#BUMP:
Although this request seems sealed with a status-declined flag..
i started to play with Stackauth and i have to say that what requested in this post is more than proper and reasonable.
Using /sites i had to craft an utility method that strips the domains from site_urls using regex (^http://(.*).com$ ), adding them to the data structure as keys.
The resulting data is something like this:
{
"api_sites": [
{"stackoverflow":{
"name": "Stack Overflow",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/so/img/logo.png",
"api_endpoint": "http://api.stackoverflow.com",
"site_url": "http://stackoverflow.com",
"description": "Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers",
"icon_url": "http://sstatic.net/so/apple-touch-icon.png",
"state": "normal",
"styling": {
"link_color": "#0077CC",
"tag_foreground_color": "#3E6D8E",
"tag_background_color": "#E0EAF1"
}
}},
{"serverfault":{
"name": "Server Fault",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/sf/img/logo.png",
"api_endpoint": "http://api.serverfault.com",
"site_url": "http://serverfault.com",
"description": "Q&A for system administrators and IT professionals",
"icon_url": "http://sstatic.net/sf/apple-touch-icon.png",
"state": "normal",
"styling": {
"link_color": "#10456A",
"tag_foreground_color": "#444444",
"tag_background_color": "#F3F1D9"
}
}},
.....
{"cooking.stackexchange":{
"name": "Cooking",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/cooking/img/logo.png",
"api_endpoint": "http://api.cooking.stackexchange.com",
"site_url": "http://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"description": "Q&A for food and cooking",
"icon_url": "http://sstatic.net/cooking/apple-touch-icon.png",
"state": "closed_beta",
"styling": {
"link_color": "#0077CC",
"tag_foreground_color": "#FFF",
"tag_background_color": "#FFF"
}
}},
{"meta.cooking.stackexchange":{
"name": "Cooking Meta",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/cookingmeta/img/logo.png",
"api_endpoint": "http://api.meta.cooking.stackexchange.com",
"site_url": "http://meta.cooking.stackexchange.com",
"description": "Q&A about the cooking site",
"icon_url": "http://sstatic.net/cookingmeta/apple-touch-icon.png",
"state": "linked_meta",
"styling": {
"link_color": "#3D3D3D",
"tag_foreground_color": "#666666",
"tag_background_color": "#FFF"
}
}},....]
}
It works and i can use this data structure in my code, but it is slow and unreliable.
I vote with two raised hands that a meaningful key should be added to the response.
