When and Why to Use
Use these to disqualify respondents based on logic at any point in the survey.
terminate_if()allows you to specify a condition to check inlineterminate()immediately ends the survey with a given reason
Best for:
Screening out respondents who don’t meet key criteria
Enforcing business logic (e.g., device ownership, past usage)
Ending surveys early while still recording a clear disqualification reason
terminate_if(condition, reason)
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|
| yes | If |
|
| yes | Message shown to the respondent and recorded in the response log |
Example Code
has_xbox = s.boolean_question("Do you own an Xbox?") s.terminate_if( condition=not has_xbox, reason="Sorry, you don't qualify for this survey because you don't have an Xbox." )Notes
Only the first true condition encountered will trigger termination
Termination reason should be clear and respondent-friendly
Use
terminate()directly if the condition has already been evaluated elsewhere
Related: terminate(reason)
Use this to force a termination unconditionally or outside of an if expression.
s.terminate("This survey is now closed to new participants.")Typically used in fallback logic or forced re-routes
Still logs the reason and ends the session cleanly