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The "Event" object doesn't have an easy way for getting at the object relating to the event. There's a link field, but I don't fancy having to parse the information out of that (although I could).

It'd be nice if the "Event" object had an object_id field. This object_id would have a different meaning depending on the event_type field:

  • question_posted => the id of the question
  • answer_posted => the id of the answer
  • comment_posted => the id of the comment
  • post_edited => the id of the post
  • user_created => the id of the user

This would be much nicer than trying to retrieve the id from the link.

Alternatively, if the event_id field already fulfills this purpose, then the documentation really needs to be updated to reflect that and not simply say:

event_id - integer, refers to an event
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  • Unless Kevin has just added it, this field already exists as event_id?
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Feb 12, 2012 at 10:22
  • @Jonathan. I thought event_id was an identifier for the event itself, and not the thing to which the event refers
    – Dave DeLong
    Commented Feb 12, 2012 at 16:15
  • the event_id always matches the id in the link field. But it is not the most well named field, and the docs do say it "refers to an event", thought there isn't much point having it refer to an event as there's only one method you can get events from. So I'd say the docs are wrong.
    – Jonathan.
    Commented Feb 12, 2012 at 16:34
  • @Jonathan. Thanks; in that light, I've updated my question :)
    – Dave DeLong
    Commented Feb 12, 2012 at 22:04

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The documentation was confusing there, event_id is the question/answer/etc. id.

I've modified the documentation for the event type.

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