Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behavior in the Stack Exchange API, or the Stack Exchange HTML or CSS, that needs to be fixed.
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Something's changed about user timelines
Six to Eight's user display has just broken, as the /user/id/timeline route seems to have started returning different data. Previously, timeline_type of entries in the user_timelines array used to be ...
1
vote
1answer
66 views
Associated accounts is broken for this user
When I retrieve associated accounts for Joel Coehoorn using this query it only includes Programmers.SE and Webmasters.SE despite the fact that I retrieved the association key from a query to SU. The ...
3
votes
1answer
72 views
tag colors incorrect
the tag color for english site seem incorrect, the dark grey color is the background while the yellow colour is the foreground. This is contradictory to other sites which have the darker colours as ...
3
votes
0answers
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Unanswered questions with tags returns wrong total
When requesting a list of unanswered questions with a specific tags the total count show the total number of questions for that tag, not the count for the unanswered questions.
Using ...
6
votes
1answer
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Why these questions do not have a title?
Hitting the following /questions route:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/74?pagesize=1&page=1
the endpoint returns this JSON data:
{
"total": 1,
"page": 1,
"pagesize": 1,
...
1
vote
1answer
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MSO is not being returned in StackAuth's /users/{id}/associated route
In looking into a StackFlair issue, I have discovered that MSO is not being returned as part of a user's associated accounts. Please see my associated accounts according to the api. Note that there ...
1
vote
1answer
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An associated query is returning a partial record for a particular user
This query returns (in addition to several complete records) this incomplete one:
{
"user_id": 2196,
"user_type": "registered",
"display_name": "Wil",
"reputation": 151,
"email_hash": ...
0
votes
1answer
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Comments are returning markdown.
Look at the output of the following:
http://api.askubuntu.com/1.0/questions/12218?comments=true
Output:
{
"comment_id": 12713,
"creation_date": 1289269467,
"owner": {
...
4
votes
2answers
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API Help's CSS is missing
The API Help page's CSS file, located at http://sstatic.net/so/all.css, is current returning 404 for me:
<div id="header"><h1>Server Error</h1></div>
<div id="content">
...
2
votes
1answer
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/questions/{id}/answers missing title attribute
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/help/method?method=questions/{id}/answers (it won't linkify properly!):
"title": {
"description": "title of this post, in plaintext",
"values": "string",
...
0
votes
1answer
67 views
Getting garbage on requests
Not exactly sure how or why, but many times when I try and preview some URL, I get garbage. This has happened on several JSON preview websites as well as on my browser. Strangely this isn't all the ...
2
votes
1answer
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/questions/id route problem: comments section is not returned when there aren't comments on question
Something is changed on questions route called with comments= True:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/1940243?body=True&comments=True&pagesize=1&page=1
It does not return the ...
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vote
3answers
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StackAuth returning 404?
http://stackauth.com/1.0/sites
http://stackauth.com/1.0/help
Both of these are currently returning 404 Not Found. What's up with that?
2
votes
1answer
67 views
Suddenly, some entries on /questions route are missing display_name
An odd bug has developed this morning. At the moment, api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions is returning a question of the format...
... },
{
"tags": [
"jsf-2.0"
],
...
2
votes
1answer
108 views
AskUbuntu API returns wrong colours
Calling the stats method of the AskUbuntu API returns the wrong colours.
3
votes
1answer
749 views
Wrong content-type in JSONP calls
When passing jsonp parameter, the API returns "application/json" instead of "application/javascript".
I found this because if you do:
<script ...
1
vote
1answer
66 views
user 'about_me' field suggested_buffer_size is too small
the suggested_buffer_size of user.about_me is currently 3000.
it is apparent that this is the server-side field length.
the problem is that the text is stored server-side in markdown but when served ...
4
votes
1answer
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update crossdomain.xml on stackauth.com and api endpoints to work with current Flash
I am implementing a javascript client that uses the Flash based XHR replacement Flensed in the interest of providing more robust api communication than that provided by JSONP.
Apparently the current ...
3
votes
2answers
147 views
What happened to nothingtoinstall.com?
This is weird:
{
"name": "Web Applications",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/webapps/img/logo.png",
"api_endpoint": "http://api.webapps.stackexchange.com",
"site_url": ...
1
vote
3answers
245 views
Icons of beta sites
Icons of beta sites are different form the icons given in the http://stackauth.com/1.0/sites . As example:
Original icon of the English Language and Usage is
where http://stackauth.com/1.0/sites ...
1
vote
1answer
68 views
question.migrated.to_site null
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/322108?sort=activity&order=desc
{
"total": 1,
"page": 1,
"pagesize": 30,
"questions": [
{
"tags": [
"discussion",
...
5
votes
1answer
82 views
Empty results for associated queries
Queries such as this
http://stackauth.com/1.0/users/f5388585-c0b9-417f-99c5-f1a58fda3e83/associated
have started giving empty results
{
"associated_users": []
}
Expected results:
SiteUrl ...
3
votes
2answers
57 views
Sorting comments by votes doesn't return 0 score comments
I have a query:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/16822/comments?sort=votes
This doesn't return comments with no votes, setting min to 0 doesn't work. This query includes them all, but isn't ...
1
vote
1answer
95 views
new throttle does not differentiate between api requests and requests made from viewing the site
Update:
I am unable to reproduce the case of interactive browsing affecting app quota. And will concede that the failures that prompted this post were likely far edge cases.
The remaining issue of a ...
0
votes
1answer
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issues with 'edit_count' field
Update
other than the nullable issue, which is under review, the rest of this question is based on a mistake I made reading the nesting depth of the json result.
Disregard. Deletion is considered.
...
