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How to get all posts that a user voted on? [duplicate]
I know how to get all questions that I favorited using /docs/me-favorites.
But, how can I get all answers (or questions) that I voted on? Like those in the upvote history.
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How to get up_vote_count and down_vote_count for a user?
I'm testing the following command:
$ curl -s "http://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/users/55075?&site=stackoverflow" | gunzip -d | python -m json.tool
However it doesn't return up_vote_count and ...
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How can I extract user information on Stack Overflow using Python and the Stack Overflow API?
I am new to Python. I want to extract a user bio, answers, questions they made in Stack Overflow.
Can I do that using the API? For example, can I extract the user: name bio and number of questions ...
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Help with javascript SDK configuration
The following problem is REAL! All names have been changed to protect the innocent.
I have a site at "http://Something.github.io/MyRepository/Directory/index.html"
And I have my app configured like ...
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404 "This Method cannot be called this way" when getting user's inbox
I'm doing a POST request to https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users/<id>/inbox to get the users' inbox items.
However I'm getting a 400 error on the request, and a JSON body saying it was a 404 ...
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The StackWrap4J java wrapper gives nothing but `JSONException`s?
I'm using the StackWrap4J java wrapper for the Stack Overflow API.
But every code I try, that uses methods of this java wrapper, ends with this JSONException:
net.sf.stackwrap4j.json.JSONException: ...
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Where are the built-in filters?
On api.stackexchange.com/docs/create-filter it states:
there are a number of built-in filters which cover common use cases.
Where can I find them? Can you make built-in filters a link?
I need ...
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Array boolean values are returning empty
I am trying to convert a JSON array to a PHP array, and the boolean values are being lost. I think I need to loop round using foreach() and cast the items as they are placed in to the new array, but I ...
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Limiting the number of items returned by a request?
How can I limit the amount of items returned to me when performing an API call?
I only want the top 10 most commonly used tags, by default I'm sent back 30. EG:
api.stackexchange.com/2.2/tags?order=...
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Question's body rendering in Android's webview
I've developed an app that get questions from Stack using REST APIs and shows them in a WebView. My problem now is that the body often contains placeholders that must be "replaced" with the real ...
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How can I show recently answered questions and answers in my blog site?
I would like to showcase some of my Stack Exchange answers in my blog site. I couldn't find a relevant post on how to implement this.
Also, from what I can see, in order to use the API a user needs ...
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Unable to download data from the API using UNIX wget?
I want to download the JSON data from this sample API call into a file.
I tried using wget, like so:
wget -O ~/ks/json.txt "http://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/search/advanced?pagesize=5&fromdate=...
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Obtain JSON equivalent of a full Q&A HTML page?
I want to write an application for which, after some logic to select a set of questions, it would be most convenient to get the whole set of stuff at once that is normally shown on a Stack Exchange Q&...
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Get UserId by passing email ID in the Stack Exchange API? [duplicate]
The Stack Exchange API is mostly based on 'ids'. IE
/2.2/users/{ids}/top-tags?site=stackoverflow
How can we get {ids} for a particular user using his email id or name? Is there any method available ...
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What's the difference between the Stack Exchange API and the Stack Overflow API?
I heard about the Stack Overflow API. Is there a Stack Overflow API available. Or is it the same as the Stack Exchange API?
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Which reputation events are private?
I've been reading the API documentation on retrieving a user's reputation history (docs/types/reputation-history)
and Stack Overflow's description of how reputation is calculated.
But, I can't find ...
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Can I ask the API to tell me to back off? [duplicate]
I'm creating a bot that collects all tags from a given site (and over all sites in the network). I would obviously like to run this bot in as little time as possible, but I also do not want to overly ...
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How to get data related to Winter Bash?
I was thinking of creating a nice question on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf related to Winter Bash 2014, but I need some specific data for that question - The number of hats of each user.
Is ...
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Total Number Of Answers
I need to find the total number of answers submitted by a user on stackoverflow. I tried the following:
I got my json from the following:
https://api.stackexchange.com/users/2440312/answers?site=...
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"We are no longer accepting questions from this account.". Error with write access, using the API
I have created an application for testing write-access APIs. After registration, I can successfully retrieve an access token by hitting the URL:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=3973&...
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How to get my StackOverFlow API Key [duplicate]
I used to login in StackOverFlow site using my Gmail Id/password.How I will get my StackOverFlow API key? I require that key to fire a StackExchage API which requires authentication.
Also, could ...
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How can I access all questions asked by an arbitrary user?
Within the web app for courses I organize, I'd like students to be able to provide their Stack Overflow username, so that we can pull in their most recent and unanswered questions. This information is ...
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StackExchange API's request data is blank in Drupal 7
I'm trying to implement this simple request in Drupal 7 on my local machine:
$request = drupal_http_request('https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=...
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Is developing, with the Stack Exchange API, possible on my local machine?
I'm sorry if this question seems trivial for the most of you but I'm not very familiar with OAuth and the Stack Exchange API.
Is it possible to use this API in local environment for the development ...
