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Metaculus question options API

Returns public multiple-choice option labels and latest option-level forecast values for one Metaculus question. The `method` enum accepts `recency_weighted`, `unweighted`, and `single_aggregation`.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestMetaculusmetaculus.optionsResponseDoc/metaculus/question/{id}/options

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metaculus/question/{id}/options
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Metaculus
Response schema: #/definitions/metaculus.optionsResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Path parameters:

id: required Metaculus question or post id, for example 43731.

Query parameters:

method: optional aggregation method. Allowed values: recency_weighted, unweighted, single_aggregation. Defaults to recency_weighted.

Notable response behavior:

data.public_page_derived is true.
data.options aligns public option labels with latest aggregation arrays by index.
Each option may include center, lower, upper, mean, forecast value, and forecaster count when the public payload exposes those fields.
Invalid ids or methods return invalid-parameter errors before upstream IO.
Non-option questions, missing option labels, missing aggregation data, upstream authentication, challenge pages, or parser drift are returned as typed upstream errors.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /metaculus/question/42603/options
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 2.42 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /metaculus/question/42603/options
Items in options: 3
Fields filled in every checked item: 8

Field	Filled in, of 3 checked	Values in the sample
index	3
label	3	“United States of America” and 2 other values
center	3	0.19 to 0.47, median 0.34
lower	3	0.05 to 0.42, median 0.34
upper	3	0.22 to 0.61, median 0.36
mean	3	0.14 to 0.54, median 0.32
forecast_value	3	0.19 to 0.47, median 0.34
forecaster_count	3	5

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
id (path)	string	Yes	Metaculus question or post id	43731
method	string	No	Aggregation method Allowed values: recency_weighted, unweighted, single_aggregation.	recency_weighted
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43731/options?method=recency_weighted" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "question": {
      "id": 43731,
      "question_id": 43761,
      "title": "OpenAI or Anthropic valuation?",
      "question_type": "multiple_choice",
      "public_page_derived": true
    },
    "method": "recency_weighted",
    "options_count": 2,
    "options": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "label": "OpenAI",
        "center": 0.42,
        "lower": 0.31,
        "upper": 0.43,
        "mean": 0.39,
        "forecast_value": 0.42,
        "forecaster_count": 5
      }
    ],
    "public_page_derived": true
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/metaculus.optionsResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	metaculus.OptionsResponse	No
data.fetched_at	string	No	2026-06-07T14:00:00Z	Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.method	string	No	recency_weighted	Aggregation method used: `recency_weighted`, `unweighted` or `single_aggregation`.
data.options	array	No		Latest forecast for each option of the question.
data.options[].center	number	No	0.42	Central value of the community forecast for this option.
data.options[].forecast_value	number	No	0.42	Forecast value for this option, as Metaculus reports it.
data.options[].forecaster_count	integer	No	5	Number of forecasters behind this option's forecast.
data.options[].index	integer	No	0	Position of the option in the question's option list, starting at 0.
data.options[].label	string	No	OpenAI	Name of the option, for example `OpenAI`.
data.options[].lower	number	No	0.31	Lower bound of the forecast interval for this option.
data.options[].mean	number	No	0.39	Mean of the community forecast for this option.
data.options[].upper	number	No	0.43	Upper bound of the forecast interval for this option.
data.options_count	integer	No	2	Number of options returned.
data.options_history	array	No		Earlier versions of the option list, when the options changed.
data.options_history[].changed_at	string	No	0001-01-01T00:00:00	Time the option list changed, as Metaculus reports it.
data.options_history[].options	array	No		Option labels in effect from that time.
data.public_page_derived	boolean	No	true	Always `true`: the values are those shown publicly on Metaculus, without a login.
data.question	object	No		Summary of the Metaculus question this response is about.
data.question.categories	array	No		Categories the question is filed under.
data.question.categories[].emoji	string	No	💼	Emoji shown next to the category or project on Metaculus.
data.question.categories[].id	integer	No	3698	Metaculus id of the category or project.
data.question.categories[].name	string	No	Economy & Business	Display name, for example `Economy & Business`.
data.question.categories[].slug	string	No	economy-business	URL slug, for example `economy-business`.
data.question.categories[].type	string	No	category	Kind of project, for example `category` or `tournament`.
data.question.comment_count	integer	No	16	Number of comments on the question.
data.question.edited_at	string	No	2026-06-07T13:14:34Z	Time the question was last edited, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.forecaster_count	integer	No	54	Number of forecasters who have forecast on the question.
data.question.forecasts_count	integer	No	149	Total number of forecasts submitted on the question.
data.question.id	integer	No	43612	Metaculus post id of the question. Use it with the question endpoints.
data.question.latest_forecast_center	number	No	0.52	Central value of the latest community forecast, as Metaculus reports it.
data.question.latest_forecast_lower	number	No	0.37	Lower bound of the latest community forecast interval.
data.question.latest_forecast_upper	number	No	0.66	Upper bound of the latest community forecast interval.
data.question.open_time	string	No	2026-06-01T17:00:00Z	Time the question opened for forecasts, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.projects	array	No		Tournaments and projects the question belongs to.
data.question.projects[].emoji	string	No	💼	Emoji shown next to the category or project on Metaculus.
data.question.projects[].id	integer	No	3698	Metaculus id of the category or project.
data.question.projects[].name	string	No	Economy & Business	Display name, for example `Economy & Business`.
data.question.projects[].slug	string	No	economy-business	URL slug, for example `economy-business`.
data.question.projects[].type	string	No	category	Kind of project, for example `category` or `tournament`.
data.question.public_page_derived	boolean	No	true	Always `true`: the values are those shown publicly on Metaculus, without a login.
data.question.published_at	string	No	2026-05-29T15:33:53Z	Time the question was published, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.question_id	integer	No	43609	Metaculus id of the underlying question, which can differ from the post `id`.
data.question.question_title	string	No	What will be the World Bank monthly price of liquid sulphur in June 2026?	Full wording of the question.
data.question.question_type	string	No	numeric	Question type, for example `binary`, `numeric` or `multiple_choice`.
data.question.resolved	boolean	No	false	Whether the question has been resolved.
data.question.scheduled_close_time	string	No	2026-07-15T00:00:00Z	Time the question is scheduled to close to forecasts, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.scheduled_resolve_time	string	No	2026-09-07T00:00:00Z	Time the question is scheduled to resolve, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.slug	string	No	tampa-sulphur-price-in-june-2026	URL slug of the question.
data.question.status	string	No	open	Question status on Metaculus, for example `open`.
data.question.title	string	No	Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?	Question title as shown on Metaculus.
data.question.unit	string	No	USD/metric ton	Unit of the answer for numeric questions, for example `USD/metric ton`.
data.question.url	string	No	https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/tampa-sulphur-price-in-june-2026/	Metaculus page URL of the question.
data.source_url	string	No	https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43731/	URL the data was read from.
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43731/options?method=recency_weighted" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Metaculus API endpoint

