You need help with the use of the Stack Exchange API, apps built on the API, or assistance building scripts that work on Stack Exchange websites.
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How will the popularity of hosted apps be determined?
In the contest blog post:
We will look at the number of requests for your API key. Was your application used by a lot of people? Or at least a reasonable amount?
How does this work for ...
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Why have routes /badges/name and /badges/tags been favored over respective query parameters for /badges?
I realize that the API is frozen, hence tagging this as support rather than feature-request or bug - I'm irritated about the two routes /badges/name and /badges/tags:
They seem to simply filter down ...
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What's the default fromdate for the /users/{id}/reputation route?
I'm getting different amounts of positive-rep when I use the fromdate and todate parameters with the /users/{id}/reputation route than when I don't use those parameters and accept the defaults. I ...
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Getting API hits remaining
Probably having a brain fart, but I couldn't see a way to get the number of API hits remaining. I know that the limit is 10k per day (I'm using an API key) but because of hte way my app works it would ...
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Is there a Stack Exchange API allows research on the body?
I want to use the Stack Exchange API to perform research on the question/answer's body but it seems impossible.
Is that the case? If not, how do I go about doing it?
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Integrating API into Drupal?
I successfully registered for an API key. What should I do now?
I have installed Drupal. Is there any sample/notes on how to proceed with accessing the API from the application so I can get to ...
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Would the following image be allowed?
In the guidelines for using the SE logos, it says:
Do not distort or alter our logo in any way
Does the following logo do that?
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Definitive on timeline_type?
Hi all,
I am trying to get a definitive on what timeline_type actually means...
I've looked at: http://stackapps.com/search?q=timeline_type but to no avail.
The new documentation doesn't list ...
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Get user data using curb in Ruby
Hello,
I am trying to get user data in my Rails app.
I am doing this:
url_so = "http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/231917?type=jsontext"
curl = Curl::Easy.new(url_so)
curl.perform
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Can I change my user profile using the API?
It seems the API just allow me to retrive public information, but... is it possible to change, for instance, my "about_me" information using the API?
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Write comment API failing with error_id: 500
I am trying to test post comment with the following URL
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Ajax get questions by tags ERROR
i'm trying getting questions by tags.
this is my simple code and i'm running this from my http://localhost:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$.ajax({
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Algorithm for calculating filter
What is the Algorithm that one can use to make filters like !-u2CTCBE?
For example /2.1/filters/create?include=question.body&unsafe=false returns "filter": "!9hnGssGO4". How is this String ...
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Is there any API to support creating a new question on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Post questions using API
I know there is api for stackoverflow.
It looks like the APIs are read-only, supporting the Get/Search operation.
Is there any API to support ...
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Handling working of PHP API key on webpage
I'm building a phpapi and in this api will be giving my clients API key generated for each client.
So basically my client will be sending client id, his personal data(to be stored in DB) & an ...
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how to get access token from redirect uri in android
I enabled both client side flow and desktop oauth redirect url, and manage to get the user login and get redirected to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success#access_token=xxxxx
But how can i ...
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Find user using e-mail address
I'm wondering if there is a simple way of using the API to find users given their e-mail address. So far, I've found the following:
the search API only lets you search for questions
the users API ...
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User on main site, also on meta?
If a user has an account on one of the stack exchange site, I thought they had an account on it's Meta site.
This doesn't seem the case in the associated users API route for one user (that's all ...
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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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Coding error at open URL
Hi,
I have the following method to open a URL API
String c="";
URL direccionURL;
try {
direccionURL = new URL("http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/523725");
BufferedReader in = new ...
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Why do some ranges have so many values?
Why do some ranges have so many values? For example:
[0, 2,147,483,647]
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What characters won't be in question->body?
This might seem kinda strange, but what printable ASCII characters am I guaranteed not to find in the body member of a question / answer?
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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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Serel returns a JSON Parse error for the 'C#' tag
When I try requesting the tag c# via Serel, I get an error.
This is the error I am getting:
INFO][2013-02-25 02:06:42] Making request to /2.0/tags/c#/info?site=stackoverflow&key=mykey
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How do I find all questions/answers per a tag?
Would also be good if I could also find the top questions/answers in a particular tag - i.e. questions tagged with Ruby or PHP.
