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List of example questions
Since it's hard to find examples of questions with various attributes, maybe we can turn this into a reference?
Here's the problem: I want to try out the locked_date attribute in one of my apps, but ...
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Link Only Answer Automatic Flagging
Thank you to Manishearth for giving me the idea here
Autonavigate/autocomment "close/flag offtopic" for MSO
As a very avid user of the Stack Exchange, I try to make this place the ...
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A way to keep the “user bar” on the top of the site stuck there ~ StickyBar
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Since people keep asking for a way to stick the userbar at the top of the screen, I'm working on a userscript to do so. Because of the way each site is ...
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KBD Button for Editor on StackExchange sites
Simply adds a button to the toolbar that lets you quickly apply keyboard markup.
The extension is available on GitHub and should work as:
Userscript
Chrome Extension
Firefox and Opera Extension
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Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites
What does it do?
First of all, it allows you to select a message to reply to by using the keyboard. Just type : and then use the up and down arrow to select the message.
Second, it puts a ...
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Mistake in API 2.0 Documentation - Wrong item type for Careers Message
On https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/inbox-item the Careers Message example shows the wrong item type.
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“View Vote totals” without 1000 rep
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About
The vote counts are a great tool to determine whether an answer is disputed or not. Unfortunately, not many of us have enough time to join all Stack Exchange websites and get ...
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Stack.PY - A Python Module for Accessing the Stack Exchange 2.1 API
Now on PyPI!
You can now find Stack.PY on PyPI, Python's package index. This means that you can install the package simply by running the following command in a terminal:
pip install ...
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New Stack Exchange Deleted Posts Viewer
For months after the previous Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer has been broken, Shog9 has confirmed that viewing deleted posts with the editing trick is by-design. So I take the time and ...
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1answer
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Inbox item not marked as read after viewing
Accessing inbox items using the following url:
/me/inbox
Unread inbox items remain unread (is_unread = true) even after that specific item has been read using the API (v2.1).
The items are marked ...
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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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WordPress Widget to display a Stack Overflow profile
What?
Background: A WordPress widget is a re-usable and configurable set of code that renders something visually, into a WordPress blog. The blog administrator typically configures the set of widgets ...
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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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StinkingBadges - Track your progress towards long-term badges
Introduction
I was curious how far away I was from Generalist, and there are some data explorer queries that can show you your progress, but I thought it should be possible to make this work ...
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Stack Overflow Instant Search
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I love the concept of instant search that Google introduced. Stack Overflow Instant Search does exactly that - it brings (almost) instant search to Stack Overflow. The results ...
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1answer
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Review Stalker user script
This is a very basic user script which does the following:
Checks the Review homepage if there's anything you can review
If so, it changes the title to (n) old_title where n is the number of ...
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1answer
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How to get Question/Answer body in the API response using filters?
I am looking through the API documentation and i am confused how to make a call with filters. I am specifically looking for get the question /answer body back. Is it possible. Could not find any ...
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Hide badges I've already attained
About
Inspired by this Meta SO question, this user script adds a checkbox to the Badges page to allow you to hide badges you've already attained, so you can easily see which remain.
The checkbox's ...
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Review Queue Hider
About
This user script adds a button to each review queue to allow you to hide it. Useful if you don't want a certain queue popping to the top!
Each Stack Exchange site holds its own settings too, ...
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Unicorn Voting - Bringing the Joy of April 1 All Year 'Round!
About
They're back! Although they were created for April 1st, you can now enjoy them throughout the whole year! Simply install this UserScript and commence upvoting and downvoting.
License
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Stack Exchange Elections Statistics Page
The Stack Exchange Elections Statistics Page is a simple single-page website that displays information on election candidates participating in the Stack Exchange 2011 Moderator Elections. It ...
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The 2.1, “similar” path is returning empty results
I've been a happy user of the /2.1/similar Stack Exchange API for a while. But, at some point within the last 24 hours, or so, it started returning empty results (but otherwise reporting everything as ...
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Official keyboard shortcuts
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About
This is the official keyboard shortcuts script for the Stack Exchange sites, as announced on Meta Stack Overflow. It is still in active development, and will eventually move ...
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Get all sites of type “main_site”
Is there a way to get all sites of type main_site from the /site method?
If not, what's the best way to get that list? Should I get all sites with a huge pagesize and then filter it in my App?
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Please differentiate between meta sites for beta versus normal sites, in the /sites method
Currently, in the /sites method, a site can have a site_state of: normal, open_beta, closed_beta, or linked_meta.
