Questions tagged [bug]
Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behavior in the Stack Exchange API, or the Stack Exchange HTML or CSS, that needs to be fixed.
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/users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-answers returning answers by other users
According to the description, /users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-answers should return answers by the user on that particular tag.
Returns the top 30 answers a user has posted in response to questions with ...
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Badges displayed incorrectly?
It seems that there's something odd going on with badges. If we take some random user, say 1719, which has one account, and check the user page http://stackexchange.com/users/1719/jelon, then we can ...
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Site_Type returns "main_site" for meta.stackoverflow.com
For Meta Stack Overflow, the 2.0/sites endpoint returns "main_site" rather than "meta_site". All other site_type for other stackexchange sites return correctly.
URL: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/...
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OAuth Dialog rendering problems in iPad
I'm using the implicit OAuth flow for our native iPad app. We're calling the standard URLs in a UIWebView. The Stack Exchange login renders with several UI glitches.
The first screen looks correct:
(...
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Why doesn't the API return suggested edits on tag wikis?
Is there a reason why the API doesn't return suggested edits on tag wikis on the suggested-edits route?
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Dead link in documentation
On the docs for question timelines the link for "Question" points to /docs/type/question when it should point to /docs/types/question
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No answer_id for Comment on answer inbox_item
According to the API documentation on inbox_item, inbox items corresponding to a comment on an answer to a question should have an answer_id field identifying the answer that the comment was on, but ...
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OAuth redirect not completing
This is the URL that I'm entering (in Safari, cleared website data and cache; my app, uses own Cookie jar; and incognito chrome)
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=23&scope=...
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Stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page
There is a small stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page.
Your application must have the client side OAuth flow enabled, and must not have disabled the desktop application redirect ...
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Answer up/down vote count not being returned in filter
As the picture shows, the up_vote_count and down_vote_count answer properties are selected but not returned. What gives?
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What happens when sites or the whole network go offline
Now that the API is all done on stackexchange.com. What happens if say just certain sites go offline (eg just Stackoverflow). Will the API continue to return results or will it return the HTML offline ...
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Running queries from the Documentation pages hangs browser for minutes at a time
I've been playing with some queries on the documentation page, and I've noticed that it's taking an abnormally long time to load even reasonably sized API call results:
https://api.stackexchange.com/...
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Several staff members are incorrectly listed as elected moderators
Several employees are being reported as elected moderators on sites they haven't been elected on, according to /2.0/users/moderators/elected. I think there was a similar issue reported before during ...
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the stack exchange javascript library is 404
the library listed on the doc page for Authentication
https://api.stackexchange.com/js/2.0/all.js
ultimately redirects to
https://api-v2cdn.sstatic.net/js/all.js
which results in varying degrees ...
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There is a small discrepancy in the docs for users-id-associated
The main doc page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs, shows /users/{id}/associated while the method page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/associated-users, uses /users/{ids}/associated.
It's ...
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Events: field request
The "Event" object doesn't have an easy way for getting at the object relating to the event. There's a link field, but I don't fancy having to parse the information out of that (although I could).
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Does stackexchange provide https access to its API?
Requests I make appear to be redirected back to plain http URLs and the certs seem questionable:
% curl -O 'https://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/?key=oxXcnoD51kKE crj7TadaA&tagged=...
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There is a typo in the authentication documentation
There is a typo on this documentation page.
It says "The explcit OAuth 2.0 flow" but it should say "The explicit OAuth 2.0 flow".
user451
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Answer vote counts are not correct
I was trying to figure out the total number of answers I have that have been downvoted, and at first everything seemed awesome since the total was zero.
However, I knew this wasn't correct. For ...
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link attribute is missing from questions in /tags/{tags}/faq
Check the following requests, the link attribute is missing from questions objects in responses. I checked with the default filter and also with custom filters (both safe and unsafe).
https://api....
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question_id missing from migration_info for this question.
Consider the following API request:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/questions/3064?site=stackapps
This question was migrated from Stack Apps to Stack Overflow. However, the migrated_to field is ...
