },
        "lowLabel": { "type": "string" },
        "highLabel": { "type": "string" }
      }
    },
    "dateQuestion": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "includeTime": { "type": "boolean" },
        "includeYear": { "type": "boolean" }
      }
    },
    "timeQuestion": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "duration": { "type": "boolean" }
      }
    }
  }
}