This makes it easy to tell if a main site is in beta or not. But it becomes a 2 or 3 ...
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Certain users aren't showing up in /users when filter is applied
NB: The filter parameter in v1.x of the API had a different meaning to the filter parameter in v2.0
Consider the following query:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users?filter=jon%20skeet
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1answer
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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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1answer
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Array of all Stack Exchange sites with Name, URL and Description
I'm building a WordPress widget and need this array do display a dropdown where the user will select the target site.
And with the selection value, the information will be built and displayed ...
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1answer
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json with list of all user's on stackoverflow
I am trying to get the list of all user's in json format (as provided by the api) (using jquery jsonp)
What i found is
pagesize – The number of collection results to display during
pagination. ...
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How do I find a user by their `display_name`?
I am using Serel (the Ruby wrapper) and would like to be able to find a user by their display_name.
As it stands right now, I can only find them via an ID - like Serel::User.find(1,2,3).
I tried ...
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SymbolHound: Search Stack Overflow for special characters
About
http://symbolhound.com/
SymbolHound is a search engine that doesn't ignore special characters. I was always frustrated that I couldn't search for symbols like >> and && using ...
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1answer
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List of possible values for user_type on API for users
I'm starting to work with the API and I see on the call to retrieve a user or multiple users one of the fields that is returned is user_type. So far I have only seen a value of "registered" come back ...
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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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How about linking Stack Exchange to IFTTT?
Why is there no channel for Stack Overflow on IFTTT?
It would be great if I can mash up the Stack Exchange website with other web-based services like Google Reader or GMail, receive a SMS or ...
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What is the unix epoch date, range [0, 253,402,300,799] in the API docs?
The type of the fromdate or todate in several methods is set to
unix epoch date, range [0, 253,402,300,799]
I don't know what that is and I can't find any information -- can someone explain it ...
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Ruby wrapper for stackoverflow api - Serel, Pilha
Serel and pilha are good ruby wrappers for stackexchange api. But i am not able to access the body method for question and answers. The body method returns nil. I want the content of questions and ...
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Off-by-one error in fromdate processing
When running a query with a given fromdate value, values which match fromdate - 1 are returned.
An example: When using fromdate=1367715851 results will be returned which have a creation_date of ...
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MathJax Buttons
Adds some math/science buttons to the editor on science SE sites. These buttons are useful for converting selected text to math, formatting SI units, and formatting chemical equations. There are ...
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StackExchange™ SuperCollider Freehand Circle™ Editor - [Now supported on EVERY StackExchange site!]
Important:
All SE sites (with one exception - see below) are now supported. Please upgrade to the latest version to enjoy this wonderful new feaure!
A special thank you to Jacob ...
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1answer
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stackapplet and Google account
I am trying to use Stack-Applet for Ubuntu (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/stackapplet-1-4-released-ubuntu-indicator/) and I have registered on Stack Overflow using my Google account. I guess ...
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How to search my threads based on some key words?
As I have already many threads in some StackExchange sites, sometime I would like to be able to search among them, for instance, based on some key words.
Does anyone know how to do that? Thank you!
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Stack Exchange Mode for Emacs!
Inspired by the obvious internet capabilities of list-packages and its function (similar to dired et al.) (and this question), I got a crazy idea to try to make a full-blown Emacs mode for SE sites.
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Stack Alert [Opera] - Keep tabs on your inbox without needing to have a Stack Exchange site open
Not using Opera?
Don't worry, Stack Alert is available for other browsers as well. Visit the appropriate page for your browser below:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
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Are there any API's to get details from careers stack exchange site?
Planning to create a blog widget which shows data from careers page.
This can be done using an iframe but was looking at other avenues as well.
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Stacklense - Ubuntu Unity Lens to search Stack Exchange sites
Screenshot / Code Snippet
The application makes searches in question titles.
Please note that the lens will show only answered questions!
The names of the sites are usually one word, for ...
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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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OAuth 2.0 implementation
Code Snippet
from sanction.client import Client
from sanction.adapters.google import Google
client = Client(Google, {
"google.client_id": "myclientid",
"google.client_secret": ...
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AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
No more re-typing the same comments over and over!
This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments, ...
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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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StackImage - Generating Images of Questions and Users [Now with Global Flair!]
Planned Obsolescence
All of the features that StackImage provides are either available with the built-in flair on each Stack Exchange site or provided by StackImage's successor: StackImage ...
