The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Does any one remember an app that runs test cases against stackoverflow answer to find the right kind of code snippet?
I remembered to see an web application that allows people to create input and output of programs, then the app searches stackoverflow answers that satisfy the input and output pairs. I'm not sure if ...
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Get API responses in formats other than JSON
I am working on an application which uses the Stack Exchange API. But I don't want responses in JSON format.
So, if I want to convert JSON to another format like XML, is there any way to get the ...
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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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Searching answers with API
I'm very new to the API and I was looking for a way to get answers of a user. E.g. something like if you click on a tag in your tags section of your profile.
For questions this seems to be quiet easy ...
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Stackoverflow app that can popup question with certain tag as they asked in realtime
I am in search of kind of app that can notify about new question in real time as they are posted.
I can create such app with the api provided but i don't want to do that if that is already being done ...
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Stack over flow stack graph?
What is the most popular language on the last 100 stackoverflow's questions ?
This page provide you a visualization of stackoverflow's last questions sort by the 10 most popular tags.
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Should feature-requests, for third party apps, be flagged as “not an answer”?
I spotted this "answer" as a first-time post:
Feature Request
Please add support for proxies.... It would be helpful to people behind proxies.
Like "ME"
I was going to flag it as "Not ...
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On Personal Keys and Limits
I'm currently in the early stages of developing an Emacs major mode for the Stack Exchange Network (see this question if you're interested in helping at the moment).
I'm a little torn on how to set ...
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Universal Stack Widget
I'm thinking about creating a gadget as opensource project for everyone to use which would enable developers to add feature they're web apps user profiles where user can simply add to his/her profile ...
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Is question_id unique across all stackexchange sites?
The standard structure of a question URL is:
http://site.com/questions/question-id/title
Example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/457927/git-workflow-and-rebase-vs-merge-questions
It is ...
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Creating a home brew Push Server for Stack Exchange
I'm looking to create a home brew push notification server for Stack Exchange. This is mainly due to the fact that Toast Notifications within Windows Store applications are done using Windows ...
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Get my profile information after authentication
I am coding for a mobile application and using stack exchange API 2.1. I am able to implement oauth and I have access token also.
Now I am trying to retrieve my profile information, like user_id, ...
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App to hide StackExchange notifications, all sites and hot questions (only show inbox)
Please make a app that would hide StackExchange notifications, all sites and hot questions (only show inbox).
I prefer using Tampermonkey (Chrome)
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Information visible only to high-rep users
Can the API return information that would otherwise be visible only to high-rep users, regardless of which user is using the API?
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What is an oAuth domain
What is the oAuth domain that is mentioned in the StackApps app registration form? I googled it but couldn't find a good description.
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Spatial Data Collection , Forming Maps [closed]
I want to know what should i study if i am working on a project that relates to spatial data in form of maps basically it would include map location on maps since i am an open source guy s i would ...
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App/Script to track answers/comments for specific questions?
Is there any app that tracks answers or comments to a specific question and provides an rss feed (or email digest or similar)? I'm only interested in keeping track of certain questions. Can I use ...
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How should we announce updates to our apps, scripts, libraries, etc?
Is there a recommended best way to let the stackapps community know that we've released an updated version of one of our projects?
We can edit the project's page and bump the version number, but this ...
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How to add stackoverflow api to ruby on rails app
I created ruby on rails app. And i want to crawl data form stackoverflow, i know to use stackoverflow api but i don't know to add it to my app. Please help me, add it to ruby on rails app.
I user ...
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Is there a difference between the API search and the search from within the site?
I'm curious if the search results from the API is calculated the same way as the searches from within the sites themselves? Is there a difference between the two? If so, what are the difference?
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How to register a wordpress plugin
I am about to implement a wordpress plugin to include some of your information in a wordpress blog. In the first version this plugin will display a very limited set of profile information, in further ...
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A way to mimic the “share a link to this answer” dialog from a user script?
I would like to make a browser "user script" (like Greasemonkey etc) that can pop open a window with a text field for the user to select and copy so they can paste it elsewhere.
I want to match the ...
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Thinking about making a cross-platform app [closed]
I am looking at developing an app for my company. Initially I was just thinking about the iPhone but then realised I should consider the Android OS and the Windows phone and also probably access via ...
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Best strategies for calling the API with full throttling support?
I know this would be subjective on a normal SE site but as the relevant chat rooms are mostly dormant, we have no meta site, and nobody noticed when I asked if this kind of question is OK here, I'm ...
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How should we test the new write-mode comments functionality?
Endpoints which write public content are much harder to test. What's the best way to test the new comments functionality without having to post to real threads?
I have seen the Charles web proxy ...
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Given that stackapps has no “meta” is it OK to ask “discussion questions” with no “one right answer” here?
Sometimes I want to ask questions about using the API that don't necessarily have "one right answer" or might be subjective.
