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Documentation describing fields for api stack exchange
When I looked through the StackExchange documentation, I didn't find any documentation describing the fields. I have to study the request and response for a long time in order to understand why this ...
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Uncaught channelUrl must be under the current domain
I'm developing a Stack Chrome extension that will make use of the API. I'm following the instructions on the API docs here.
My OAuth and host websites are set to stackexchange.com in my Stack Apps ...
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Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, incl. differences between them?
Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, including differences between them?
Basically, I'm looking for onboarding documentation ...
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Browsing method documentation consumes 4 quota units per page
Is it my imagination (scratch that, it's definitely not), or does simply browsing method doc pages (without using the "Run" function) consume quota?
From Bash using httpie and jq (on a ...
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Unable to post a comment using the interactive API documentation
I'm trying to to integrate the Stack Exchange API in my application. I'm trying the authentication but when I got the token and used it it gave a write_access issue. That issue was resolved when I ...
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Wrong sorting parameter in documentation for question/{ids}/answers
It looks like that in the question/{ids}/answers documentation, there is a mistake:
votes – score
Shouldn't this be
votes – votes
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What happened to the links to a Stack App mentioned in the documentation about write access?
The documentation about write access states:
The application responsible for creating content via the API may be indicated with a link to an app's Stack Apps post. The exact manner of display is ...
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Can the API Edit a Question, changing only one field?
The documentation for the edit question method (/questions/{id}/edit) is somewhat vague.
Are all of the parameters required?
For example, if the only field I want to change in the question is tags, ...
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My filter is not returning any results. How to create a minimal filter?
I'm having trouble getting the SO API Filters to cooperate. I've gone over the documentation as well as similar questions like this and this.
I'll use this call as an example since it successfully ...
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What does "in practice" mean here?
From /answers/{id}/delete:
In practice, this method will never return an object.
For me, "in practice" means that the method will maybe return an object. But why? That's not good from an ...
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“Try It” URL has wrong URI
On API doc pages, the “link” link at the top-right of the “Try It” sections presents a URL with the wrong domain name:
For example, on docs/similar, the URL displayed will be:
https://api....
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`fromdate` and `todate` parameter in `/me` call
What if we don't give the fromdate and/or todate parameters in a /me call?
Will it give result of user of all times? It's not mentioned explicitly in documentation.
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Why is the `site` parameter required in `/me` call?
I want to query information about the logged-in user using me, and this site parameter is creating some small problems.
I am developing a visual studio extension where upon logging in a user will get ...
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`types=main_site` in `/me/associated` gives `meta_site` accounts also
When I run /me/associated with main_site as a parameter in types, its gives meta_site accounts also (Meta Stack Exchange profile).
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The /tags query is not giving me the correct results between two dates?
I'm trying to get the yearly total number of questions that have the tag browserify.
I can see that there are questions tagged from this year like this one and that one.
The site reports that there ...
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Difference between `/inbox/unread` & `/me/inbox/unread`
I ran /inbox/unread & /me/inbox/unread.
What is the difference between the two? Also, the site parameter which we give in call to /me/inbox/unread is not required as inbox_item refers to global ...
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Clickable link in "Try It" section of some doc pages
In the "Try It" section of some doc pages, the link is not present.
It is present in the below image
Its not present in the below image
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Where is "items" & "badge_counts" documentation?
Where is the items & badge_counts documentation?
This is returned as JSON. I am using the /me/associated query function.
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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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Application Key and AccessToken are not working for Stack Exchange API? [duplicate]
I have followed the documentation and used explicit OAuth 2.0 flow for access_token generation.
And I have gone through all 4 steps defined under explicit OAuth 2.0 flow with scope=no_expiry. Then I ...
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Are the "body", "comments" and "answers" parameters supported in the API version 2.x?
Earlier with version 1.x, the parameters: body, comments and answers etc. were available. But these don't seem to be supported with API version 2.x.
Are these parameters not supported in new API? Are ...
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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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Is there an offline copy of the API documentation?
I'm trying to find a way to get all the information in the API in one printable PDF,
complete with the examples given in the documentation.
Is there anyway I can do this?
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Top questions by tag and period
I want to get via API the most voted questions from the latest week (for example) from a specified tag (php, for example).
How can I do this?
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How do I parse the dates from the API?
I see that JSON returned by the API contains dates in the following format:
"creation_date":1364546475
^^^^^^^^^^
What's the meaning of it? How can I parse it to get the date in the ...
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In the API, User object, what are all these reputation properties?
I am going through the JSON that is resulting from calling the Stack Exchange User API.
