How can I use the batchupdate function of the google form api with python to modify the url and answers?

Question

Here is an example of my form. How can I use python to modify the url and answer for the first question, as I am not familiar with using batchupdate?

I can use "get" to retrieve information from the form.

{'formId': '1q4pJMDtiLxQ2cjmLXxowqJ5VPfI68bUUo', 
'info': {'title': 'PIXEL ', 'documentTitle': 'daily'}, 
'settings': {'quizSettings': {'isQuiz': True}},
 'revisionId': '00000067', 
'responderUri': 'https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScap6ZdpOnWIyxWqZNXjlfWW9DgPe-Wv_CUtziWw/viewform', 
'items': [{'itemId': '7c0ddb37', 'pageBreakItem': {}}, 
        {'itemId': '2870b06c', 'videoItem': {'video': {'youtubeUri': 'www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5HqPvM-eI', 'properties': {'alignment': 'LEFT', 'width': 320}}}},
        {'itemId': '381aedf6', 'questionGroupItem': {'questions': [{'questionId': '4d7f011e', 'required': True, 'rowQuestion': {'title': 'pick'}}], 'grid': {'columns': {'type': 'RADIO',         'options': [{'value': '1'}, {'value': '2'}, {'value': '3'}]}}}, 'title': 'pay'}, 
          {'itemId': '0f9dc00b', 'title': 'number', 'questionItem': {'question': {'questionId': '39523976', 'required': True, 
          'grading': {'correctAnswers': {'answers': [{'value':'1115'}]}}, 'textQuestion': {}}}}, 
          {'itemId': '0a12a42e', 'pageBreakItem': {}}, 
          {'itemId': '19640fea', 'videoItem': {'video': {'youtubeUri': 'www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5HqPvM-eI', 'properties': {'alignment': 'LEFT', 'width': 320}}}}, 
          {'itemId': '685ba545', 'questionGroupItem': {'questions': [{'questionId': '044f9f9b', 'required': True, 'rowQuestion': {'title': 'pick'}}], 'grid': {'columns': {'type': 'RADIO',           'options': [{'value': '1'}, {'value': '2'}, {'value': '3'}]}}}, 'title': 'pay'}, 
          {'itemId': '6a9d1b88', 'title': 'number', 'questionItem': {'question': {'questionId': '2199beb0', 'required': True, 
            'grading': {'correctAnswers': {'answers': [{'value': '1115'}]}}, 'textQuestion': {}}}}]}

The official documentation has too few examples for me to understand how to apply it to my form.

update = {
    "requests": [{
        "updateItem": {
            "item": {
                "title": "Homework video",
                "description": "Quizzes in Google Forms",
                "videoItem": {
                    "video": {
                        "youtubeUri": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5HqPvM-eI"
                    }
                }
            },"location": {
                "index": 0},
            "updateMask": "description,youtubeUri"
        }
    }]
}

question_setting = service.forms().batchUpdate(
    formId=form_id, body=update).execute()

Answer 1

From your following reply,

I want to update the youtubeUri item and use a new URL. How can I do this? i have two question use the video,how do i update the first question URL ?

I understood your question is as follows.

• You want to update youtubeUri of 1st question in Google Forms using googleapis for python.

In this case, how about the following sample script?

Sample script:

service =   # Please use your client

formId = "###" # Please set your Google Form ID.
after = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=###" # Please set YouTube URL you want to replace. In this sample, the existing URL is changed to this URL.

res = service.forms().get(formId=formId).execute()
itemIds = [[i, e["itemId"]] for i, e in enumerate(res.get("items")) if "videoItem" in e]
topItem = itemIds[0] # From your question, `youtubeUri` of the 1st question.
req = {
    "requests": [
        {
            "updateItem": {
                "item": {
                    "itemId": topItem[1],
                    "videoItem": {
                        "video": {
                            "youtubeUri": after,
                        }
                    },
                },
                "location": {"index": topItem[0]},
                "updateMask": "videoItem.video.youtubeUri",
            }
        }
    ]
}
service.forms().batchUpdate(formId=formId, body=req).execute()

• When this script is run, first, all items are retrieved. And, the item IDs including youtubeUri are retrieved. And, using the 1st item ID, the value of youtubeUri is changed to the value of after you set.

Note:

• In this sample script, it supposes that you have already been able to get and out values to Google Form using Google Form API. Please be careful about this.

Reference:

• Method: forms.batchUpdate