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Multiple Callback Domains with SE API?
In order to use the API, you have to have Callback APIs. They're not hard to implement, but there's still some headaches if you want to use more than one Callback endpoint.
For example, an ...
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Do I need to be working on an app to get the API key?
I want to use the API, and I want the higher query limit (I want to scan my inbox every five minutes and then text me the results), but I don't want to have to release an app.
Can I get an API key ...
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How to Resolve "Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write" Error when Requesting Write Access via OAuth?
Question Description:
I am developing an application that integrates with Stack Overflow’s API, and I need to enable write access for it. I’ve successfully registered my application on the Stack Apps ...
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Differentiate Staging Ground posts from regular questions
Version 2.3 of the SE API does not clearly distinguish between questions that are on Stack Overflow's Staging Ground and questions on its main site. This comment on a SmokeDetector GH issue details it ...
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Looking for an app that allows me to view interesting unanswered questions on SE sites using UserId
I am interested in finding interesting unanswered questions on different SE sites using my UserId.
While I am aware of this SEDE query that exists, the problem with it is that it seems that with ...
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Is there a way to upload an image to i.sstatic.net using Python?
I am developing an image generation bot for chat (for example, chat.stackexchange.com).
I can generate the image correctly, but when it comes to posting the image, I have no idea how to upload the ...
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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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Suddenly getting "Couldn't parse `client_id`"
For years, I've run a local PHP app using GuzzleHttp\Client to download my StackExchange posts.
Today, I'm suddenly getting this problem when posting my client_id, client_secret, code, redirect_uri.
{
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Stackexchange oauth2.0 is suddenly failing
No changes in stack apps or my code, it was working fine for a while, suddenly it stopped working now.
I get "InternalOAuthError: Failed to obtain access token"
After more details inspection,...
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Error calling Stack Overflow Teams API using Python requests library
I'm trying to call a PUT/DELETE request using the Stack Overflow Teams API in Python, but I'm encountering errors. As an FYI, I have a working PAT that allows me to make get requests for articles and ...
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Does there exist an app that allows me to download all of my questions and answers on all SE sites?
I'm interested in downloading a backup of all my questions and answers on all Stack Exchange sites in the form of markdown files. I'm already aware of this SE data explorer query, but this downloads ...
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How can I implement a method to call the SE API that handles backoff correctly?
I'm writing JavaScript (Node.js) code that calls the Stack Exchange API. One part of the API is that it may return a non-zero value for backoff, which essentially means "wait n seconds before ...
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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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Userscript to flag deleted posts for moderator attention with <10K reputation
I noticed that while the system blocks you from viewing deleted posts unless you have moderator tools privilege, the system will not block you from flagging them. The only flag available for deleted ...
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How to get user information of all sites merged
I'm actually using https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/users/${userID}?site=${site} to get some user information from a specific site on Stack Exchange, but I want to get the information for all sites ...
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Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write. I submited this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions for stack apps post
OAuth Domain [email protected]
Application Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECqepVphS3Dds05zUJ8l0ylkQ9X15iUZ_iqhQCM3vfY/edit?usp=sharing
Application Icon (optional): ''
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How to get user information of Stack Overflow?
I'm currently using the Stack Overflow API to get a user's information (via Stack Exchange).
Is it possible with the Stack Overflow API to get user details?
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Requesting Assistance for OAuth Implementation in the Stack Overflow API
I'm attempting to set up OAuth in the Stack Overflow API. I've created a Stack App and obtained the Client ID and Client Secret. However, I'm encountering difficulties in the process and require ...
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How can I quickly get an access token for personal use?
Registering your application or script gets you a higher daily quota and is fairly simply; a step by step guide is documented here: I only need a key, what do I do?
However, what if I do want an ...
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Is there a way to ask general questions within the Stack app?
I just joined Stack Exchange and am using the Android app called "Stack for Stack Overflow" by Tyler Wong. When I try to post a question, I'm forced to select from a number of topic ...
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We’re collecting feedback on how we can improve the Stack Exchange API
The Stack Exchange API allows users to programmatically query and connect to the Stack Exchange Network of sites.
The API is currently in version 2.3. We’re collecting feedback from users of the API, ...
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Randomly getting an 404 no method error when calling the question endpoint
When calling the question endpoint for a given number of communities, I have been randomly getting the following error:
{"error_id":404,"error_message":"no method found with ...
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Stack Overflow for Teams support
I am reading this documentation https://stackoverflow.help/en/articles/4385859-stack-overflow-for-teams-api where they mention the need to create a PAT to access StackOverflow for Teams API (https://...
