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# Polls

Manage polls

#### A Poll object looks like: <a href="#poll" id="poll"></a>

```js
{
  // The unique identifier for the poll.
  "id": 1023,
  // The question/title of the poll.
  "question": "What do you consider most important to your learning in this course?",
  // A short description of the poll.
  "description": "This poll is to determine what priorities the students in the course have.",
  // The time at which the poll was created.
  "created_at": "2014-01-07T15:16:18Z",
  // The unique identifier for the user that created the poll.
  "user_id": 105,
  // An aggregate of the results of all associated poll sessions, with the poll
  // choice id as the key, and the aggregated submission count as the value.
  "total_results": {"543":20,"544":5,"545":17}
}
```

## [List polls](#method.polling/polls.index) <a href="#method.polling-polls.index" id="method.polling-polls.index"></a>

[Polling::PollsController#index](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/polling/polls_controller.rb)

#### `GET /api/v1/polls`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/polls`

Returns the paginated list of polls for the current user.

#### Example Response:

```js
{
  "polls": [Poll]
}
```

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

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

#### `GET /api/v1/polls/:id`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/polls/:id`

Returns the poll with the given id

#### Example Response:

```js
{
  "polls": [Poll]
}
```

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

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

#### `POST /api/v1/polls`

**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/polls`

Create a new poll for the current user

#### Request Parameters:

| Parameter              | Type              | Description                                       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `polls[][question]`    | Required `string` | The title of the poll.                            |
| `polls[][description]` | `string`          | A brief description or instructions for the poll. |

#### Example Response:

```js
{
  "polls": [Poll]
}
```

## [Update a single poll](#method.polling/polls.update) <a href="#method.polling-polls.update" id="method.polling-polls.update"></a>

[Polling::PollsController#update](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/polling/polls_controller.rb)

#### `PUT /api/v1/polls/:id`

**Scope:** `url:PUT|/api/v1/polls/:id`

Update an existing poll belonging to the current user

#### Request Parameters:

| Parameter              | Type              | Description                                       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `polls[][question]`    | Required `string` | The title of the poll.                            |
| `polls[][description]` | `string`          | A brief description or instructions for the poll. |

#### Example Response:

```js
{
  "polls": [Poll]
}
```

## [Delete a poll](#method.polling/polls.destroy) <a href="#method.polling-polls.destroy" id="method.polling-polls.destroy"></a>

[Polling::PollsController#destroy](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/polling/polls_controller.rb)

#### `DELETE /api/v1/polls/:id`

**Scope:** `url:DELETE|/api/v1/polls/:id`

\<b>204 No Content\</b> response code is returned if the deletion was successful.

***

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


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