queez

Queez

A simple Javascript library to create quizz.

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How to use :

Install queez via npm :

npm install --save queez

Use it :

import Queez from 'queez'

const quizz = new Queez(config)

config is an object containing all your quizz configuration

An example of the congif content :

const config = {
	questions: [...],
	categories: [...],
	results: [...],
	callbacks: {...}
}

All informations relating to config content are available in the section below.

Documentation :

Queez :

Properties :

The config object has questions, categories, resultats and callbacks properties. Other properties may be added, they will automatically injected within the custom property of queez instance.
There is an example for a custom property named titre:

const config = {
	title: 'An awesome quizz',
	...
}

const quizz = new Queez(config)
//quizz.title => undefined
//quizz.custom.title => 'An awesome quizz'

• question : Represents quizz's questions (see doc here).
• categories : Represents results's categories of the quizz (voir la doc here).
• results : Represents possibles quizz's results (voir la doc here).
• callbacks : Represents available quizz's callbacks (voir la doc here).

You will find below the details of the main property config :

Name	Type	Required	Default value
questions	Array	false	[ ]
categories	Array	false	[ ]
results	Array	false	[ ]
callbacks	Object	false	{ }

If a property has a wrong type, the default value will be assigned.

Methods :

getQuestion(questionId) => Question :

Retrieve a question from its id.

• questionId (Integer | String) : Question id.

---

getQuestionsBy(attribut, value) => Array of Question :

Retrieve an array of questions from the value of a given attribute

• attribute (String | Array) : Attribute (ot attribute's path, e.g ['custom', 'title'] for title attribute of custom)
  
• value : Attribute's value.

---

getQuestionByAnswer => Question :

Retrieve a question from an answer id.

• answerId (Integer | String) : Answer's id.

---

getResult => Result :

Retrieve a result from its id.

• resultId (Integer | String) : Result's id.

---

getResultsBy => Array of Result :

Retrieve an array of result from the value of a given attribute.

• attribute (String | Array) : Attribute (ot attribute's path, e.g ['custom', 'title'] for title attribute of custom)
  
• value : Attribute's value.

---

getCategory => Category :

Retrieve a category from its id.

• categoryId : L'id de la categorie.

---

getCategoriesBy => Array of Category :

Retrieve an array of category from the value of a given attribute.

• attribute (String | Array) : Attribute (ot attribute's path, e.g ['custom', 'title'] for title attribute of custom)
  
• value : Attribute's value.

---

isComplete => Boolean :

Check if all questions has been answered.

---

getResponse => Array of Result | Array of Question (props less):

Get finals quizz's results.
If there is elements in config.results, getResponse return an result array, else return quizz's question as 'props less' (just contain properties : id, content, custom and answer (props less)).

---

Question :

Questions are the main quizz element.
There is a example of question :

{
  "id": "question-1",
  "content": "What is yout favorite color ?",
  "categoryId": "favorite-color",
  "answers": [...],
  "multiple": false
}

Properties :

• id : Represents the question identifier (unique).
• content : Represents the content of the question
• categoryId : Represent the id of the category to which belongs the question.
• answers : Represnete the proposed answers to the question (see doc here).
• multiple: Define if a question can be answered several times, with different answers.

Other properties may be added, they will automatically injected within the question custom property.

Name	Type	Required	Default value
id	Integer | String	false	Random string (9 char.)
content	Integer | String	false	/
categoryId	Integer | String	false	Empty string
answers	Array	false	[ ]
multiple	Boolean	false	false

Methods :

getAnswer(answerId) => Answer :

Retrieve a answer from its id.

• answerId (Integer | String) : L'id de la reponse.

---

getAnswersBy(attribut, value) => Array :

Retrieve an array of answer from the value of a given attribute.

• attribute (String | Array) : Attribute (ot attribute's path, e.g ['custom', 'title'] for title attribute of custom)
  
• value : Attribute's value.

---

isAnswered => Boolean :

Return true if the question is answered.

---

respond :

Respond to the question.

• answerId : Answer's id.

---

unRespond :

Un-resopnd to the question

• answerId : Answer's id.

---

toPropsLess :

Return the question with just id, content, custom and answers properties (props less).

Answer :

Answer are several proposals for a question.
Here is an example of a response :

{ "id": "answer-1", "content": "Yellow", "value": "yellow", coefficient: 1 }

Properties :

• id : Represents the answer identifier (unique).
• content : Represents the answer content.
• value : Represents the answer value.
• coefficient : Represents the answer coefficient.