Metaculus question options API

Returns public multiple-choice option labels and latest option-level forecast values for one Metaculus question. The `method` enum accepts `recency_weighted`, `unweighted`, and `single_aggregation`.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestMetaculusmetaculus.optionsResponseDoc/metaculus/question/{id}/options

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metaculus/question/{id}/options
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Metaculus
Response schema: #/definitions/metaculus.optionsResponseDoc

Metaculus Scraper API Try Metaculus question options API in Playground Metaculus API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Path parameters:

id: required Metaculus question or post id, for example 43731.

Query parameters:

method: optional aggregation method. Allowed values: recency_weighted, unweighted, single_aggregation. Defaults to recency_weighted.

Notable response behavior:

data.public_page_derived is true.
data.options aligns public option labels with latest aggregation arrays by index.
Each option may include center, lower, upper, mean, forecast value, and forecaster count when the public payload exposes those fields.
Invalid ids or methods return invalid-parameter errors before upstream IO.
Non-option questions, missing option labels, missing aggregation data, upstream authentication, challenge pages, or parser drift are returned as typed upstream errors.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /metaculus/question/42603/options
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 2.42 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /metaculus/question/42603/options
Items in options: 3
Fields filled in every checked item: 8

Field	Filled in, of 3 checked	Values in the sample
index	3
label	3	“United States of America” and 2 other values
center	3	0.19 to 0.47, median 0.34
lower	3	0.05 to 0.42, median 0.34
upper	3	0.22 to 0.61, median 0.36
mean	3	0.14 to 0.54, median 0.32
forecast_value	3	0.19 to 0.47, median 0.34
forecaster_count	3	5

