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API endpoints do not set Access-Control-Allow-Origin, so CORS requests fail
This looks like it might have been requested before:
Support Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
In order for CORS to work, the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header (and related headers) must be set. With ...
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Stack Search Chrome Extension
Stack Search
A Google Chrome Context Menu Extension
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This is a simple context menu extension that adds an option for selected text on a page to be searched on your favourite ...
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API is accepting requests from other OAuth domains
I've set an OAuth domain for an application (the client_id is 24) and the following link authorizes the application:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=24&scope=no_expiry,...
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Name changes for a few methods
The following method names have been changed for reasons of consistency.
/access-tokens/{accessTokens}/read is now /access-tokens/{accessTokens}
/filter/create is now /filters/create
/filter/{filters}...
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clik - Notification Synchronization
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Your notifications are split between screens, apps, and sites.
Put them all in one place, only a clik away!
clik removes the hassle of keeping track of your Facebook,...
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How can I get the "follower" count for a given tag on a site?
One of the metrics (albeit a somewhat weak one) of a given tag's "health" is how many followers it has. I believe this is the count of how many users have the tag on their "Favorite Tags" list. You ...
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How do I get a filter to let through the fields I specify?
I've created a filter based on the "none" filter with include fields for all those I will need for my application. While the filter I created looks fine to me, it doesn't appear to return any results ...
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User to de-authorise app?
The API makes use of OAuth to allow queries such as /inbox/unread. In the documentation however, I cannot seem to find a way for the user to control actively the authentication:
Is there a place for ...
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Why do I get a throttle violation after 300 requests while using a key but no access_token?
I'm doing some testing on my app, and I let it run on a machine this afternoon while I was away. When I got back, I was geting 503 throttle violation errors from my API calls.
I was calling the "...
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stack.horizobu.com - an exploration engine
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stack.horizobu.com is a search engine for the various Stack Exchange question and answer sites. horizobu assists you in your search by suggesting related query terms. The query ...
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Stacked Odds - Finding the questions that you can answer
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Stacked Odds is an extension for Chrome that stacks the odds in your favour when looking for questions to ...
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Could the /tags API return minimal information about synonyms?
It would be very helpful if the /tags API could provide at least a bare minimum of information about tag synonyms. Either:
Number of synonyms the tag has, if any.
Or a true/false flag for tags which ...
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filter=total is returning 0?
I'm running a very simple (and contrived) call of:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/users/115730?site=stackoverflow&filter=total
I'm expecting a response of:
{"total":1}
But am getting a ...
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No views_per_day in /info route?
I'm not particularly crying over it, just curious why the views_per_day field was dropped?
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Fairly subtle filter bug between 8 am and 10 pm UTC Dec. 29th
This is a public service announcement about a bug that most people probably didn't notice, but might be biting you pretty hard about now.
Between 8 AM and 10 PM UTC December 29th, filters generated ...
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How about a regex filter in the tags API?
The tags API has a "filter" parameter but it only matches the exact substring in the parameter in the tags.
On Travel we have one kind of tags, IATA airport codes (SYD for Sydney, SFO for San ...
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What are the possible errors returned from authentication?
The title pretty much says it all,
I couldn't find in the Authentication doc much about the errors (other than the HTTP code will be 400)?
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Access token quota
The documentation says that each user gets 5 distinct quotas of 10,000 requests per 24 hours, and as I interpret it, per app.
If an application does have an access_token, then the application is
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Apigee API Console for the Stack Exchange API
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Apigee API Consoles make it easier to learn, explore and test APIs by letting you browse all methods, send and view request/response pairs and share what you are ...
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API V2.0 Public Beta Begins
As has been announced, we're starting the public beta and spinning up a contest (as we did with V1.0).
As such, some of the guidelines for the private beta no longer apply.
The api-v2-beta tag no ...
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Removing/disallowing app does nothing
I have just deleted/disallowed, the console app and the app I'm currently writing.
For the console the access token I was using before deleting the app carried on working, and when I got a new token, ...
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Auth dialog improvements (who's logged in, etc)
The auth dialog (client side) could do with a bit of improvement.
Specifically, showing the currently logged in user, and a link saying "not you?". Facebook does this and allows you log in as someone ...
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stackoverflow-cli, a *nix stackoverflow command line client
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This is a small libcurl-based C application for the command line. I started this simply to brush up on my C and Linux/POSIX skills. Plus, I am playing around with a netbook loaded ...
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Answers for Stack Exchange - universal iOS Stack Exchange search app
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This third-party app allows you to quickly search the full Stack Exchange network of sites from your iphone or ipad. It is nice for when you are away from your desktop or in a ...
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Invalidating access token vs de auth app?
Other that invalidating an access token doesn't remove the app from the apps tab (why not?) whats the difference between these two methods?
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Removing StackExchange dropdown and mobile version of auth dialog
Would it be possible to remove the StackExchange drop down (hot questions, sites, inbox) from the Auth dialog?