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What write in app access for sending data
Here is my app's code:
However, I get this error:
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What are the rules for Discord bots posting to Stack Exchange?
I'm a member of a community that has its own Stack Exchange site and I'm wondering where I can find some insight into the rules of creating a Stack App that does the following:
We have a pretty strong ...
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How to revoke an access token generated for my application?
I generated an access token for my application and shared it with some people. Now, I wish to revoke the access token and generate a new one. I don't find any way to revoke that token.
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how can i take write acces on stack overflow [duplicate]
const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();
const axios = require("axios");
const querystring = require("querystring");
const dotenv = require(&...
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Redirect URI for a chrome extension using StackExchange API Oauth
I'm working on a developing a browser extension which uses StackExchange API authentication. I was able to successfully implement the authentication for Microsoft edge/Chrome when I added chromiumapp....
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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:
https://www.stackprinter.com
StackPrinter is a website that pulls the main details ...
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Is the StackExchange API free of charge?
I am brand new to StackApps, so please bear with me for a question that is hopefully obvious to most regular users.
As far as I can tell, there is no charge for accessing the StackExchange API. ...
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OBSOLETE - Dragon: an automatic editor
OBSOLETE: No longer maintained, and I haven't used it for ages either. May or may not work as long as v2 of the API remains supported
Screenshot
My revision history currently contains a lot of ...
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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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Is there a userscript to put links to Teams back in the left nav?
Teams are moving to their own domain and as such, my freemium team where I keep some useful-for-work knowledge has now disappeared from the left nav, which annoys me.
I'm looking for a userscript that ...
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What is the latest version of the Stack Exchange API?
What is the latest version of the Stack Exchange API and its release date?
The document which I referred is for v2.3.
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The /questions endpoint only returns around 30,000 items where 400,000 are expected
I use stackr library and I registered an api key as the library mentions "since it increases your daily quota of queries from 300 to 10,000." So I use the following code, which worked fine ...
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getting answer body and question body in same request [duplicate]
I'm trying to get only questions and answers.
I filtered the fields, to get also the body of answers, but I don't get an answers JSON object.
What am I missing?
I know about this question, but I don'...
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OAuth Domain can't satisfy redirect_uri AND Proxy url
Let's say I have an app called ExampleApp, with these details:
Client ID: 12345
Key: ThisIsTheKey123()
OAuth Domain: exampleapp.com
[√] Enable Client Side OAuth flow
[√] Disable ...
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Main Stack Exchange network site API
The original Stack Exchange app has this cool feature where you can browse hot question from the entire network.
But at the current state I am not able to see a “Stack Exchange” site listed in the ...
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Is there a way to use the API without using localhost or a web domain?
I'm developing an SO chrome extension in React with TypeScript.
I've been reading the guide on how to use the API with OAuth and it looks fantastic for what I'm trying to do.
The problem is that the ...
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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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I only need a key, what do I do?
I'm told by others and read in Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API that I need "To Get A Key!" but when I then visit https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register I'm stil ...
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How to apply an access token in order to scrape the recommended answers?
I'm trying to scrape some data which needs the access token, and I received
'Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write'
Does that mean I need to post a question on Stack Exchange ...
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Please add the existence of the Meta tag to What is Meta
On our Help Center Page What is Meta the following sentence is used:
Feel free to ask questions about Stack Apps on Stack Apps, tagging them with the discussion or support tags.
Can we somehow add ...
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Application must have a registered Stack Apps post to write [duplicate]
I got this issue when trying to login to Stack Overflow through the web view of my Flutter application. What is this warning and how do I fix this?
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StackExchange API, OAuth for other sites than Stack Overflow
I'm implementing the OAuth system through StackExchange API, here is the guide.
I've already integrated the OAuth system with stack overflow with the following parameters:
Token URL: https://...
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Download data for specific tag
How to download all the data just for a specific tag (say
[compiler-error])?
On Stack Overflow, there are around 19000 questions tagged with [compiler-error].
So, I was hoping is it downloadable w.r.t ...
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Unread notifications not showing in API response
I have been trying to fetch all unread notifications from the Stack Exchange API. However, I always get a blank items data in the response.
API Endpoint:
/2.3/me/notifications/unread?page=1&...
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Is there a way to get a user's account ID given his site's user ID?
I'm trying to modify this userscript of mine to make it work on all sites but I couldn't find a way to get the account ID (i.e., network profile ID) for a user.
Is this possible?
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Fetch all questions of a particular tag from the Stack Exchange API in Python
I am trying to fetch all questions of the Swift tag from Stack Overflow. I created the query using https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/questions and wrote a simple wrapper in Python.
def fetch_question(...
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