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# Create a Quiz from a Topic Prompt

Follows the [topic-based quiz recipe](/quick-start/quizzes/from-topic.md) with `outputType: "quiz"`.

```php
<?php

$token = getenv('AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN') ?: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN';
$endpoint = 'https://api.autocontentapi.com/content/Create';

$payload = [
  'outputType' => 'quiz',
  'topic' => 'Trends in renewable energy storage',
  'text' => 'Write 10 questions aimed at college-level students.',
  'quizDifficulty' => 'medium'
];

$body = json_encode($payload);
if ($body === false) {
    fwrite(STDERR, 'Failed to encode payload: ' . json_last_error_msg() . PHP_EOL);
    exit(1);
}

$ch = curl_init($endpoint);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . $token,
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $body,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
if ($response === false) {
    fwrite(STDERR, 'Request failed: ' . curl_error($ch) . PHP_EOL);
    curl_close($ch);
    exit(1);
}

$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

if ($status >= 400) {
    fwrite(STDERR, "HTTP $status" . PHP_EOL . $response . PHP_EOL);
    exit(1);
}

echo "Quiz request accepted:" . PHP_EOL . $response . PHP_EOL;
```

Set `YOUR_API_TOKEN` (or `AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN`) before running.