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Answers suddenly not getting returned.

Try: http://api.stackapps.com/0.8/questions/212 None of the answers are present.
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Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API

Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
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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 ...
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Why does the /events service sometimes pause for a couple of minutes?

In developing the firehose service, I found that the /events API often "pauses" for a couple of minutes before resuming. Is this a known issue? Specifically, I am polling /events every 10 seconds ...
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sorting ascending vs descending

I don't understand the difference between ascending and descending? Surely ascending means the most active/recent/popular/A first, and descending means the least active/recent/popular/Z first? But it ...
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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 ...
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/questions/unanswered and /tags allow id parameter, but it does nothing

The /questions/unanswered and /tags queries both document (as required) and allow an "id" parameter. You can use it as /questions/unanswered?id=1;2;3, but it does nothing (that I can tell) and doesn't ...
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“Get an API key” on stackapps.com/about page is incorrect

the "Get an API key" link listed on the stackapps about page is incorrect. It points to http://stackapps.com/app/register and a lovely picture of Zardoz instead of the correct ...
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Inbox and Notifications aren't being filtered by site

I'm using the API get inbox messages and notifications for various sites on the StackExchange network, but it doesn't seem to matter what site parameter I pass in the query string. I always get my ...
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What is the api_site_parameter of stackapps.com in API 2.x

What is the api_site_parameter of stackapps.com in API 2.x? https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/sites doesn't list stackapps. Why?
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API is accepting requests from other OAuth domains

I've set an OAuth domain for an application (the client_id is 24) and the following link authorizes the application: ...
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2.0 tags API returns only created tags

Searching for tags, using the inname parameter AND a date range returns only the tags that were created in that period, not the tags that were used in that period. When searching by inname only, or ...
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Removing/disallowing app does nothing

I have just deleted/disallowed, the console app and the app I'm currently writing. For the console the access token I was using before deleting the app carried on working, and when I got a new token, ...
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Mismatch between user_id as reported in StackAuth 1.1 (invalid) and 1.0 (valid)

For the association id 1de2e2b0-2fb6-4db6-b90d-d0244ed5d13a, the StackAuth 1.1 call returns an invalid user_id of 73203 for Server Fault whereas the StackAuth 1.0 call returns the correct user_id of ...
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API console always queries Stack Overflow

On any Stack Exchange site (well, I tried Super User (trilogy), Unix (SE-2.0 launched) and SFF (SE-2.0 beta)), the console (“Show Console” button) in the 1.1 API queries ...
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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": { ...
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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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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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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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The /questions/{id}/timeline route isn't working.

I'm getting a response code 500 for the /questions/{id}/timeline route. I've tried it in Firefox and by fetching a response in Java. Example URL: ...
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min/max parameters are incorrectly documented as date - confusion and crippled libraries ensue

I have noticed this on all sorted routes. The min/max say that they are context sensitive to the sort type yet are documented as date. How is a date min/max valid when sorting by, for instance ...
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Favorites api gives wrong results when sorted by added

For example, please compare http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/111391/favorites?sort=added with ...
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How to sort answers to question?

If I retrieve a question like so: http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/1429951&sort=votes I expect the answers to be sorted by votes, but they're not. How can I do this?
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questions/{id}/timeline documentation: timeline_type values not listed

The timeline_type for post timelines just says "string" for the "values". From a cursory look at a few questions, I've seen the following types of events: question answer comment revision votes ...
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Why does my request for pagesize=100 only return 30 results?

I am running the following query, and ones very similar to it, to retrieve a list of my own answers: ...
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Not possible to login to approve or reject access to application on Windows Phone 7 device

I'm making an app for Windows Phone using the Stack Exchange API but I'm having a bit of trouble when I try to let the user approve the application (using client side flow). I open a web browser at ...
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The 1.0/sites API call is not returning all stackexchange sites

Version 1 of the /sites API call does not appear to be returning all sites currently in the StackExchange network. Compared to calling version 2 of the API with a large page size, the list of sites ...
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Error Copying Source File in Audio Spectrum Visualizer [closed]

Good afternoon, my name is David and I have a question regarding on the Gtomee.com website. You see, I'm testing this code using LibGDX, Java, and Eclipse to test the music player that detects the ...
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How can I auth app to a browser extension?

I've registered a client ID, but all samples is for online usage. How can I complete the authentication flow in a browser plugin? Such as chrome extension, it has a self domain like ...
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Receiving “redirect_uri does not match the uri used to create the passed code”, when it does match

Summary Using Oauth2, when I go to pick up the access_token, I get the following error from the server: access_denied: redirect_uri does not match the uri used to create the passed code. From what I ...
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An associated query is returning a partial record for Area 51

This issue has recurred (and is ongoing) as of a couple of weeks ago. Most notably, as before, the on_site attribute is missing from Area 51. This is API 1.0, by the way.
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Error when requesting the last page of results.

When I try to view the following URL: http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/questions?page=93781&site=stackoverflow I get the error: { "error_id": 500, "error_name": "internal_error", ...
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API 2.0 is not returning Programmers in list of sites

Run https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/sites. programmers.stackexchange.com is not in the response.
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Badges displayed incorrectly?

It seems that there's something odd going on with badges. If we take some random user, say 1719, which has one account, and check the user page http://stackexchange.com/users/1719/jelon, then we can ...
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No answer_id for Comment on answer inbox_item

According to the API documentation on inbox_item, inbox items corresponding to a comment on an answer to a question should have an answer_id field identifying the answer that the comment was on, but ...
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Runtime error getting thrown with certain parameters on older 1.1 methods

This v1.1 URL is creating a runtime error: http://api.stackapps.com/1.1/comments&min=1323731212 Example output:
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questions/{id} API not working as intended for vectorized id

Show Console > Try it > Call Method button on questions/{id} API page is not working properly for vectorized id ie. when I am passing 7282205 it is working fine, but when I am passing- 7282205; ...
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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. ...
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/stats meta data missing

So am I to assume that since we can make an extra call to another site to get meta that site node in stats has been deemed redundant data. If so, I have to suggest a reality break. This is one of ...
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help page format issue: revisionGuid

http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help/method?method=revisions/{id}/{revisionguid} revisionGuid is inconsistent. revisionguid seems appropriate (and will remove one special case from my api parser).
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Possible bug in /users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-answers

If I search for a non existing tag I get some results. I expect simply nothing, because I have no such tagged questions.
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How can we Call Api (By some URL)with API key and token? [closed]

How can we Call Api (By some URL)with API key and token:

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