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sorting ascending vs descending
I don't understand the difference between ascending and descending?
Surely ascending means the most active/recent/popular/A first, and descending means the least active/recent/popular/Z first?
But it ...
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AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE
No more re-typing the same comments over and over!
This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments (canned ...
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SENotifier, a Stack Exchange inbox notifier for Mac OS X
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Updates
Version 1.1
Added support for Notification Center (10.8 and later)
Adjusted menu icon to align better with existing menu items
Auto-update is now supported via Sparkle
Version 1....
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StackPrinter: The Stack Exchange Printer Suite
UPDATE:
Version 1.1 - MySE section, PrettyPrint, StackPrinter API
Screenshots:
App Homepage
Printable view
Logo:
http://www.stackprinter.com
StackPrinter is a website that pulls the main ...
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How to deal with the "Too Many Requests" error coming as HTML?
The API specifies error codes, and messages.
It also specifies a "backoff" parameter.
But, even while respecting the backoff and stopping at errors, and even when waiting a long time between requests ...
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Stackdump, an offline browser for StackExchange sites
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About
Stackdump was conceived for those who work in environments that do not have easy access to the ...
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Flack Overstow - Generate spam from Stack Exchange posts
Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman:
http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack
Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the ...
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How to list your application/library/wrapper/script here
If you've created an application, script, or library for use on the Stack Exchange network, that's fantastic!
Now publicize it by creating a question with the correct tag:
app https://stackapps.com/...
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"View Vote totals" without 1000 rep
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The vote counts are a great tool to determine whether an answer is disputed or not. Unfortunately, not many of us have enough time to join all Stack Exchange websites and get 1000 ...
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API "Hello World" code
The Stack Exchange API is based on HTTP and URLs, just like the web page you're browsing now. Except instead of HTML, the responses are all in JSON.
Let's say we wanted to call the /info method:
https:...
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Why Content-Encoding gzip rather than Transfer-Encoding gzip
The API responses are returned in gzipped format. But by using Content-Encoding gzip, the burden of unzipping is on the user of the API. On the other hand if the server uses Transfer-Encoding gzip, ...
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StackTack, a JavaScript widget you can stick anywhere
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<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" ...
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/users/{id}/reputation != xxx.com/reputation
I realize that the shape of the data coming from the API may be different than that reported by the xxx/reputation url, but there seem to be some striking disparities.
see 08/12 and 08/11 in both ...
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Column 80 - Plain Text optimised Stack Exchange
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Browsing the existing Stack Exchange family of websites was OK in a text-based browser, but when you're stuck in a Linux shell with no way out and no other computers ...
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StackApplet — Bringing Stack Exchange Notifications to Your Desktop [Large scale rewrite in progress]
Rewrite In Progress
I am currently in the process of completely rewriting this application from scratch. The code for the old version was an absolute disaster, written nearly four years ago when ...
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A service to help people to download their Dev Stories before the Stack Overflow DS sunset
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Manfred launches a website that allows any StackOverflow user to download their Developer Story data as a JSON file, without requiring registering or providing any ...
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Stack Exchange Dark Mode
This userscript is part of SOMU (SO-mod-userscripts)
Stack Exchange Dark Mode
Dark theme for Stack Exchange, chat, and SEDE.
Some elements like sidebars and footers have reduced opacity until ...
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Custom Fonts User Script: Revert or Improve the Font Updates
Recently, Stack Exchange decided to switch to system fonts. For those of you who prefered the old appearance, or would like a different font to appear in code blocks or across the site as a whole, ...
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LegacyQuestions - Bringing back the old questions design
Preview
What is LegacyQuestions? (install)
LegacyQuestions brings back the old questions list design changed in a recent update.
Changelog
v2.0
fixed vertical list bug, props to Dani21 for the PR
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2019 April Fool's Day Retro Theme
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About
Keeps the 2019 April Fool's Day theme, all the time!
Inspired by this post on Meta.SE
Download
Get it from GitHub, or below:
// ==UserScript==
//...
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API Documentation and Help
Method List
All API methods can be found at https://api.stackexchange.com/docs.
Global Method Parameters
All methods accept the following parameters:
type=jsontext: responds with mime-type text/json.
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SymbolHound: Search Stack Overflow for special characters
About
See symbolhound.com
SymbolHound is was a search engine that doesn't ignore special characters. I was always frustrated that I couldn't search for symbols like >> and && using ...
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Stack Overflow Extras (SOX)
SOX v2.8.0
Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) is a project that stemmed from the Stack Overflow Optional Features (SOOF) project.
The SOX userscript adds a bunch of optional features to all sites in the ...
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Pronoun Assistant
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About
It's hard to miss these days - the Code of Conduct is about to change. It will emphasize the importance of using the correct pronoun when referring to a user in third ...
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StackEye - Chrome Extension to follow users and questions on StackExchange sites
StackEye is a Chrome extension which can be used to follow other users for their answers and questions. Using StackEye you can also add a question to your watchlist there by getting notifications for ...
