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Can there be a way to find a user given his email hash?
Given a user's email, it would be great if we could hash it and search for that user with it.
The reason for this is suppose:
Someone has a website
On that website, they invite SO users to enter ...
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9answers
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Flack Overstow - Generate spam from Stack Exchange posts
Online demo courtesy of George Edison:
http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack
Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will ...
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4answers
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Droidstack for Android - now with chat support!
Current status
I'm not actively maintaining Droidstack anymore, I guess real life just got in the way. Being in college and having a full time programming job leaves no room for hobby projects. ...
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8answers
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SE Editor Toolkit
There's been an onslaught of rather difficult to read questions on SO lately. A lot of them are just plain close-fodder, but many are just from d ppl ,who spk teh internetz lingo and hence make my ...
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8answers
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New Q! - Google Chrome Extension notifies you of new questions of interest and inbox messages (now with API v2.0!)
Screenshots
A new question notification in Chrome 6 in Windows XP
A new answer and a new question notification on Mac OS X.
About
New Q! is a Google Chrome browser extension that notifies ...
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2answers
7k views
Stack Alert [Google Chrome Extension] - Keep tabs on your inbox without needing to have a Stack Exchange site open.
Not using Chrome?
Don't worry, Stack Alert is available for other browsers as well. Visit the appropriate page for your browser below:
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Screenshot / ...
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3answers
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SE Modifications — Username autocomplete in comments, inline revision source, and utility links
Screenshot
About
This userscript adds four main features:
Various utility links on posts and in the top bar
Inline viewing of post revision source Markdown on the post history page
Links on ...
49
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6answers
3k views
Stack2Blog - Turning your answers into blogs (For “sale”)
Stack2Blog for Sale
Hi everyone!
Since we're working on a few other projects, we haven't worked on Stack2Blog in a while.
We still think it can be useful, especially with the rise of platforms ...
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7answers
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StackUsers.com - everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask. (about an SE user. almost.)
About
http://stackusers.com
All Stack Exchange users at your fingertips.
The core of this application is a robust data acquisition and maintenance platform based on Soapi.CS that reliably and ...
16
votes
3answers
2k views
StackTray: The Stack Overflow tray application
Screenshot
Icon on left
Hover over icon
Context menu
Reputation Alerts
About
This application sits in your system tray and periodically checks Stack Overflow for any new badges or ...
8
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0answers
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SOAPI-REST: Complete Stack Overflow API specification in machine readable format
SOAPI-REST Services
At four hour intervals, SOAPI-WATCH parses the complete Stack Overflow API documentation and generates a complete object graph representing the API including all routes, ...
12
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1answer
646 views
StackAd - An Easy Way to Display Open-Source Ads on Your Site/Blog
Note:
This page is due for an update but until then you can add StackAd to your site by adding:
<script type='text/javascript'
...
8
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0answers
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Stack.JS - Powerful Event-driven Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API in JavaScript.
About
Stack.JS is the JavaScript equivalent of Stack.PHP and aims to replicate the request structure of that library as much as possible. The library is still a long ways from being complete ...
8
votes
6answers
404 views
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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5
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2answers
193 views
What is the Errors endpoint used for?
I am trying to figure out what the errors endpoint is used for, so I can I can implement it in my API.
I have been trying things like:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/errors/404
...
19
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0answers
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SOwhat Stack Overflow browser
Screenshot
About
SOwhat is a Qt-based application that attempts to mimic the Stack Overflow website.
License
SOwhat is released under the MIT license.
Download
Currently, this is what I ...
14
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0answers
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StackTack WordPress Plugin - Embed Stack Exchange Questions in Your Blog.
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About
Have you ever asked a question or posted an answer to a question on a Stack Exchange site and said to yourself "I sure would like to share this on my blog?" Well, you could ...
12
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1answer
165 views
Is it appropriate to register for a “Dev” app key?
When an app is in early development stages, it is quite common not to have an Icon, a Name, a Website, or even a description.
I'm considering registering one key which I could use in all my Alpha ...
8
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0answers
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Separate Request Quotas for Authorized [app]s
Imagine, if you will, you have a popular [app] hosted on a cloud computing service which is also used by a number of other [app]s. If this service forces clients to share IPs (and they all do, in ...
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2answers
220 views
When does a rate-limit day start and end?
After reading the docs/faqs, I couldn't help but wonder...
What exactly is a day?
When does it start?
When does it end?
What timezone are you using?
In other words, when my app runs out of ...
14
votes
2answers
397 views
Why does the API lack (proper) HTTP cache control headers?
I've just read Kevins answer to Do I need API key to use StackAuth API? and been quite surprised that the API doesn't seem to facilitate proper HTTP caching already:
You really shouldn't be ...
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1answer
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SOAPI-DIFF: Your app broke? Check SOAPI-DIFF to find out what changed in the API
SOAPI-DIFF
Soothe your beta api blues with a DIFF view of the entire API compared to the last changed version.
Instantly identify added/removed/changed elements of the API.
e.g.
Added:
Changed:
...
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votes
1answer
356 views
API Suggestion: suppress http error code when jsonp is specified
Conclusion: fast response by Kevin enables the JSONP functionality of the API to assume it's rightful description of awesome.
http://soapi.info/Code/JS/Stable/ErrorTest.htm
The JSONP functionality ...
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2answers
169 views
Finding a user given their (exact) display name
For my app, I allow people to "register" themselves on my site by typing in their Stack Overflow (etc) name. Now it does allow you to use your ID if you know it, but I find that typing in usernames is ...
5
votes
1answer
538 views
Soapi.Explore (silverlight) - The entire API at your command
Soapi.Explore SL
About
Soapi.Explore SL is a Silverlight based annotated test harness for the Stack Exchange API. All API methods and parameters are fully supported.