Other properties may be added, they will automatically injected within the answer custom property.

Name	Type	Required	Default value
id	Integer | String	false	Random string (9 char.)
content	Integer | String	false	Empty string
value	Integer | String	false	Empty string
coefficient	Integer	false	1

Methods :

toPropsLess :

Return answer with id, content and custom properties.

Category :

category objects are the elements that make the connection between the questions and possible quiz's result. These may be characterized as the type of question.
Here is an example of category :

{ "id": "favorite-color" }

Properties :

• id : Represents the category identifier (unique).

Other properties may be added, they will automatically injected within the category custom property.

Name	Type	Required	Default value
id	Integer | String	true	Random string (9 char.)

Result :

result objects are the different results possible for the quiz.
Here is an example of results :

{
	"id": "result-1",
	"filter": { "favorite-color": "yellow", "favorite-food": "burger" }
}

Properties :

• id : Represents the result identifier (unique).

• filter : Represents the conditions to obtain this result. A result without filter will always be returned in the final results of the quiz (via the method getResponse).
  Each filter object is a condition, the key represents the category's id and value define its value (the value of answer.value)

  {
  	{ "favorite-color": "yellow" }
  }
  

  In this case, to obtain this result, it is necessary that the question (or most questions) has favorite-color as categoryId have one (or most) response with yellow value.

  Conditions can be combined to build most impressive or strict conditions.

  An object represents an ET and an array represents an OR:

  To define a result with the following condition : "favorite color" is "yellow" AND "favorite food" is "burger", must be :

  { "filter": { "favorite-color": "yellow", "favorite-food": "burger" } }
  

  To define a result with the following condition : "favorite colors" are "green" AND "pink", must be :

  {
  	"filter": {
  		"favrite-colors": {"green": true, "pink": true}
  	}
  }
  

  Note: In case a category is defined by an "AND" key values ​​can take any value type. Filter just need to be defines as an object.

  Other exemples :

  { "filter": { "favorite-color": ["blue", "red"] } }
  //favorite color is blue OR red
  
  { "filter": [ "favorite-color": "yellow", "favorite-food": "burger" ] }
  //favorite color est yellow OR favorite food is burger
  
  { "filter": { "favorite-color": ["blue", "red"], "favorite-food": "rice" } }
  //favorite color is blue OR red, AND favorite food is rice
  
  {
  	"filter": [
  		{"favorite-color": "green", "favorite-food": "rice"},
  		{"favorite-color": ["blue", "red"], "favorite-food": "burger"}
  	]
  }
  //favorite color is green AND favorite food is rice,
  //OR favorite color is blue OR red AND favorite food is burger
  

• content : Represents the result content.

Other properties may be added, they will automatically injected within the result custom property.

Name	Type	Required	Default value
id	Integer | String	false	Random string (9 char.)
filter	Object | Array	false	{ }
content	Integer | String	false	Empty string

Callbacks :

callback are functions that are called at the end of a specific action.
Here is an example of callback:

{
  	onQuestionRespond: [
  		function(question, answer, error) {
	  		console.log('onQuestionRespond', question, answer, error)
		}
	],
}

Each callback is an array of function`, each function will be called once the specific action performed in the order in which they defined summers.

Avaliable callbacks list :

• onQuestionRespond : Execute all associated functions when a question is answered. Callbacks will have the following properties :

  • question Question: The answered question.
  • answer Answer: The question's answer.
  • error null | string : Error, null If there is no error.

• onQuestionUnRespond : Execute all associated functions when a question is un-answered. Callbacks will have the following properties : * question Question: The answered question.

  • answer Answer: The question's answer.
  • error null | string : Error, null If there is no error.

• onQuizzComplete : Execute all associated functions when the quiz ends (when all the questions have summers reponsues). Callbacks will have the following properties :

  • quizz Queez: L'instance du quizz.

Examples :

Example 1 : Preferences survey :

Sources here

Here the quizz's questions as text :

1 - Among the following colors, which do you prefer ?
	Green, Yellow, Red ou Blue.

2 - Among the following foods, which do you prefer ?
	Burger, Salad, Pizza ou Rice.

3 - Among the following car brand, which do you prefer?
	Audi, BMW, Aston Martin ou Chevrolet.

