Trivia

The trivia command fetches a random multiple-choice question from the Open Trivia Database. The bot adds number reactions and a Reveal Answer button so players can guess before the answer is shown.

Usage

!trivia

Aliases: !quiz, !question

Example response

User:

!trivia

Bot:

## Which programming language shares its name with a type of snake?
1. Ruby
2. Python
3. Cobra
4. Viper

Difficulty: Easy
Category: Science, Computers

The bot reacts with 1️⃣–4️⃣ for voting and attaches a Reveal Answer button. Only the person who ran the command or an admin can reveal the answer, which also lists everyone who reacted with the correct option.

Source code

def trivia():
    try:
        raw = requests.get("https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=1&type=multiple", timeout=10)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
        return None
    if raw.status_code != 200:
        return None
    try:
        data = raw.json()
    except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
        return None
    if data.get("response_code") != 0 or not data.get("results"):
        return None
 
    result = data["results"][0]
    correct = html.unescape(result["correct_answer"])
    incorrect = [html.unescape(a) for a in result["incorrect_answers"]]
    choices = incorrect + [correct]
    shuffle(choices)
    correct_index = choices.index(correct) + 1  # 1-based
 
    return {
        "question": html.unescape(result["question"]),
        "choices": choices,
        "correct_index": correct_index,
        "correct_answer": correct,
        "difficulty": result["difficulty"].title(),
        "category": html.unescape(result["category"]).replace(": ", ", ").title(),
    }