ChaviBonchev

Ah, thanks for clarifying. In that case, I believe the setting you're looking for is:

contest.ratings.primary_type

So putting it all together, you call might look something like:

/boards/id/<CONTEST ID>/settings/name/contest.ratings.primary_type

 In the case of Kudos, your response will look like:

<response status="success">
<value type="string">kudos</value>
</response>

 In the case of 1-5 stars, your response will look like:

<response status="success">
<value type="string">contest_ratings</value>
</response>