Questions tagged [abuse]
For questions about either detecting abuse or if a specific usage scenario is considered abuse.
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Conscientious use of the API
What constitutes abuse?
Making an undue number of requests in a short span of time, or regularly exceeding a request quota during "normal" use.
Guidelines for polling
We realize that a great ...
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VoteCounts: bookmarklet to display up/down votes even for rep less than 1000
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This small bookmarklet will allow anyone to use the "vulnerability" of the API that it allows you to check the up/down vote count - a feat you could normally achieve ...
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Okay if our Internal Customer Service Software polls the Stack Exchange API?
We are in the process of creating a number of API's and extensible software which we expect will result eventually in questions being asked on stack overflow for working with our API's and extensible ...
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Would implementing both 1.1 and 2.0 APIs in an app/script to get around the API quotas be considered abuse?
In another question I asked it was established that
The IP, and user/app-pair quotas are separate in V1.x and V2.0.
So with this in mind would an app or script which implemented like methods for ...
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Better way to find activity changes in terms of API Usage
I am coding an application that notifies events in Stack Exchange accounts. I want to notify about badges/reputation changes, and also I would like to notify whenever a new answer or comment is posted ...
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