2
votes
2answers
173 views
Why are 5 IP addresses using my API key?
I have an app that resides on a server. It has only ever accessed the API from 2 IP addresses. The API key has not been shared and there is no client-side code.
When I go to /apps however, it says "5 ...
3
votes
3answers
703 views
API usage triggering 503 (Too Many Requests)
Update:
I generally try to back any claims of bugs and shortcomings with evidence.
I have prepared a test page which you, dear Stack Overflow staff and my fellow developers, can use to ascertain ...
2
votes
1answer
90 views
API selectively ignores jsonp parameter - havok ensues
UPDATE: this is happening on all routes now and seems to be getting worse. Whatever it is just started this morning.
compare url to json response
GET ...
2
votes
1answer
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API is completely down? content encoding is broken?
all requests have no content-encoding or have 'gzip,gzip', both of which fail to decompress browser side.
note: the content-encoding header, when it is present, does not seem to be included in the ...
3
votes
1answer
52 views
key not being recognized by api.meta.stackoverflow.com?
I have been testing a throttle implementation against meta today and suddenly got shut down with a key violation.
It is possible that I have used enough requests to prompt this but I doubt it.
In ...
4
votes
1answer
728 views
/users/{id}/reputation != xxx.com/reputation
I realize that the shape of the data coming from the API may be different than that reported by the xxx/reputation url, but there seem to be some striking disparities.
see 08/12 and 08/11 in both ...
4
votes
0answers
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/tags fromdate and todate does nothing
Altough the help/documentation lists 'todate' and 'fromdate' parameters for tags they do not work. This may be related to tags not having a creation_date. It would be great if we could filter tags by ...
4
votes
1answer
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What's the difference between tags soapi.cs and soapi.js to get a bug triggered by the former?
Right now questions tagged soapi.cs returns a HTTP status code 404 (for various HTTP clients) while questions tagged soapi.js does not.
Interestingly though, soapi.cs seems to work just fine in other ...
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votes
0answers
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2
votes
1answer
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Badges with zero count no longer returning zero
For queries such as http://api.{sitename}.com/1.0/users/{id} if a badge count is zero, the API is no longer returning "gold": 0, for example.
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votes
5answers
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Where can I find the reputation black market?
Apparently there is one around, at least I can't explain the recent jump in reputation of 4k for user 1026 by any other means (just kidding of course, no offense please ;)
The API Beta badge accounts ...
4
votes
1answer
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Encoding inconsistency on /users/{id}/reputation
Take these two calls:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/180784/reputation?todate=1278854265&pagesize=1
"title": "Save a custom ListView's instance state?",
...
4
votes
2answers
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/users/{id}/answers - broken
Have not checked other routes, as I am busy with other things, but a failing test pointed this out...
GOOD: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/242897/answers?min=4&sort=votes
{
"total": ...
0
votes
1answer
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Bug - Getting partial results for questions
When processing http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/1156985 I only get partial results. Many of the missing fields are mandatory fields, including the owner of the question.
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vote
1answer
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api.money.stackexchange.com returning questions from 2009?
http://api.money.stackexchange.com/1.0/questions/?pagesize=1&fromdate=1254960000&todate=1255564793
body => question[0] => [creation_date] => 1254969799
1254969799 == Thu, 08 Oct ...
3
votes
1answer
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server fault and super user rate limit bonus?
Looks like SF and SU are granting Int.MaxValue rate limit. Not that I mind, but it would be nice to have on the other sites too. ;-)
Thought you would like to know.
GET /1.0/users/173?key=mykey ...
4
votes
1answer
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questions method returns error 4000
I'm getting error 4000 on every endpoint on questions method (with key):
http://api.superuser.com/1.0/questions?sort=votes&pagesize=30&page=1&key=stackprinterkey
the only endpoint not ...
3
votes
1answer
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/users/{id}/associated - inconsistent behavior
/users/{id}/associated occasionally returns empty for an association even though there are definitely associated users. Calling it again immediately returns expected results.
GET ...
0
votes
1answer
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stackauth.com/1.0/users/{id}/associated not returning display_name for some sites
The problem with email_hash seems to be fixed, but now display_name is not getting returned in some cases.
For example: This Super User /users/{id} query returns a display_name, but the corresponding ...
5
votes
2answers
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stackauth.com/1.0/users/{id}/associated no longer returning email_hash for some sites
I'm not getting email_hash for some sites from stackauth.com/1.0/users/{id}/associated since sometime after midnight CDT (UTC-0500).
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vote
2answers
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On Stackauth /sites new meta sites have wrong name
This should be the correct behaviour:
name: "Stack Overflow Meta"
name: "Web Apps Meta"
name: "Gaming Meta"
..
For the newcomers Server Fault and Super User, Meta is before the parent site in the ...
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votes
1answer
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api.meta.stackoverflow.com has state:normal - is this correct
i am not sure what the origin and exact meaning of the term 'linked_meta' is, but I would guess that it is a term created for area 51 meta sites and the implied meaning is clear.
Perhaps stack meta ...
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votes
1answer
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stackauth is not serving gzip to silverlight3/phone7
I ported all of my integration tests to phone 7, which is a flavor of silverlight 3, and found that stackauth is not forcing gzip as expected.
while this simply means that I need to check the first 2 ...
0
votes
1answer
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Where are the new Metas?
According to the most recent blog post, ServerFault and SuperUser each got their own Meta.
Shouldn't this be showing up in StackAuth?
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vote
1answer
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New Meta sites out of order in /sites
I don't know if this is by design, but the ServerFault and SuperUser Meta sites don't follow their main sites in the response for the sites API route. Having linked_meta sites follow their main ...
