# PollSubmissions

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Welcome to Our New API Docs!** This is the new home for all things API (previously at [Canvas LMS REST API Documentation](https://api.instructure.com)).
{% endhint %}

## PollSubmissions API

Manage submissions for polls

**A PollSubmission object looks like:**

```js
{
  // The unique identifier for the poll submission.
  "id": 1023,
  // The unique identifier of the poll choice chosen for this submission.
  "poll_choice_id": 155,
  // the unique identifier of the user who submitted this poll submission.
  "user_id": 4555,
  // The date and time the poll submission was submitted.
  "created_at": "2013-11-07T13:16:18Z"
}
```

### [Get a single poll submission](#method.polling/poll_submissions.show) <a href="#method.polling-poll_submissions.show" id="method.polling-poll_submissions.show"></a>

[Polling::PollSubmissionsController#show](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/polling/poll_submissions_controller.rb)

**`GET /api/v1/polls/:poll_id/poll_sessions/:poll_session_id/poll_submissions/:id`**

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/polls/:poll_id/poll_sessions/:poll_session_id/poll_submissions/:id`

Returns the poll submission with the given id

**Example Response:**

```js
{
  "poll_submissions": [PollSubmission]
}
```

### [Create a single poll submission](#method.polling/poll_submissions.create) <a href="#method.polling-poll_submissions.create" id="method.polling-poll_submissions.create"></a>

[Polling::PollSubmissionsController#create](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/polling/poll_submissions_controller.rb)

**`POST /api/v1/polls/:poll_id/poll_sessions/:poll_session_id/poll_submissions`**

**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/polls/:poll_id/poll_sessions/:poll_session_id/poll_submissions`

Create a new poll submission for this poll session

**Request Parameters:**

| Parameter                            | Type               | Description                                 |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| `poll_submissions[][poll_choice_id]` | Required `integer` | The chosen poll choice for this submission. |

**Example Response:**

```js
{
  "poll_submissions": [PollSubmission]
}
```

***

This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/poll_submissions.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.