snekquiz 0.4.1

A minimalist MCQ quiz web application

SnekQuiz 🐍

A minimalist multiple-choice quiz web application built with FastAPI, HTMX, and Jinja2 templates.

[!NOTE] This project was vibe-coded with Claude Opus 4.6 🤖✨

Features

• Simple auth – HTTP Basic. Admins can do admin things, users can take quizzes
• Quiz list – See what's available, what you've finished, what's left to do
• One question at a time – HTMX gives you instant feedback without page reloads
• Results – Your score, what you got wrong, what the right answers were
• Admin stuff – Upload quizzes (JSON), see how everyone's doing, delete quizzes when needed
• API – POST new quizzes, GET quiz lists, DELETE when you messed up
• SQLite – Because sometimes simple is better. No database server required
• YAML config – Tweak settings without touching code

Quick Start

# Install dependencies (requires Python 3.13+ and uv)
uv sync

# Run the app (default: http://0.0.0.0:8001)
uv run snekquiz

# or run via the CLI entry-point
snekquiz

# or via python -m
python -m snekquiz

# Run with custom host/port, SSL, auto-reload for development
snekquiz --host localhost --port 8000 --ssl_keyfile key.pem --ssl_certfile cert.pem --reload

# Run with custom config files
snekquiz --config /path/to/app.yaml --log-config /path/to/logging.yaml

# or via uvicorn directly. NB this will expect `uvicorn` CLI args only
uvicorn snekquiz:create_app --factory --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8001

The server starts at http://0.0.0.0:8001 by default. Log in with one of the default accounts configured in src/snekquiz/config/app.yaml:

Admins can also take quizzes. The admin portal is at http://0.0.0.0:8001/admin.

Adding Quizzes

Via the admin portal at /admin/upload, or via the API:

curl -u admin:admin \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @quiz.json \
  http://localhost:8001/api/quizzes

Quiz format is pretty straightforward:

Example quiz.json

{
  "quiz_name": "Cities quiz",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "question_type": "single_answer",
      "question_text": "What is the capital of France?",
      "options": [
        {"id": "A", "text": "Paris"},
        {"id": "B", "text": "London"},
        {"id": "C", "text": "Berlin"},
        {"id": "D", "text": "Madrid"}
      ],
      "correct_answers": ["A"],
      "explanation": "Paris is the capital and largest city of France."
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "question_type": "multiple_answer",
      "question_text": "Which of the following are cities in Europe?",
      "options": [
        {"id": "A", "text": "Paris"},
        {"id": "B", "text": "London"},
        {"id": "C", "text": "Singapore"},
        {"id": "D", "text": "Perth"}
      ],
      "correct_answers": ["A", "B", "D"],
      "explanation": "Paris (France), London (England), Perth (Scotland)."
    }
  ]
}

Project Structure

src/snekquiz/
├── __init__.py          # App factory & CLI entry-point
├── auth.py              # Authentication including LDAP layer
├── database.py          # SQLite database layer (aiosqlite)
├── models.py            # Pydantic models (config + quiz data)
├── routes.py            # Web & API routes
├── config/
│   ├── app.yaml         # Application settings
│   └── logging.yaml     # Python logging dictConfig
├── templates/
│   ├── base.html        # Base layout
│   ├── home.html        # Quiz catalogue
│   ├── complete.html    # Quiz completion interstitial
│   ├── question.html    # Question page
│   ├── results.html     # Results / score page
│   ├── admin/
│   │   ├── dashboard.html    # Admin overview with aggregated stats
│   │   ├── quiz_detail.html  # Per-quiz attempt drilldown
│   │   └── upload.html       # Quiz upload form
│   └── partials/
│       └── answer_feedback.html   # HTMX fragment for answer feedback
└── static/
    └── style.css        # Minimalist CSS theme

Configuration

App config (src/snekquiz/config/app.yaml) provides default config if no path is provided.

A user specified config file can be supplied with:

• The APP_CONFIG environment variable: export APP_CONFIG=/path/to/config.yaml
• The --config (or -c) CLI argument: snekquiz --config /path/to/config.yaml

Logging config (src/snekquiz/config/logging.yaml) provides default logging config.

A user specified config file can be supplied with:

• The LOG_CONFIG environment variable: export LOG_CONFIG=/path/to/logging.yaml
• The --log-config (or -l) CLI argument: snekquiz --log-config /path/to/logging.yaml

When running with uvicorn directly, you must use the environment variable approach.

CLI Arguments

snekquiz --help

Available options:

• --config, -c: Path to app config YAML (default: bundled config/app.yaml)
• --log-config, -l: Path to logging config YAML (default: bundled config/logging.yaml)
• --host: Host to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0)
• --port: Port to bind to (default: 8001)
• --reload: Enable auto-reload for development
• --ssl_keyfile: Path to SSL key file
• --ssl_certfile: Path to SSL certificate file

Development

# Lint & format
uv run ruff check --fix .
uv run ruff format .

# Type check
uv run ty check

# Pre-commit hooks (using prek)
prek install
prek run --all-files

Theme

Colours: #ffffff · #000000 · #002554 · #099d91 · #00cc99

White, black, navy, teal, and more teal: #ffffff · #000000 · #002554 · #099d91 · #00cc99

License

See LICENSE.

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_{Made with questionable judgment and Claude Opus 4.6.}