4 - Among the following OS, which do you prefer ?
	Mac OS, Windows, Linux.

The questions property of the object config will be:

[
	{
	  "id": "favorite-color",
	  "content": "Among the following colors, which do you prefer ?",
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "c-answer-1", "content": "Green", "value": "green" },
		{ "id": "c-answer-2", "content": "Yellow", "value": "yellow" },
		{ "id": "c-answer-3", "content": "Red", "value": "red" },
		{ "id": "c-answer-4", "content": "Blue", "value": "blue" }
	  ]
	},
	{
	  "id": "favorite-food",
	  "content": "Among the following foods, which do you prefer ?",
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "f-answer-1", "content": "Burger", "value": "burger" },
		{ "id": "f-answer-2", "content": "Salad", "value": "salad" },
		{ "id": "f-answer-3", "content": "Pizza", "value": "pizza" },
		{ "id": "f-answer-4", "content": "Rice", "value": "rice" }
	  ]
	},
	{
	  "id": "favorite-car-brand",
	  "content": "Among the following car brand, which do you prefer ?",
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "c-b-answer-1", "content": "Audi", "value": "audi" },
		{ "id": "c-b-answer-2", "content": "BMW", "value": "bmw" },
		{ "id": "c-b-answer-3", "content": "Aston Martin", "value": "aston-martin" },
		{ "id": "c-b-answer-4", "content": "Chevrolet", "value": "chevrolet" }
	  ]
	},
		{
	  "id": "favorite-os",
	  "content": "Among the following OS, which do you prefer?",
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "os-answer-1", "content": "Mac OS", "value": "mac-os" },
		{ "id": "os-answer-2", "content": "Windows", "value": "windows" },
		{ "id": "os-answer-3", "content": "Linux", "value": "linux" }
	  ]
	}
]

Example 2 : Quizz Super-héros :

Sources here

Here the quizz's questions as text :

1 - You are a man or a woman ?
	Man, Woman.

2 - What is your favorite color ?
	Red, Blue, Noir, Green.

3 - What attribute you would like to have ?
	Strength, Speed, Agility.

Here the possibles results :

Nom	Sexe	Couleur	Attribut
Superman	Man	Red && Blue	Strength
Batman	Man	Noir	Agility
Batman	Man	Noir	Strength
Hulk	Man	Green	Strength
Flash	Man	Red	Agility & Speed
Wonder Woman	Woman	Red || Blue	Strength
Spider-man	Man	Red && Blue	Agility
Thor	Man	Red || Black	Agility & Elementaire
Tornade	Woman	Noir	Elementaire
Iron-man	Man	Red	Strength
Green Lantern	Man	Green	Agility & Elementaire

The categories property of the object config will be:

[
	{ "id": "sexe" },
	{ "id": "color" },
	{ "id": "attribute" }
]

The questions property of the object config will be:

Note : Do not forget the multiple property to the question question-color and question question-attribute To select multiple colors and / or attributes

[
	{
	  "id": "question-sexe",
	  "content": "You are a man or a woman ?",
	  "categoryId": "sexe",
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "answer-sexe-1", "content": "Man", "value": "man" },
		{ "id": "answer-sexe-2", "content": "Woman", "value": "women" }
	  ]
	},
	{
	  "id": "question-color",
	  "content": "What is your favorite color ?",
	  "categoryId": "color",
	  "multiple": true,
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "answer-color-1", "content": "Red", "value": "red" },
		{ "id": "answer-color-2", "content": "Blue", "value": "blue" },
		{ "id": "answer-color-3", "content": "Black", "value": "black" },
		{ "id": "answer-color-4", "content": "Green", "value": "green" }
	  ]
	},
	{
	  "id": "question-attribut",
	  "content": "What attribute you would like to have ?",
	  "categoryId": "attribute",
	  "multiple": true,
	  "answers": [
	  	{ "id": "answer-attribute-1", "content": "Strength", "value": "strength" },
		{ "id": "answer-attribute-2", "content": "Speed", "value": "speed" },
		{ "id": "answer-attribute-3", "content": "agility", "value": "agility" },
		{ "id": "answer-attribute-4", "content": "Elementary", "value": 		  "elementary" }
	  ]
	}
]

The results property of the object config will be:

[
	{
      "id": "result-1",
      "content": "Superman",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": {"red": true, "blue": true},
      		"attribute": "strength"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-2",
      "content": "Batman",
      "filter": [
        {
          "sexe": "man",
          "color": "black",
          "attribute": "agility"
        },
        {
          "sexe": "man",
          "color": "black",
          "attribute": "strength"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "result-3",
      "content": "Hulk",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": "green",
      		"attribute": "strength"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-4",
      "content": "Flash",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": "red",
      		"attribute": {"agility": true, "speed": true}
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-5",
      "content": "Wonder Woman",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "woman",
      		"color": ["red", "blue"],
      		"attribute": "strength"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-6",
      "content": "Spider-man",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": {"red": true, "blue": true},
      		"attribute": "agility"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-7",
      "content": "Thor",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": ["red", "black"],
      		"attribute": {"strength": true, "elementary": true}
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-8",
      "content": "Tornade",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "woman",
      		"color": "black",
      		"attribute": "elementary"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-9",
      "content": "Iron-man",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": "red",
      		"attribute": "strength"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "result-10",
      "content": "Green Lantern",
      "filter": {
      		"sexe": "man",
      		"color": "green",
      		"attribute": {"strength": true, "elementary": true}
      }
    }
]

Example 3 : With React :

Demo here

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import Queez from 'queez'
import configSuperHero from './configSuperHero'
import configSurvey from './configSurvey'
import JSONTree from 'react-json-tree'

//Callback for complete event (super hero quizz)
const superHeroQuizzCompleteCallback = quizz => {
  return quizz.getResponse().map(result => result.content)
}

//Callback for complete event (survey quizz)
const surveyQuizzCompleteCallback = quizz => {
  return quizz.getResponse().map(result => ({question: result.content, answer: result.answers[0].content}))
}

class App extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props)

    //Quizz instantiation
    const quizz = new Queez(this.getCompleteConfig(configSuperHero, superHeroQuizzCompleteCallback))
    this.state = {quizz}
  }

  render() {
    const {quizz, results} = this.state
    if (!quizz) return <div>No quizz found :(</div>
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <QuizzTabs reset={(config, callback) => this.reset(config, callback)}/>
        <h1>{quizz.custom.title}</h1>
        <ul>
          {quizz.questions.map((question, i) => {
            return (
              <Question
                question={question}
                key={i}
                respond={(questionId, answerId) => this.respond(questionId, answerId)}
                unRespond={(questionId, answerId) => this.unRespond(questionId, answerId)}
              />
            )})
          }
        </ul>
        {results ? <JSONTree data={results} /> : null}
      </div>
    )
  }

  respond(questionId, answerId) {
    const quizz = this.state.quizz
    quizz.getQuestion(questionId).respond(answerId)
    this.setState({quizz})
  }

  unRespond(questionId, answerId) {
    const quizz = this.state.quizz
    quizz.getQuestion(questionId).unRespond(answerId)
    this.setState({quizz})
  }

  //Add complete event callback to the given config
  getCompleteConfig(config, callback) {
    config.callbacks = {
      onQuizzComplete: [
        quizz => this.setState({results: callback(quizz)})
      ]
    }
    return config
  }

  reset(config, callback) {
    const quizz = new Queez(this.getCompleteConfig(config, callback))
    this.setState({quizz, results: null})
  }
}

const QuizzTabs = ({reset}) => (
  <div>
    <button onClick={() => reset(configSuperHero, superHeroQuizzCompleteCallback)}>Super hero</button>
    <button onClick={() => reset(configSurvey, surveyQuizzCompleteCallback)}>Survey</button>
  </div>
)

const Question = ({question, respond, unRespond}) => (
  <li>
    <p>{question.content}</p>
    <ul>
      {question.answers.map((answer, i) => {
        return (
          <Answer
            answer={answer}
            key={i}
            respond={answerId => respond(question.id, answerId)}
            unRespond={answerId => unRespond(question.id, answerId)}
            isSelected={question.answersIds.includes(answer.id)}
          />
        )
      })}
    </ul>
  </li>
)

const Answer = ({answer, respond, unRespond, isSelected}) => {
  const style = isSelected ? {color: 'red'} : {}
  const onClick = isSelected ? unRespond : respond
  return <button onClick={() => onClick(answer.id)} style={style}>{answer.content}</button>
}

export default App;

Development:

npm install //Install node modules
gulp        //Start gulp watching and compile src
npm test    //Run tests

License :

MIT