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@robert I wouldn’t say that my software is better than other survey platforms :slight_smile: . The impetus for the project was hearing too many times, “I wish <insert survey platform here> could do X”, so I built something I could control and would be free and open source.

I want to provide something that is attractive to developers (even if it is not attractive to non-technical folks). Two examples:

  • Every survey is represented by a JSON specification and can therefore be modified programmatically. The following JSON represents a short survey with branching logic based on a dropdown selection:

    • click to expand JSON 
        {
    "title": "simple survey",
    "widgets": [
      {
        "id": 0,
        "type": "section",
        "logic": null,
        "title": "my first section",
        "widgets": [
          {
            "id": 2,
            "type": "text_box",
            "logic": null,
            "title": "What is your name?",
            "number": false,
            "mandatory": true,
            "placeholder": "type name here"
          },
          {
            "id": 3,
            "type": "drop_down",
            "logic": null,
            "title": "Select your school",
            "options": "school 1\nschool 2\nschool 3",
            "mandatory": false,
            "placeholder": "click here to choose schools"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": 4,
        "type": "section",
        "logic": {
          "func": "any",
          "conditions": [
            {
              "id": 3,
              "title": "Select your school",
              "value": "school 2",
              "comparison": "="
            }
          ]
        },
        "title": "A section that shows if school 2 was selected",
        "widgets": [
          {
            "id": 5,
            "type": "check_box",
            "logic": null,
            "title": "What is your favourite thing about school 2?",
            "options": "teachers\nprincipal\nrecess"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "num_widgets": 6
  }

  • I have found that rich text and native charting are often not very flexible in most survey platforms. To address this, Markdown and Vega-lite blocks are provided.
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