Per the docs the only thing I can see that will return questions in a ...
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ChatterBox configuration option is confusingly worded
ChatterBox - user script that adds inbox integration to Stack Exchange Chat!
I'm confused over the option:
Mark items as unread when you view them:
Why would I want to mark items as unread when ...
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Getting unauthorized_error when using OAuth2.0
I want to create a simple desktop application which connects to my account and shows some information in the status bar. I've been trying to authenticate using OAuth2.0 but I'm getting stuck and I ...
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Can I place my Android application here?
I have an Android application, which is written by me and placed on Google Play Store, Can I place that application on stack apps site ?
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JSON parsing, won't work
Hi i'm using the stackapps api, retrieving questions by tags the code works well, and the json is returned, now i need to parse the json and i think there is somenthing wrong with my code:
$.ajax({
...
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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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Link field on notification type
There is no link field on notification. Is this by design or a bug? If it's by design can it be changes so it's included, I can't see how to build the URL with only a post id, and not know what type ...
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“client_id not provided” when trying to obtain an access_token
So I'm trying to authenticate with the v2 API via oauth2. I have a code, so I'm POSTing to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token and ideally get an access_token back.
Instead I get an ...
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400 Error when attempting to retrieve authenticated user data
I am attempting to use the /me API to retrieve an authenticated user's details but I am recieving a 400 error.
I am able to complete the OAuth2 dance and have been able to capture the access token ...
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Why does badges/ids/recipients return badges not users?
I can't understand why badges/{ids}/recipients returns badges and not users? You must pass the badge ID in, so it should be given that you already know what the badge is. If it returns 30 objects you ...
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How do I get a filter to let through the fields I specify?
I've created a filter based on the "none" filter with include fields for all those I will need for my application. While the filter I created looks fine to me, it doesn't appear to return any results ...
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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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Same redirect URL for Approve and Reject
Why, when I'm requesting /oauth/dialog and selecting either of the options I get redirected to the same URL with different hash values? It's not a bug per-se, just an observation I made while ...
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How to get questions higher than ID
How can I get questions sorted by Question_Id in descending? (Sorted by creation is working) and how to get questions higher than given ID (or higher than last questions creation), my idea is to get ...
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StackAuth.com user's id
What ID should I pass to stackauth.com/1.1/users/{id}/associated url to get user's associations?
The description of the api call states:
id – a set of up to 10 users' association ids, obtained ...
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Sort options explained
I have read the doc here but I'm quite confusing because I still don't understand the semantic behind each options. Would you like to detail the different options ?
activity (default)
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creation
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Make API query to only one Stack Exchange site
Is there a way to limit a /search or a /similar query to a specific site or sites?
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Google App Engine routing problem
I'm experiencing random timeouts to some Api endpoints (Fitness, Drupal). all the API endpoints from Google App Engine.
You can check this odd behavior using these links:
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Site Icon Hash in stackauth.com/sites
How do I cache the images properly, I think asked this somewhere before, but it hasn't affected me until gameing site went out of beta.
It's HTTP headers or something isn't
Ok I used George's ...
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how/when is rep_change updated?
I am trying to determine the most efficient way to keep a user's rep_change history updated and need some guidance.
Here are a few assumptions that I am inferring from the available information:
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Fetch questions from offset?
I want to fetch questions from a certain offset. Not a minimum creation date, just an offset index, independent of the sort and order I'm using. How can I do this? Is it possible at all?
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Best way to calculate total badge count in Javascript?
I'm using Javascript and JSONP and want to find-out a user's total badge-count (i'm not using any libraries).
At first I naively added up the badge counts individually, but some user's have no ...
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What's the best way to mashup a social network with StackOverflow?
I’m experimenting with an integration project where I mashup a user’s LinkedIn connections and StackOverflow activity. Are there any relevant APIs on StackOverflow that could be used to integrate ...
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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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How to write a first application?
How to write the first applications to use StackOverflow, for C# under the platform WinRT?
How to use the API-functions?
Is there a ready-made packages for under winRT (NuGet)?
Are there a step by ...
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How can I tell if a revision GUID is going to return a NULL body?
I'm trying to use the GUID returned by the revisions object to create links to raw markdown pages on a given SE site. For instance, if I wanted to see the last revision of:
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