I've looked in the chat room but it's not very active.
I've looked for a ...
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The “Get Started” section in the sidebar only mentions API 2.0 and API 1.1
Now that API 2.1 is "public, frozen, and out the door" shouldn't we update the "Get Started" section in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
It talks about API 2.0 and API 1.1 but doesn't ...
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Logging out so another user can log in
Just in the process of final testing for an iPad SE browser, and uncovered some odd behaviour.
I'm using Google for authentication. If I deploy a clean version of the app, and authenticate, I get the ...
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When will the “site” field be absent from an “inbox_item”?
According to the documentation on the inbox_item type, the site field "may be absent". Under what circumstances will this occur?
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What stack apps are available that solve Ruby on Rails problems? [closed]
While working in Ruby on Rails (and many other languages), when I get an error the first thing to do is to copy and paste the error into Stack Overflow.
What tools are available that integrate Stack ...
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Is there an equivalent to SOStatus app for any Stack Exchange site?
Before I reinvent a wheel, is there an equivalent to the SOStatus app that can show reputation on any Stack Exchange site?
SOStatus gives the status of a user on Stack Overflow.
It would also be ...
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zWeatherFeed options? [closed]
I used zWeatherFeed to show weather, but I cant find any example to change options.
<style>
.weatherItem{padding-left:200px;}
.odd{height:130px;}
.weatherCity{font-weight:bold;}
...
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What does “Unchanged in unsafe filters” mean?
Could someone clarify what this means? For example, what does it mean that the short_description field is Unchanged in unsafe filters for a Privilege?
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Java wrapper for the Stack Exchange API 2.0?
I've checked out StackWrap4J, but it looks like it doesn't support some of the new methods provided in the v2.0 API (specifically the ones having to do with user authentication). Does anyone know if ...
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Can I search over SE using SE API if I have only a username?
How do I can find someone's userid if I have only their username?
For example, my real username is: Zagorulkin Dmitry
My Stack Overflow userid is: 1321404
Are there any API methods for this kind ...
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Youtube apps for iphone [closed]
I want to create a basic apps for youtube application, Real time audio and video player streaming of you tube video and
songs.
Any idea's or progams which can be useful will be great!!!!!
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Iphone get image downloaded from a mysql database [closed]
I am a beginner , like really a beginner i iOS programming field.
I want to program something really basic, like downloading images from a mysql database into an app.
I went through most of the ...
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Chrome Extension to block ads selectively [closed]
Is there any Chrome extension to block ads selectively instead of blocking them across all sites?
I like Google Ads and would like to support most of the websites and blogs, however there are some ...
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Is there an app for searching Stack Overflow?
I was thinking about how I often use the Stack Overflow "ask a question" area as a search engine, rather than searching Google first. I know I'm more likely to find my answer by doing this. I was ...
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Chrome may not allow one-click userscript install now
Issue 128748: [Regression] Unable to install extensions by running .crx file downloaded in Chrome
Chrome can't (directly) install userscripts anymore
Chrome Fix: Extensions, apps, and user scripts ...
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Archive files with description and tags [closed]
What is the best way (free app) to archive files and add description (or tag) to them, and search and find them by tag?
something like collection apps.
any idea?
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Deprecating API V1.x
API V2.0 has been out and pretty stable for about 3 months now, and we've become pretty confident in it.
Additionally, API V2.0 consumption has now grown past the V1.x family. Now seems like a good ...
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What's the best way to get all available data related to a user's reputation?
I'm looking for the best way to get a full list of every event which has caused a user's reputation to change, It could look like:
timestamp,reputation_change,object_uri
2011-01-25 ...
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Is there an app that will let me see aggregate stats on questions associated with a tag?
In particular, I'd like to see/graph views for all questions tagged 'foo'. Seems like something someone must already have done, but search didn't help me find it easily.
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Is there a word-processor plugin for stackoverflow's markdown
I have started to grow accustomed to using SE's markdown system, and I love the way it looks. I was wondering, if there was a word-processor, or word processor plugin that uses the same markdown ...
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Python library for the StackExchange v2 API?
So I'm aware of Py-StackExchange and pyso.py, but neither covers the v2.0 API. Does anyone know of a Python library for the 2.0 API?
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client-side extension to remember personal voting history
As far as I can reconstruct, the user profile once had a votes tab, where anyone could see their own votes. That functionality was removed at some point, and is unlikely to return.
Reference:
Where ...
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What happened to the recent API contest?
I am curious to know the results of recent stackoverflow contest
It has been removed from the api.stackoverflow page and no updates were seen. I believe that the deadline for the results ...
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Social network apps for SO
Is there any app for Social networks such as LinkedIn, facebook, twitter etc., where I can show off my reputation on them or just tag favorite questions on them?
Anyone??
