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StackTop-Mac app---Now out of beta!
StackTop
Stacktop is my Mac client for accessing most of the Stack Exchange sites.
Here are some screenshots of 3.0. Note the colors in the first screenshot change depending on which site you are "...
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I only need a key, what do I do?
I'm told by others and read in Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API that I need "To Get A Key!" but when I then visit https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register I'm stil ...
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Should we enable Stack Snippets?
A couple of days ago I answered a question about the Stack API.
As my answer could be illustrated with a working code example I went ahead to create a Stack Snippet. To my surprise that feature isn'...
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Give us a site's API name in the list of a user's sites
In the /me/associated method, I get back a bunch of JSON - but the api_site_parameter name is nowhere to be found.
Why? It's kind of important. Could we have it?
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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 original ...
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Make site icons have transparent backgrounds
This is a request to make the site's icons have transparent backgrounds. They are already PNGs, so they support that. This would make applications such as Droidstack look much better.
Although ...
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What's the etiquette for answers/comments on an app "question"?
Since everything I list below could be acceptable when there is so much to discuss, is there an accepted etiquette to what "answers" should address in relation to app "questions"? ...
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Can we have some sort of notification system?
It seems like the only way to get notified of certain events is to poll the site continuously. And as per the current policy, it seems like there should be at least a 2 minute delay between requests.
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Stackie - A Stack Exchange client for the Universal Windows Platform
About
Browse your favorite questions and answers on the myriad of topics across the entire Stack Exchange network with Stackie - a Stack Exchange client for the Universal Windows Platform.
A ...
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Filter SE questions by votes, views and rep
(Chrome only)
v1.2 Find good questions to answer.
The script will filter questions in real time, in all Stack Exchange sites questions pages,
hiding them by score, views, user ...
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OBSOLETE - Search Stack Exchange Network of Q&A sites instantly with SEInstant
#Obsolete - Site long dead; no source code available. Was written for decommissioned version of the API.
About
Stack Exchange search results are now fast, faster, instant! :)
Following on the heels ...
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Porkchat: A Chrome extension with lots of chat tweaks!
Install
Install from the Chrome Web Store
About
Porkchat is a Chrome extension that bundles together a lot of scripts I have written for Stack Exchange chat over the years. It is fully configurable - ...
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Get favorited tags of user
This was requested in 1 and declined because of a missing authentication method.
Now that authentication is in place, is there a way to retrieve the favorited tags of a user (myself)?
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Stack Exchange API is not returning the close vote counts for questions
When you visit this question (with proper privs) you can see that there are 2 close votes cast for it.
However, if you access the information for this question using the Stack Exchange API you get ...
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AI generated content should NOT be allowed on Stack Apps
On February 14th, 2024 a new network-wide policy on AI-generated content goes into effect.
The de-facto default is that AI-generated content should follow the citation rules that already exist. In the ...
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Non-English Language Question Analyser
This is a simple Bot which uses Stack Overflow public API and chat to continuously scan new questions and report in chat the ones which are most likely not written in English.
This project can be used ...
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GrafOverflow - Metric collection for Stack Exchange
GrafOverflow
A metric collection script for the Stack Exchange API.
View Some Realtime Stats
Here is a link for you to view some stats in real* time, with one year of history!
GrafOverflow
*Stats ...
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Metasmoke: Web dashboard for SmokeDetector
metasmoke is a web dashboard for SmokeDetector. You can see it here:
https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com
It's a fun project, and I need a Stack Apps post so I can have write access to the API.
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Sentinel - monitoring new answers to old questions
First there was Natty - looking for new answers to old questions that aren't actually answers, and posting them in a chatroom.
Then there was Sentinel.
Sentinel is the web dashboard for Natty. The ...
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Retract flags from the "Flagged Posts for [User]" page [closed]
Description
In response to a feature-request on Meta Stack Overflow: Allow retracting flags on deleted posts even if you can't view deleted posts, I created a userscript which allows you to retract ...
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Stack Exchange, Election Assistant
For moderator elections, this script greatly helps vet and compare candidates.
Features:
Lists candidates in sorted order. Find him/her in a repeatable, predictable, location every page visit.
Click ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Apps Listing Wizard - Making it easier to list your application right here on Stack Apps
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About
Listing an application here on Stack Apps can be a lot of work. First you have to visit this question and copy the markdown. Some of those fields don't apply to UserScripts and some ...
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2.0 API get votes
I've been searching the 2.0 API for a list of my own (up and down) votes. I don't see them in the API.
I don't think this is a prohibitively resource intensive query or that it can be used to ...
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Infinite Scrolling - [Never Click Another Page Number Again!]
About
Have you ever been reading through a post on a Stack Exchange site with a lot of answers and you had to keep clicking the next page link? Wouldn't it be nice if you didn't have to do that? Well ...
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Ask Jon Skeet - A Search Engine
Ask Jon Skeet
A Search engine for questions answered by Jon Skeet.
