Getting IDs for questions and responses

Question and response IDs are used to prefill a form. There are several ways to get IDs for different types of questions.

ID of the questionID of the question

You can get the question ID in the Settings section of the Edit a response window.

IDs for a series of questionsIDs for a series of questions

You can add a series of questions to a form several times. This means that questions from a series may repeat. To distinguish between multiple instances of the same question, question IDs that belong in a series get a suffix, which is the instance number after a double underscore. The numbers start with zero: __0, __1, __2.

For example, the form has a series of questions:

• Name with the text_2643945 ID.

• Phone with the phone_2752014 ID.

To prefill the fields in a series of questions, configure GET parameters:

• For the first instance of the series, which is displayed in the form by default, use the text_2643945__0 and phone_2752014__0 question IDs.

• For the second instance of the series, which can be added by clicking more "series of questions", use the text_2643945__1 and phone_2752014__1 question IDs.

Response IDResponse ID

To find out the response ID:

1. Select the question section.

2. In the left-hand panel, click Advanced parameters in the Responses section.

3. Copy the ID field value.

Response IDs for the Rate on scale, Wiki, Cities and countries prompt typesResponse IDs for the Rate on scale, Wiki, Cities and countriesprompt types

You can find out the response IDs in your browser by using developer tools. This feature is available both to the author and user of the form.

Let's see how to get IDs using Yandex Browser:

1. Open the form by following the link.

2. Open the developer tools using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I (for Windows and Linux) or ⌘ + Option + I (for macOS).

3. Select the tool and click the necessary response field, list, or marker.
   

4. You will see a fragment of the page code with the question or response parameters highlighted in the Elements tab.

5. Find the ID values in the code:

   • Question ID: Find the name parameter value (except for the Rate on scale question type).

   • Response ID: Find the value parameter value.
     

   • For the Drop-down list question type, the code lists all available response options.
     

   • For the Rate on scale question type, the name parameter contains the question ID and the data-qa parameter, the response ID. In the example below, this is 6815528_6815524.
     

   • In a question with a suggestion, such as Cities and countries, or Wiki, go to the Response requests.
     

   The getSuggest section will list response options with country names and response IDs.