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<kbd> markup shortcuts
Inspired by the question, "Markdown syntax for <kbd>foo</kbd>", this script adds both a button and a keyboard shortcut to each post's <textarea> (when editing posts).
Press the ...
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soapi-notify : Stay ahead of the pack with new question notification V1 release
soapi-notify
Stay ahead of the pack
soapi-notify is an easy to use windows application that monitors Stack Exchange sites for new questions.
Watch a 5 minute end-to-end quickstart video
You may ...
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SOAPI-WATCH: A realtime service that notifies subscribers via Twitter when the API changes in any way
SOAPI-WATCH
This post was one of the two that were listed regarding SOAPI.
For a full overview of the SOAPI ecosystem see What is SOAPI and why should I care?
At four hour intervals, ...
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API Endpoint Changes Coming In Version 2.0
As work has progressed on the upcoming second version of our API, we've come to a bit of an impasse that's going to force a semi-radical change.
Here's the root of the issue:
once you've gotten an ...
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VoteCounts: bookmarklet to display up/down votes even for rep less than 1000
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This small bookmarklet will allow anyone to use the "vulnerability" of the API that it allows you to check the up/down vote count - a feat you could normally ...
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StackInbox - a Chrome/Firefox Extension that Preserves New Stack Exchange Inbox Messages Until They Are Actually Read
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Preserves new Stack Exchange Inbox messages until they are actually read, not just viewed in the inbox. Items appear in the global inbox as they normally ...
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Stack Overflow Badges
Barely an app, Stack Overflow Badges shows you all the badges available on Stack Overflow, and lets you see which ones you, or anyone else, has got.
Contact
paul@pauldwaite.co.uk
Code
Some iffy ...
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Version 1.0 released 9th of July
For a lot of us, that would be next Friday.
At some point - most likely after noon PST - version 0.9 of the API will be replaced with the final 1.0 release.
There are no expected interface changes ...
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stacknotify google chrome extension
About
Your Stack Overflow notification inbox, right into your browser's toolbar.
it checks for new notifications every minute
shows a notification badge for new items
supports all Stack ...
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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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Manual Draft Save - Save a draft on demand
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This small script adds a save button to the editor bar that allows you to instantly save the contents of the editor as a draft. Although this happens automatically every ...
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Can we get access to key-usage metrics?
Will developers ever get a chance to see how often their app key is being used?
Or how many unique IPs are used the key?
Or any other random metrics that might be interesting?
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StackCenter - your one-stop app for everything Stack Exchange
Update: StackCenter has been completely rewritten to use Soapi.JS2. I have also made some changes to the UI.
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StackCenter is a website designed to make keeping track of all your ...
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StackDoc - Adding Stack Overflow data to online documentation
Inspired by Jeff's tweet about crowd sourced documentation I've started a Chrome extension to add data from Stack Overflow to existing online documentation.
It's early days at the moment, but I think ...
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Add Share buttons to the “link” box
Spawned by http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/136760/178438
This script adds share buttons to the "link" box. (They don't come immediately, they are spawned by mouseover)
Installation
Click ...
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StackTack WordPress Plugin - Embed Stack Exchange Questions in Your Blog.
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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 ...
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Chat Easy Input Tools - Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands
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Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands, reducing the dependency on mouse usage. Current version does not have a configurable set of hotkeys but later versions will.
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Add Timeline and Revisions links
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Add revision links, and timeline links on all questions post menus.
Intended for development features, probably useless when the feature is actually ...
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What is SOAPI and why should I care?
Let me answer the last question first:
Why should you care?
You shouldn't care unless
you are a .NET or JavaScript coder who can leverage robust client access libraries for the Stack Exchange API ...
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StackedDeck: Watch Your Favorite Tags, TweetDeck-Style
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Download StackedDeck
StackedDeck allows you to watch as questions with your favorite tags come streaming in. Add as many columns as you like and StackedDeck will ...
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SOAPI-EXPLORE: Self-updating single page JavaSript API test harness
SOAPI-EXPLORE
this post was one of the two that were listed regarding SOAPI.
For a full overview of the SOAPI eco-system see What is SOAPI and why should I care?
For a more robust API discovery ...
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1answer
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Is there a way of querying how much of the API limit has been used?
Twitter has the ability as part of its API to query the current rate limit status. Going to this url will show you how many requests can be made before the limit is reached:
{"remaining_hits":150,
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iStack for iPad
iStack iPad currently isn't available on the appstore, it's in development as is getting towards the end of the first version.
I'm now starting to look for beta testers, you will need an iPad ...
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Copy Question Link Markdown - Making it easier to copy links to questions!