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LegacyProfiles - Bringing back the old profile stats
Preview
Note: The date is locale-based. Screenshot is in UTC
What is LegacyProfiles? (install, unminified)
LegacyProfiles brings back user info removed from profiles in a recent profile update. It is ...
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OpenAI detector
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This script adds a link to each post on SE, revision on SE revision pages, and post Markdown views on metasmoke, to check it against Hugging Face's AI detector.
The ...
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Why can I access the API from a browser but not wget?
If I try to access the following from firefox everything works even if I'm not logged in
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/users/19068?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=stackoverflow
However
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Natty - Bringing 10k moderation to All
Background and History
The New Answers to Old Questions tool helps us to find all the answers added to questions which are more than 30 days old. However the issue with the tool is that it is not ...
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JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 3)
I am trying the following simple code to get JSON from the Stack Exchange API and it gives me the following error:
JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 3)
Here is my script:
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OBSOLETE - Six to Eight: An iPhone client
Six to Eight no longer functions, and has been discontinued.
This is due to the shutdown of the v1 SE API. Given that SE has now developed their own iOS client, I don't see myself updating Six to ...
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Stack Alert [Mozilla Firefox Add-on] - Keep tabs on your inbox without needing to have a Stack Exchange site open.
Not using Firefox?
Don't worry, Stack Alert is available for other browsers as well. Visit the appropriate page for your browser below:
Google Chrome
Opera
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Real-time desktop notifications for Stack Exchange inbox ( Chrome / Firefox )
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More screenshots: https://github.com/Rob--W/stackexchange-notifications/tree/master/screenshots
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Get real-time desktop notifications for your inbox at the Stack Exchange.
After ...
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Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API
I see the Stack Exchange API but I'm unable to understand it. I don't think there is any fundamental tutorial showing how to use Stack Overflow fully in the API documentation.
I want some fundamental ...
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Android app for Stack Overflow
Is there any android app for Stack Overflow available?
Which basic features must I include if I develop this app? Ideas are appreciated.
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The Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch (SOUP)
The Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch (SOUP) is a project to collect various minor client-side bug fixes, work-arounds and usability improvements for Stack Overflow and other Q&A sites on the Stack ...
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How can I get the access token to use the StackOverflow Rest API as an authenticated user?
I am trying to understand how the StackOverflow Rest API auth works. Just created an app to get an access token, Would like to use this token to increase my rate limit per day.
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Py-StackExchange: An API wrapper for Python
UPDATE: 2.x support is now mainline! Please read the wiki page for important information about the update.
A warm welcome to you, traveller. You have arrived at the home of Py-StackExchange, the ...
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SX -- Stack Exchange for Emacs!
pull requests welcome!
SX is a Stack Exchange client for Emacs. Currently progressing rapidly through its prototyping phase, SX will support the full range of API operations, including network/...
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Heat Detector - analysing comments to find heat
General
Heat detector is a StackApp whose goal is to catch offensive, rude, snarky comments, and comments that leads to abusive content (offensive, spam posts, or previous offensive comments). It is ...
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How to convert unix timestamp to .NET DateTime
What is the format of the "creation_date" that is returned from a search of questions? I've been looking all over here and can't figure it out. I want to convert it to a regular DateTime ...
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Better handling of indentation and the TAB key when editing posts
About
This user script changes the behavior of a few keys (most notably the Tab key) within the post editor to behave more like it does in IDEs or text editors:
When multiple lines are selected, Tab ...
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MathJax Buttons
Adds some math/science buttons to the editor on science SE sites. These buttons are useful for converting selected text to math, formatting SI units, and formatting chemical equations. There are also ...
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StinkingBadges - Track your progress towards long-term badges
Introduction
I was curious how far away I was from Generalist, and there are some data explorer queries that can show you your progress, but I thought it should be possible to make this work with the ...
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Data dump importer for SQL/Server
This is a data dump importer written in C# that works with current versions of the data dump. It's written using Winforms, NET 4.5 and only supports SQL/Server so if you want to import a full Stack ...
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OBSOLETE - Official Stack Overflow iOS App
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Stack Overflow is the can’t-code-without-it site where professional and enthusiast programmers ask their toughest questions and get answers from their peers. Learn, share and ...
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How to call the API via JSONP in Plain Old JavaScript
This tips demonstrates how to call the API in JavaScript without the need of jQuery or other frameworks.
In a lot of cases you will find that the JSONP implementations provided in various frameworks ...
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Official keyboard shortcuts
This script is no longer necessary; please visit Announcement: Keyboard shortcuts are now integrated into the site for an updated status on this.
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This is the official keyboard ...
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Getting "Bad request 400" code when posting to StackOverflow api
On the last stage of authentication against StackOverflow, I keep getting "400 Bad Request" code. It's supposed to be a simple POST request to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token with a few ...
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Stack Mobile - View Stack Exchange Sites on Your Smart Phone or Tablet
Update:
Stack Mobile is about to get a breath of fresh air. I've just moved it to a brand new server with a blazing fast SSD.
Note: it may take up to a day or two for DNS changes to ...
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