I see a bunch of reputation fields.
private Number reputation;
private Number reputation_change_day;
private ...
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Maximum length of "about me" in the Stack Exchange API?
What is the Maximum length of "about me" in the Stack Exchange API?
The one from the /me path.
And in general, where are the length limits published? If anywhere?
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How do I find a user by their `display_name`?
I am using Serel (the Ruby wrapper) and would like to be able to find a user by their display_name.
As it stands right now, I can only find them via an ID - like Serel::User.find(1,2,3).
I tried ...
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Can you identify a user from the access_token?
I have the access_token after authentication from the user. At this point I don't know with which sites this user has registered. Is it possible to get user information like the display name or ...
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How do I find all questions/answers per a tag?
Would also be good if I could also find the top questions/answers in a particular tag - i.e. questions tagged with Ruby or PHP.
Per the docs the only thing I can see that will return questions in a ...
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Ajax get questions by tags ERROR
i'm trying getting questions by tags.
this is my simple code and i'm running this from my http://localhost:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$.ajax({
url:'http://api....
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Clarification on related tags for a tag returned by API
I was assuming that the related tags API call, returns all the tags that co-occur with the input tag. But a closer look at the API documentation indicate the following:
Returns the tags that are ...
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HTTP 400 "Bad Request" while using "access_token" in request Url
I registered an app, obtained a key and I have implemented the implicit OAuth 2.0 flow in a Windows 8 desktop app (as per the documentation available here). After receiving and storing the access ...
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Confusing documentation re vectorized requests limits
The documentation for vectorized requests says this:
Most methods that take ids in the Stack Exchange API will take up to 100 of them in a single go. This allows applications to batch work and ...
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Do the terms "key" and "access_token" refer to the same thing?
I'm trying to get my head around all the limits and throttles but some terminology is confusing me:
If an application does not have an access_token, then the application shares an IP based quota ...
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Make API query to only one Stack Exchange site
Is there a way to limit a /search or a /similar query to a specific site or sites?
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API Time zone difference problem
I am writing a .NET application with the Stack Exchange API (using the Stacky library) and I am using it to ask the server for some questions that occured in the last hour. However, I and the server ...
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Definitive on timeline_type?
Hi all,
I am trying to get a definitive on what timeline_type actually means...
I've looked at: https://stackapps.com/search?q=timeline_type but to no avail.
The new documentation doesn't list ...
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How many ids is 'too many'?
This answer mentions limit on amount of ids included in queries like /users/{id}/mentioned, but I can't find actual amount mentioned anywhere.
Now, I could run binary search and find out, but I ...
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Getting Question data using stack.PHP fails after a certain number of requests
I am trying to build an RSS feed that includes any/all questions that I have answered, and been accepted as the correct answer.
I am running into an issue where I'm sending too many requests and ...
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What license is the Stack Exchange API released under? MIT?
Are there any license requirements the Stack Exchange API?
Which license is it released under?
If I were to develop an app, would I have to credit Stack Exchange API?
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How to get a post title for a given post ID, even if that post ID is an answer and not a question?
I'm trying to beautify the reputation audit. If I want to show the post title for a reputation change event, however, I have a problem -- I don't know if the post ID is relative to a question or an ...
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Is it possible to authenticate a user through Stack Overflow API?
Is it possible to use the Stack Overflow API to authenticate a given user identity such as with Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID?
If it's possible: Can you tell me the method (s) that make this happen?
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OBSOLETE - /search method, returning the body of the questions
Probably this is a documentation fault.
For the search method, the parameter list doesn't say anything about an optional body, but looking at the Returns description shows:
"body": {
"...
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How the /sites method is meant to be used
The /sites method is used to enumerate all sites in the network. If your [app] is meant to run against more than a single site (and many are) this method is how you should be discovering new sites in ...
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How to see which users upvoted a question?
I assume this information is tracked, since StackOverflow shows me the questions I have upvoted (when going to their question page, I can undo the upvote). I couldn't find any api call that gives this ...
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Can we have all possible closed reasons in help page?
Can we have all possible closed_reasons in help page and if possible, closed_reason_id, too?
For example
closed_reason_id=1, closed_reason="exact duplicate",
closed_reason_id=2, closed_reason="off-...
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/users/{id} and /users/{id}/timeline - filter parameter?
Both /users/{id} and /users/{id}/timeline say they take a filter parameter for users' names, but it seems to do nothing. Are they not supposed to be there?
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Inconsistency in the handling of multiple IDs with a duplicate
There appears to be some inconsistency in the way multiple ids are being handled, especially when a duplicate exists.
Duplicate ID is significant
For example, when requesting a timeline of multiple ...
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