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"error_id":500,"error_message":"this error has been logged","error_name":"internal_error"
I developed an application, user can give vote down or up to question or comments but when I send the request to the API of the stackexchenge the response it is not true and this back to me error ...
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How to use the API to show the user reputation? [duplicate]
How do I use the Stack Exchange API to let my users enter their Stack Overflow URL and then extract their reputation and show it in a profile controller in Rails?
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Is it possible to create a private Q&A site using the Stack Exchange API?
I want to create a sort of private Q&A site to allow university students of the same courses to communicate. Is it possible by using the Stack Exchange API?
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Syntax for Adding a Question as a Favorite?
I would like to be able to have my application make a request to the Stack Exchange API to favorite a question for the current user. The API specifies that this can be done via:
/2.2/questions/{id}/...
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How to programmatically retrieve the access_token from client-side OAuth flow?
I'm making an application in C# and I need to both search and post answers, so I need an access token.
I found some information, libraries, and code pieces:
The authentication guide for the Stack ...
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What about actually identical requests?
Now, it says here that I should not make lots of semantically equivalent requests. It also says that there is a lot of caching. So I was wondering, what about exactly identical requests. Should I wait ...
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My registered apps are not showing in my profile; where can I find them?
I registered two apps in Stack Apps, but when I access my account, it shows no registered apps.
How can I mark them as my apps and how can access app settings (client id, key), etc?
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Searching on Stack Overflow and using the API give different results?
I am trying to use the Stack Exchange API to see the trends on different topics.
Looking at the API documentation, I see that I could do this using the /search path (it's documented that this method ...
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Can I retrieve the API interfaces via the API?
I'd like to retrieve a list of methods with their arguments/defaults and their return types through automated means. Is this possible and, if so, how can I do it?
This isn't just for curiosity's ...
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Possible to get a user's flag history?
Is it possible to retrieve a signed-in user's flagging history, preferably with the status of the flag?
I looked at the /me/timeline docs, and noticed it doesn't return flags. Is this type of ...
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Unhelpful error message when attempting to authenticate [duplicate]
I moved my app to a different server as part of a rewrite, and forgot to update the URL of the app on Stack Apps. When I tried to send a query to https://stackexchange.com/oauth and pass my (old, ...
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Differences between versions 1.x and 2.x of the Stack Exchange API?
I had written a Java Wrapper for the Stack Exchange API, version 1.x, Which was working perfectly.
But, since 12 May 2014, services for version 1.x have been shutdown and my Wrapper stopped working.
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Access for Statistical Analysis using the Stack Exchange API
We are small company in Malaysia and intended to do a small research to analyze technology trends. We would like to use the Stack Exchange API for this purpose but we are afraid it might get detected ...
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Implicit OAuth authentication is not redirecting
I'm trying to build a simple iOS application , with login feature to stack overflow network.
I've read the documentation and choose to use Implicit OAuth2.0.
I've already registered an StackApps, so ...
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/users/{id} and /users/{id}/reputation disagree over +2 accept-answer bonuses
I am using the 2.2 API to display user stats by quarter, but I also want to display reputation changes between any 2 dates.
I use the /users/{ids} API to get the summaries. For example, user 2403309 ...
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Is it possible to access data in real-time using the Stack Exchange API?
I want to show an animation of:
Questions being asked and answered in the most popular tag
Comments being posted
New users joining
All in real time.
Is there access to real-time data?
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How switch user accounts on the same device?
The Problem
I'm integrating Stack Exchange API on iOS (iPhone). I've run into a situation where I can't log out and authenticate with a different account. I am stuck with the first account that I have ...
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API response doesn't indicate the nature of a rejected question POST
I have a question, which I post to Stack Overflow. The addition of the answer gets rejected and I know that it is due to the fact that I used the tag coredata rather than core-data.
When I do this on ...
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Java exception when user age or location is unspecified in returned JSON
I am brand new to the Stack Exchange API and Android (well, self taught in the last four months). I have been working on creating a school project focused around Android and JSON. My initial idea was ...
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Using OR with featured questions
My question is similar to: Getting questions that have a specific tag or tags?
What I am trying to do is get a list of Featured questions within a list of tags. I have tried using the following:
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Stack Overflow question downloader in markdown or HTML format?
I want to download a series of questions from Stack Overflow; is there a tool or API that can do this? The download could be in markdown or HTML format. I basically want an offline reference for those....
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Can the redirect_uri contain port number?
Is it possible to have the redirect_uri contain a specific port?
For example: example.com:8080
Assuming that example.com is my registered domain, is the 8080 allowed? I have tried to put it as part ...
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Is there any support for Area 51 in the new API?
Does the new API support Area 51? Will there be support in the future?
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How to quickly retag a question from the API?
I'm playing with the write API, and I'd like to simply retag a question. This is the code I have so far:
$editURL = 'https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/' . $question->{"question_id"} . '/...
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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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How to increase the allowed number of API calls?
Stack Exchange provides the possibility to do a limited number of API calls per day from the same IP (10,000 if the customer registers the app).
Is it possible to get that number increased?
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