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
id (path)	string	Yes	Metaculus question or post id	43731
method	string	No	Aggregation method Allowed values: recency_weighted, unweighted, single_aggregation.	recency_weighted
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43731/options?method=recency_weighted" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "question": {
      "id": 43731,
      "question_id": 43761,
      "title": "OpenAI or Anthropic valuation?",
      "question_type": "multiple_choice",
      "public_page_derived": true
    },
    "method": "recency_weighted",
    "options_count": 2,
    "options": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "label": "OpenAI",
        "center": 0.42,
        "lower": 0.31,
        "upper": 0.43,
        "mean": 0.39,
        "forecast_value": 0.42,
        "forecaster_count": 5
      }
    ],
    "public_page_derived": true
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/metaculus.optionsResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	metaculus.OptionsResponse	No
data.fetched_at	string	No	2026-06-07T14:00:00Z	Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.method	string	No	recency_weighted	Aggregation method used: `recency_weighted`, `unweighted` or `single_aggregation`.
data.options	array	No		Latest forecast for each option of the question.
data.options[].center	number	No	0.42	Central value of the community forecast for this option.
data.options[].forecast_value	number	No	0.42	Forecast value for this option, as Metaculus reports it.
data.options[].forecaster_count	integer	No	5	Number of forecasters behind this option's forecast.
data.options[].index	integer	No	0	Position of the option in the question's option list, starting at 0.
data.options[].label	string	No	OpenAI	Name of the option, for example `OpenAI`.
data.options[].lower	number	No	0.31	Lower bound of the forecast interval for this option.
data.options[].mean	number	No	0.39	Mean of the community forecast for this option.
data.options[].upper	number	No	0.43	Upper bound of the forecast interval for this option.
data.options_count	integer	No	2	Number of options returned.
data.options_history	array	No		Earlier versions of the option list, when the options changed.
data.options_history[].changed_at	string	No	0001-01-01T00:00:00	Time the option list changed, as Metaculus reports it.
data.options_history[].options	array	No		Option labels in effect from that time.
data.public_page_derived	boolean	No	true	Always `true`: the values are those shown publicly on Metaculus, without a login.
data.question	object	No		Summary of the Metaculus question this response is about.
data.question.categories	array	No		Categories the question is filed under.
data.question.categories[].emoji	string	No	💼	Emoji shown next to the category or project on Metaculus.
data.question.categories[].id	integer	No	3698	Metaculus id of the category or project.
data.question.categories[].name	string	No	Economy & Business	Display name, for example `Economy & Business`.
data.question.categories[].slug	string	No	economy-business	URL slug, for example `economy-business`.
data.question.categories[].type	string	No	category	Kind of project, for example `category` or `tournament`.
data.question.comment_count	integer	No	16	Number of comments on the question.
data.question.edited_at	string	No	2026-06-07T13:14:34Z	Time the question was last edited, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.forecaster_count	integer	No	54	Number of forecasters who have forecast on the question.
data.question.forecasts_count	integer	No	149	Total number of forecasts submitted on the question.
data.question.id	integer	No	43612	Metaculus post id of the question. Use it with the question endpoints.
data.question.latest_forecast_center	number	No	0.52	Central value of the latest community forecast, as Metaculus reports it.
data.question.latest_forecast_lower	number	No	0.37	Lower bound of the latest community forecast interval.
data.question.latest_forecast_upper	number	No	0.66	Upper bound of the latest community forecast interval.
data.question.open_time	string	No	2026-06-01T17:00:00Z	Time the question opened for forecasts, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.projects	array	No		Tournaments and projects the question belongs to.
data.question.projects[].emoji	string	No	💼	Emoji shown next to the category or project on Metaculus.
data.question.projects[].id	integer	No	3698	Metaculus id of the category or project.
data.question.projects[].name	string	No	Economy & Business	Display name, for example `Economy & Business`.
data.question.projects[].slug	string	No	economy-business	URL slug, for example `economy-business`.
data.question.projects[].type	string	No	category	Kind of project, for example `category` or `tournament`.
data.question.public_page_derived	boolean	No	true	Always `true`: the values are those shown publicly on Metaculus, without a login.
data.question.published_at	string	No	2026-05-29T15:33:53Z	Time the question was published, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.question_id	integer	No	43609	Metaculus id of the underlying question, which can differ from the post `id`.
data.question.question_title	string	No	What will be the World Bank monthly price of liquid sulphur in June 2026?	Full wording of the question.
data.question.question_type	string	No	numeric	Question type, for example `binary`, `numeric` or `multiple_choice`.
data.question.resolved	boolean	No	false	Whether the question has been resolved.
data.question.scheduled_close_time	string	No	2026-07-15T00:00:00Z	Time the question is scheduled to close to forecasts, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.scheduled_resolve_time	string	No	2026-09-07T00:00:00Z	Time the question is scheduled to resolve, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.question.slug	string	No	tampa-sulphur-price-in-june-2026	URL slug of the question.
data.question.status	string	No	open	Question status on Metaculus, for example `open`.
data.question.title	string	No	Tampa sulphur price in June 2026?	Question title as shown on Metaculus.
data.question.unit	string	No	USD/metric ton	Unit of the answer for numeric questions, for example `USD/metric ton`.
data.question.url	string	No	https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43612/tampa-sulphur-price-in-june-2026/	Metaculus page URL of the question.
data.source_url	string	No	https://www.metaculus.com/questions/43731/	URL the data was read from.
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metaculus/question/43731/options?method=recency_weighted" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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Metaculus question options API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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Metaculus question options API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

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