Features:
Sites are updated ...
3
votes
1answer
169 views
Soapi.FindUser - Quickly find a any Stack Exchange user
Soapi.FindUser
About
Soapi.FindUser is a tiny .NET 3.5 application that searches all Stack Exchange sites for users by name with the provided search term.
The results are grouped by site and are ...
5
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0answers
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How to use min/max with sort
While some sort values make inference of the expected min/max values less than ambiguous, others do not.
Pending formal documentation, I hope this can serve as an informal reference.
Aggregated sort ...
3
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2answers
158 views
Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) Quickly find any user anywhere in the Stackiverse!
Soapi.FindUser - Silverlight Edition
Configuration:
About
Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) is provides a means to quickly find any user anywhere is the Stackiverse.
You may search any number of ...
3
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0answers
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SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM: A flat sortable, filterable list of all parameters in the Stack Overflow api
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM is a little scooby snack of a tool that lets you get your eyes on all of the parameters in the api.
This is useful for visually identifying inconsistencies in the ...
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4answers
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Is it really worth to (implicitly) discourage documentation of API/library usage nowadays already?
Update:
Kevin provided an answer, which, while adding something of value to the three related questions together (by naming the originating concern eventually), actually does not apply to the ...
9
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3answers
157 views
Should we adjust the format of the dev-tip questions early on?
Update:
I've 'averaged' the few answers and comments and included the respective result below each question (all results are executed accordingly for some time already in most dev-tip posts). The ...
8
votes
1answer
246 views
Could/Should the API evolve more agile rather than being blocked by v2 writing (and authentication) features?
The activity on Stack Apps has dwindled noticeably; this might be a topic for its own discussion, however I'd like to revisit the API roadmap beforehand to set a proper stage and expectations in this ...
2
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1answer
124 views
Why have recent dev-tip posts been forced into community wiki without explanation despite ongoing community self-regulation?
Preface
Please note that this question is neither about community wiki nor reputation, rather about acceptable moderation, (to stress that I've made it community wiki in itself). Therefore I need to ...
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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 ...
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4answers
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Column 80 - Plain Text optimised SOFU
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Browsing the existing SOFU family of websites was OK in a text-based browser, but when you're stuck in a Linux shell with no way out and no other computers around ...
80
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4answers
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StacksGuru: a near realtime bot for all Stack Exchange sites
UPDATE
Stacksguru address is now stacksguru@appspot.com (in the plural form) remove the old contact (stackguru@appspot.com) and use the new one.
StacksGuru is a Jabber/XMPP bot which gives you a ...
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10answers
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StackKit: an API framework for Cocoa
About
StackKit is a library for accessing the Stack Exchange API from within Cocoa/Cocoa Touch applications. It is under active development, but the major core functionality is present.
Code ...
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9answers
3k views
Newt - question, answer and comment and rep change notifications for Mac OS X
Newt is a simple Mac OS X utility that notifies you about new questions, answers, comments and reputation changes.
Now, everyone can become a Jon Skeet!
Screenshot / Code Snippet
...
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2answers
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StackStalker: Be Notified When Your Question Is Updated (Chrome Extension)
I just finished (at 3am) the most releasable version of StackStalker, the new Chrome Extension that allows you to easily monitor any question you like, regardless of your membership status with ...
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1answer
735 views
“View Vote totals” without 1000 rep
Screenshot
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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3answers
810 views
se-flair: HTML combined Stack Exchange site flair
Screenshots
Screenshots of some samples:
Tooltip with total reputation:
Tooltip with specific-site reputation:
Live PNG Samples:
About
se-flair produces combined-account flair ...
17
votes
1answer
2k views
Stack Alert [Mozilla Firefox Add-on] - Keep tabs on your inbox without needing to have a Stack Exchange site open.
Not using Firefox?
Don't worry, Stack Alert is available for other browsers as well. Visit the appropriate page for your browser below:
Google Chrome
Opera
Screenshot / ...
23
votes
0answers
855 views
SO Live! — live updates to your reputation score
Stack Exchange now updates your reputation score in real time. There is no more need to install this extension.
Screenshot
About
This userscript, based on SOApi.js, injects itself in all ...
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6answers
854 views
Stacked Odds - Finding the questions that you can answer
Screenshot / Code Snippet
More screenshots can be found in the extension gallery.
About
Stacked Odds is an extension for Chrome that stacks the odds in your favour when looking for questions to ...
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votes
2answers
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Hexadecimal user rep
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Displays user reputation in hexadecimal. The code is quite simple if you want to do any tweaks. For users with rep >= 0x10000, it switches the font to Arial ...
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votes
2answers
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Copy Question Link Markdown - Making it easier to copy links to questions!
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
This small UserScript makes it easier to copy the URL of the current question into pre-formatted Markdown. Once installed, it adds a 'copy' link to the question.
...
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votes
2answers
773 views
SENotify - Stack Exchange new question notification (perl/growl)
Output/Screenshot
Growl notification
Growl on Mac
Growl on Windows
Terminal output
$ perl SENotify.pl -s stackoverflow -r 60 -v
2 question found on serverfault at : Tue Jun 22 21:41:38 2010
...
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0answers
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Stack Exchange Java client library
Sample Code
/**
* The following will print out the current stats for the
* Stack Overflow site (stackoverflow.com).
*/
public class Example
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
...
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0answers
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Why I think Area51 needs an API.
Okay, I have to admit that I never dreamed I would be advocating an API for Area51. But here I am doing it :)
I think we need an API for Area51. Granted, the whole concept of questions and answers is ...
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3answers
763 views
Can I use “StackOverflow” in the title of my website?
According to the little tooltip I get when registering an app,
Do not: Use any of the full names for our websites in the name of your website or application.
By full name, do you mean ...