Typically when displaying dialog, you don't want the user to start browsing questions ...
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What are the paging parameters to the info method used for?
As far as I can tell, there can only be one info object returned from the info method, so why does the method take page and page_size?
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Policy on shipping working examples that use the explicit authentication flow in an SDK?
I'd like to ship a working example of using the explicit authentication flow in Stack.PHP. I have no trouble embedding the API key and app ID in the example. The problem lies in embedding the client ...
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Point of /users/{id}/inbox?
What is the need for the user ID in:
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/user-inbox
Given that it will only return the inbox of the authenticated user, and deny a mismatching user id.
The only needed ...
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API v2.0 Developing desktop app
If I am developing a client side application, what kind of domain should I provide to 0Auth callback? Can it be a custom application-centric scheme (like myapp://oauthcallback/)?
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API V2 Private Beta Begins
It's about time this thing got under way. If you're participating in the private beta, you should receive an email to that effect.
If you were also a member of the V1.0 private beta, you'll notice ...
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Secure OAuth pages contain insecure content.
I noticed that some of the OAuth pages use insecure content (http:// content on an https:// page):
I'm not sure how easy this is to fix but it could potentially scare off some users who don't ...
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Register for the Stack Exchange V2.0 API Private Beta
It's getting to be that time (actually, it's about a month later than I'd hoped but still!), API V2.0 is shaping up and we're spending more and more time on UI polish rather than functionality.
So let'...
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Am I out of luck if my http client doesn't support gzip decoding?
I'm playing with the oauth2 support in v2-beta with an http client that doesn't support gzip decoding. (My client is http spec compliant but can't deal with the non-compliance of the api on this issue)...
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LinkOverflow -- list of links in a Stack Exchange post
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This site useful to find the links that will appear on the stackoverflow post. Give the question url then site will parse the all answers and extract the list and it will mark it with tag.
It ...
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Stack Overflow offline PDF question reader
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Using a keyword, the Stackoverflow Offline Reader WinForm app loads all the questions
and their answers into a single pdf file and displays the pdf (if you have a reader installed). Questions ...
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Scrape the site list, show sites sorted by answer ratio
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Display the list of Stack Exchange sites, with the number of questions and answers on each site, and the answer ratio (number of answers divided by the number of questions). The list is sorted ...
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Modifications to KDE StackTray
I modified the StackTray app so it now
uses the Py-StackExchange library, to fix JSON parse errors, as version 0.8 of the StackOverflow API was phased out
instead of displaying stuff like badges ...
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Stack Monthly - Best questions in the month
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This website allows user to unearth gems which are hidden due to popular community questions. This is done by only showing most voted questions asked in that month.
It allows a user to follow ...
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Stack Bragger (facebook app to post questions badges)
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Stack Bragger lets you brag to your Facebook friends whenever you ask new questions or earn new badges at StackOverflow, SuperUser or ServerFault.
I was looking for a ...
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Stack Exchange gadget for Gmail and iGoogle
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This handy gadget can be added to iGoogle or left-hand nav panel of any Gmail account.
It displays your current reputation on selected StackExchange sites and notifies you of reputation changes....
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SOFlair - An Android Widget that shows your Flair
Soflair is a (very) simple widget for Android that shows a user's flair (avatar, reputation & badges). The JSON is polled every 60 minutes.
Download
http://www-jo.se/f.pfleger/soflair
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FullStack iPad App
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FullStack provides read only access to the following Stack Exchange sites: Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu. Currently users can browse ...
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Google Search Results Integration (Chrome Extension)
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Google Chrome Extension that adds a new tab to StackOverflow search results that uses Google magic formula for relevance.
It does this by opening Google search in a background tab ...
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Server Fault 10k Challenge - Keep Track of Your Progress
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At the beginning of the year, a group of people made an agreement to each try to earn 10k rep. on Server Fault in the next year. This webpage is designed to make it easy to view progress and ...
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StackFlairWidget - OS X Dashboard widget for displaying flair(tm)
Important: BETA introductory version, lots more to come
Warning: Beta version does not check empty responses, this version may not work for users without Area 51 accounts
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StackCenter 2 - Now in Public Beta!
Visit now: http://stackcenter.quickmediasolutions.com/beta/
Feedback is appreciated!
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StackCenter 2 has been brewing for quite some time now. Since the global inbox was introduced, the original ...
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StackO: A Windows Phone 7 StackExchange App
EDIT
STACKO is now available for download from the Marketplace.
For features/suggestions please visit http://stacko.uservoice.com/
StackO is a StackExchange browser allowing you to search the whole ...
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Stack Dash Application
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Stack Dash is a Mac OSX dashboard widget for Stack Exchange for displaying reputation, questions, answers and badges for a specified user and site.
This widget was ...
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api 2.0 - any plans to bring SE sites closer together?
I've been re-reading api 2.0 roadmap and thinking what might be useful to have there.
I don't care much about authentification, and even less about write access. But what would really reduce amount ...
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