[Bug]: set_question_properties returns "No valid data" on nested attributes about citric

[soberhofer]

Thank you very much for your input. I guess i'll have to to programmatically edit the lsq or the lsg, and then import it that way.
Yeah, daunting is the right word. :D

[edgarrmondragon]

Hi @soberhofer, thanks for filing!

Unfortunately, the RemoteControl API doesn't seem to support it: https://forums.limesurvey.org/forum/development/134557-rpc-api-set-attributes-with-set_question_properties#241626.

The workaround recommended in that thread is to use import_question¹ with question files edited by other means:

with open("my_question_file.lsq", "rb") as file:
    client.import_question(file, survey_id=..., group_id=...)

For question types where it's relevant, you should be looking for a random_order attribute I think:

   <row>
    <qid><![CDATA[207]]></qid>
    <attribute><![CDATA[random_order]]></attribute>
    <value><![CDATA[1]]></value>
    <language/>
   </row>

Footnotes

1. https://citric.readthedocs.io/en/stable/_api/citric/client/index.html#citric.client.Client.import_question ↩

[edgarrmondragon]

And FWIW I've wanted to add features to this library to help programmatically construct XML for questions and surveys but it seems daunting since the schema is undocumented ... and it's XML 😅