New Quiz update() has an attribute error

[kgteller]

Describe the bug

When making an update call the following error occurs:

---

AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[9], line 10
5 print(test.title)
6 #print(test.dict)
7 #q_id=quiz.id
8 #print(quiz.dict)
9 #print(quiz.student_access_code)
---> 10 updated_quiz = test.update(test={'student_access_code': New_code})

File /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/canvasapi/new_quiz.py:42, in NewQuiz.update(self, **kwargs)
32 def update(self, **kwargs):
33 """
34 Update a single New Quiz for the course.
35
(...)
40 :rtype: :class:canvasapi.new_quiz.NewQuiz
41 """
---> 42 endpoint = "courses/{}/quizzes/{}".format(self.course_id, self.id)
44 response = self._requester.request(
45 "PATCH",
46 endpoint,
47 _url="new_quizzes",
48 _kwargs=combine_kwargs(**kwargs),
49 )
50 response_json = response.json()

File /opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/canvasapi/canvas_object.py:14, in CanvasObject.getattribute(self, name)
13 def getattribute(self, name):
---> 14 return super(CanvasObject, self).getattribute(name)

AttributeError: 'NewQuiz' object has no attribute 'course_id'

quizzes=course.get_new_quizzes()
for quiz in quizzes:
updated_quiz = quiz.update(quiz={'session_time_limit_in_seconds': 2760})

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
define canvas url and API and create a canvas object

create a course object for the course you are working on

then run the following code:

quizzes=course.get_new_quizzes()
for quiz in quizzes:
updated_quiz = quiz.update(quiz={'session_time_limit_in_seconds': 2760})

Expected behavior

This should update the time limit on the quiz to 46 minutes

Environment information

• Python version (3.12.7)
• CanvasAPI version (3.3.0)

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[hanifjilani]

I would like to work on this issue.

[hanifjilani]

I’ve forked the repo and set up my local environment.
Planning to submit a PR soon once this is assigned — thanks!

[hanifjilani]

I plan on working in this issue for my course at Uofm Ann Arbor.

[hanifjilani]

Hi! 👋

I tried reproducing this issue locally using mock data and fixtures, but couldn’t trigger the error. Specifically, I ran tests that mimicking your flow:

My test case:

# test_update_via_get_new_quizzes()
def test_update_via_get_new_quizzes(self, m):
    """
    Simulate the issue #702 workflow:
    quizzes = course.get_new_quizzes()
    for quiz in quizzes: quiz.update(...)
    """

    # Register the two URIs we expect to hit
    register_uris(
        {"new_quiz": ["get_new_quizzes", "update_new_quiz"]},
        m,
        base_url=settings.BASE_URL_NEW_QUIZZES,
    )

    # Step 1: get the course (mocked)
    register_uris({"course": ["get_by_id"]}, m)

    # Step 2: fetch quizzes
    quizzes = self.course.get_new_quizzes()

    # Step 3: iterate & update like in the GitHub issue
    for quiz in quizzes:
        updated_quiz = quiz.update(
            quiz={"session_time_limit_in_seconds": 2760}
        )

        # Step 4: assertions
        self.assertIsInstance(updated_quiz, NewQuiz)
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(updated_quiz, "title"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(updated_quiz, "course_id"))
        self.assertEqual(updated_quiz.course_id, self.course.id)

Using the existing new_quiz.json fixtures and requests_mock, everything worked as expected — each NewQuiz object retained its course_id attribute and updated successfully.

However, I wasn’t able to test this against a live Canvas instance with the New Quizzes LTI feature enabled. The free-for-teachers Canvas accounts don’t appear to support New Quizzes, so I suspect this issue only occurs with the LTI-based /api/quiz/v1 endpoints rather than the mocked /api/v1 behavior.

If possible, could you provide temporary access to a Canvas instance (or a test course) where the New Quizzes feature is active? That would help confirm whether the missing course_id is caused by API differences between environments.

Thanks! 🙏

[Thetwam]

Hi All, I believe this issue may already be fixed on our dev branch. Specifically, it should have been fixed in 1bb9920

@hanifjilani are you able to replicate the issue on the master branch?

[hanifjilani]

I was spending a lot of time on canvasapi/course.py line

@@ -1861,6 +1861,7 @@ def get_new_quizzes(self, **kwargs):
self._requester,
"GET",
endpoint,
{"course_id": self.id},
_url_override="new_quizzes",
_kwargs=combine_kwargs(**kwargs),
)

The "course_id": self.id was added in the fix you mentioned @Thetwam.

I think because of that, the issue shouldn't exist. Unfortunately, I can't check the issue since I don't have a canvas account with the new quizzes feature. Trying with just fixtures and mocking however, I don't see the issue.

If provided temporary access or some other form of accessing the new_quizzes canvas feature, I am definitely willing to dig into it and see if the issue is there is the master branch or not.

Thank you so much for your response @Thetwam

[kgteller]

I have updated the bug with some more output from the console.

[hanifjilani]

I will look into this, Thank You!