How can I filter events by event_type?

Question

I am using the /events route in the API and it returns all events from Stack Overflow.

But I want to filter based on event_type. Is there any way to do that?

Answer 1

There is currently no method to filter events by event_type.

For now, just load all the events and filter through the event_type values afterwards. Since the /events route only covers the last 15 minutes, it will only take 2 to 10 pages to get all the unfiltered results on Stack Overflow (the busiest site).

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However, your options increase depending on what you want to filter for.
If you are interested in the question_posted, answer_posted, comment_posted, or user_created event types; merely call the:

• /questions
• /answers
• /comments
• /users

route(s), respectively, but:

1. Sort by creation, desc.
2. Specify a fromdate that is 15 minutes in the past. (fromdate is really a date plus time, to the nearest second.)

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Unfortunately, if you want to filter for post_edited events, you are out of luck. There's not really a good way to work around that (yet).