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About
A search engine that focuses on questions asked on Stack Overflow and answered by Jon Skeet. As Jon Skeet is so ...
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Soapi.JS2: a fully relational JavaScript client library for the Stack Exchange API - beta preview
Soapi.JS2
var context = new Soapi.ApiContext(yourApiKey);
context.initialize(function() {
context.official.stackApps
.Users().ById(14)
.invoke(function(users) {
...
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Make your own custom oneboxes for Chat!
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About
Oneboxing is when you post a link to a supported site on SE Chat and it automatically shows extra information. An example is when you post a link to a question in Chat and it ...
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Activity Indicator - see if you participated in a Q&A at a glance
About
Activity Indicator is a userscript that displays a, well, indicator and some useful stats about your interactions with a given post. Inspired by this feature request, upon opening a post, the ...
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analyticsoverflow - tracking question and answer counts over time
About
Question, answer and comment counts for stackoverflow. The individual tag pages show a graph of the question counts over the last fortnight.
Update: Now gathers and displays data for all 3 ...
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Why is my API quota not resetting after UTC reset?
According to How API Keys Work, the default daily API limit -- which is per site, per day -- is 300.
I started with 300, as expected, but over a period of days, I've noticed that the remaining quota ...
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Increase/Decrease Indentation Buttons for the Editor
Some people, myself included, thought that buttons to adjust the indentation of code blocks would be useful, since apparently such buttons in all likelihood won't be implemented offically i tried to ...
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ChatterBox - user script that adds inbox integration to Stack Exchange Chat!
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
I like Stack Exchange Chat, and with the feedbots it tends to be pretty easy to keep up with what's going on with the site. Except for one thing - my inbox.
So I wrote ...
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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 version to get ...
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-DIFF: Your app broke? Check SOAPI-DIFF to find out what changed in the API
OBSOLETE - the website soapi.info is down.
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 ...
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Show User Accept Rates
This simple user script restores the display of a user's question accept rate on questions they ask.
Known Issues:
New: In Firefox, throws a "no element found" error and fails to display anything.
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Add link to network and chat profiles
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About
The recent design update to the profile page removed the ability to easily navigate to a user's network profile, even though they chose to hide their profile. Since ...
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so: A terminal interface for Stack Overflow
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About
This is a simple terminal interface to the Stack Exchange network. I created it as an exercise in learning Rust but also because I think it could be useful. It's for ...
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Rodgort - A tool for managing burninations on Stack Overflow
This project is no longer maintained.
One instance is hosted by Das_Geek which controls this user, but minimal support is available.
Rodgort
What is this?
A project created by the team in SOBotics (...
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SO Watch Face - Android Wear OS Watch Face and Complications
Stack Overflow Wear OS Watch Face
Demo video
Side by side comparison with the swag:
This app was originally made for the Time for some more swag competition on Meta.SE
Main features
Can display ...
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Close hammer warning
Power users may have experienced this situation before: They see a question that’s clearly a duplicate, so they hunt down the duplicate target and close the question. It’s only then that they realize ...
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Review Queue Desktop Notification Script
This Script will make it so that you are notified on the Desktop whenever new reviews are available, as long as you have a review tab open.
How to use
Install Tampermonkey (Chrome) or GreaseMonkey (...
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WelcomeBot - a bot to welcome you
WelcomeBot
A Stack Exchange chatbot written in Python that uses ChatExchange. Many parts of this were modeled after SmokeDetector, another Stack Exchange chatbot.
Features
Welcomes new users ...
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Chat Starred Images Expander (aka StarScript)
The Thing
This handy little userscript will turn images starred in chat into little thumbnails under the star list.
Current features:
Oneboxed images in chat will become thumbnails.
Add or remove ...
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Favourites Enhancer: Tag favourites and add personal notes
Inspired by this question, I've made a userscript that allows you to tag favourites, and add personal notes to them (until SE implements this themselves!):
To create favourites
When you click on the ...
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Hat Overflow - Show number of Winterbash hats at a glance
This script adds a Winterbash hat-count to every user "Signature block" on questions, answers, review pages, etc. For example:
Reference this feature request: Show hat count in user card (next to ...
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Diamond Chat Aware - Helping you be aware of your audience when moving from private to public chat rooms
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
While very subtle, in the above screenshot, you see a diamond watermark in the textbox. As someone who spends time in private rooms, mostly for moderation purposes, ...
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cv-pls Helper Chrome Extension
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Formatted cv request
Settings
About
cv-pls Helper makes the process of closing questions easier on Stack Overflow.
There are a lot of 'bad' questions being asked and to help reduce the ...
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More Stars - Userscript that frees up room so you can see more starred messages
Since I've never written a GreaseMonkey script before, I borrowed heavily from this script and basically played around with it until I got what I wanted. So credit to them for helping me get there.
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Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.
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About
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 below and ...
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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 but is ...