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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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Real-time desktop notifications for Stack Exchange inbox ( Chrome / Firefox )
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Get real-time desktop notifications for your inbox at the Stack Exchange.
After installing and setting your Stack Exchange account ID, you will get desktop notifications ...
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PHPstack - A PHP wrapper to the SE API
PHPstack
PHPstack is meant to be an easy to use PHP wrapper for the Stack Exchange API.
<?php
require_once('lib/requestcore.class.php');
require_once('phpstack.class.php');
$so = new ...
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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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StackInbox v2.2 - Inbox client for Mac (Now with notifications)
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2.2 Notifications, now you can switch between Inbox items and notifications, unread number will show in the scope bar. More of the preview text is shown. Fixed bug ...
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Stacks for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxscheglov.stackoverflow
Features:




Supports all the sites in the Stack Exchange network
Easy access to over a million questions and ...
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Add keyboard shortcuts to comments
About
This script adds Ctrl+B (bold), Ctrl+I (italic), Ctrl+K (code), and Ctrl+L (link) shortcuts to comments.
My script doesn't work exactly the same as the question/answer text editors, but ...
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Show number of answers accepted
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Ever wish you could tell more about a user's acceptance rate than just the percentage? Sure, you can hover over the acceptance rate to view the number of ...
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Stackathlon: Users active on all three of SO, SF and SU
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It's surprising how few people are active on all three of Stack Overflow, Server Fault and Super User. Well, maybe not so surprising. But it's a big world; you'd think there'd be ...
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Are wrappers considered applications?
I went to get an API key for my StackOverflow C++ wrapper, and discovered that this involves registering an "application".
Does the wrapper count as an app?
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Android app for stackoverflow
is there any android app for stackoverflow available?
which basic features i must include if i develope this app? Ideas appreciated.
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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 ...
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Stack Exchange Post Editor - Performing Basic Corrections on Posts Automatically
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This script was originally inspired by SE Editor Toolkit. Unfortunately, the toolkit is packaged as a Safari extension and as such is unusable in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. I ...
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Support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
Currently, the only way to call the API from javascript is to use JSONP, but this can be cumbersome and has security issues. If the following header was included in all API responses, the API could be ...
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StackCenter 2 - Now in Public Beta!
Visit now: http://stackcenter.quickmediasolutions.com/beta/
Feedback is appreciated!
About
StackCenter 2 has been brewing for quite some time now. Since the global inbox was introduced, the ...
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stackoverflow-java-sdk: a Java wrapper for the Stack Exchange API
I have released a beta snapshot version of a Java wrapper for the Stack Overflow API at http://code.google.com/p/stackoverflow-java-sdk/. Please try it and provide your feedback.
Screenshot / Code ...
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Stack Exchange - Favorite Users
TL,DR: Browser addon that highlights answers and questions by your favorite users!
See it in work:
And the easy config via user's profile:
Just like many other people before us, even we ...
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Stack Overflow ebooks for Kindle
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These books contain the top questions from a selection of the top tags on Stack Overflow. The top questions include those with a score of 10 or greater (except in the case ...
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Editor buttons for injecting documentation links
I wrote a small user script for adding some buttons to the question editor. The idea came up a few times on Meta Stack Overflow and Stack Overflow, and I just wanted to share a rough ...
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Stack Fiddle - Easily create a jsFiddle from Stack Overflow
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Stack Fiddle is a Google Chrome extension that updates the code blocks on Stack Exchange sites. Each code block gets a header with links that allow you to set its type. Click ...
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SENotify - Stack Exchange new question notification (perl/growl)
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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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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'
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Prevent that posts tagged with app or library enter Community Wiki mode when the owner edits it 8 times
I've edited my App 8 times and my question has switched automatically to Community Wiki (I'm aware that it's reported in the faq).
The main reason of these many edits is my shaky english, but I can ...
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Stackstabilizer - A Windows 8 Metro Stackoverflow app (version 4, 11-09-2012)
About Stackstabilizer
Stackstabilizer is a Stackoverflow reader for Windows 8. It helps you browse content on Stackoverflow, and allows you to sign in.
In-app search
It provides in-app search ...
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Stackwise: a beautiful way to browse Stack Exchange sites
Stackwise: a new Stack Exchange browser for iOS devices.
New features
(v1.2) Now you can scroll through images embedded in questions and answers with standard pan gestures. See all the ...
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Reputation Tracker now covers SOFU, Meta SO and Programmers SE
I don't know if anyone's actually using my Reputation Tracker tool, but it now lets you select which sites you want to see reputation for.
For example, the URL for me to find out how I've done today ...
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Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.
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Ever wish you could simply clear all of the messages from the chat window (similar to a terminal)? Well now you can with this UserScript! Simply install it using the link ...