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/users/{ID}/reputation is returning a 500 error.
The following API request:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/users/235/reputation?filter=%21DnBO_&site=askubuntu&page=1
...is returning an error:
{
error_id: 500,
error_name: "...
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Minor typo in /tags/{tag}/top-askers/{period}
The discussion for the above method says "Returns the top 30 answerers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days." It should be corrected as askers.
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Unable to sort /search results by creation_date
I think I may have stumbled upon a bug in /search and I'll try to describe it as best as I can.
What works:
Create a /search query with the following parameters:
fromdate: 2012-01-24
order: desc
sort:...
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Update the default filter editor to use the API key
When I run a sample query using the SE API browser (is that right term?), say against /questions for example (here), I'll always see something to the effect of:
...
"quota_remaining": 9424,
"...
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Documentation of /users/{id}/top-answer-tags conflicts with implementation.
According to the documentation:
/users/{id}/top-answer-tags or /me/top-answer-tags – Get the top 30 tags (by score) a single user has posted answers in.
However in practice, when retrieving data ...
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type related_site not listed in 'by type' tab list
The type "related_site" is not listed in the 'by type' tab in documentation.
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"Authentication Statistics" graph y-axis labels are overly granular
Yesterday there was a spike in my app's authentication requests (thanks for that, by the way ;) which has caused my authentication graph to show a much wider range of Y values than it did previously. ...
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Is the display name meant to be escaped HTML in the 2.0 version of the API?
The display_name field of a user is HTML escaped. See here for example.
Is this expected behavior or a bug? The documentation doesn't mention it.
user451
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HTTP 500 error when calling /apps/{accessTokens}/de-authenticate with an access_token argument in GET
For almost all API calls, I pass both my key and my access_token. This doesn't exactly make sense for the "de-authenticate" endpoint, as the access token is already in the URL. Passing one anyway ...
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Failed beta sites are showing up in the /sites method.
3D Graphics and Game of Go are both failed beta sites. I would not expect them to show up in the /sites list - but they do. Indeed, attempting to list questions on one of the sites fails:
http://api....
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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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The "/tags/{tags}/wikis" API does not return the proffered "body_last_edit_date" or "excerpt_last_edit_date" fields
The API for /tags/{tags}/wikis offers body_last_edit_date and excerpt_last_edit_date fields.
Both are selected in the default filter. But neither are actually returned even for tags I'm 100% sure ...
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read item in unread inbox method again
I'm getting a read item in the inbox/unread method, again. This happened before, but I can't find the post about it (I'm pretty sure you fixed/explained it). But the item is very old, not a cache ...
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TLS security warnings from api.stackexchange.com
Each time an API request is made over HTTPS, Firefox generates the following message in the error console:
Curious, I looked up RFC 5746 and the document covers the following:
Transport Layer ...
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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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Why is my quota constantly decreasing?
I registered an app today (API v2) for the first time (App ID 47, LaServ), and let it run a bit with its new key. It's the only API app running on this IP (I rent the IP as part of a VPS package). ...
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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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Minor spello/typo on the "Complex Queries" documentation page
The documentation page
Complex Queries
has a minor typo or spello:
The ?filter=total build-in filter is provided for just this purpose.
Should instead be:
The ?filter=total built-in filter is ...
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Guid inconsistency in 2.0?
question timeline returns
"revision_guid": "335659EE-8983-4BEC-BACC-CC95784A4465"
revisions by guid return
"revision_guid": "335659ee89834becbacccc95784a4465"
Is there any particular reason for this ...
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No award_count field on any badges
The docs say the default filter includes award_count, and I've made a filter with it in. But no award_count is returned on any badge route.
The exception being when a badge item is returned in ...
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Authentication Statistics are the same for all apps
I know the stats are new, I'm not sure if they are still in development. But they are identical for the 3 apps I have registered, given that the app's id is in the URL of the stats page, I guess the ...
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Quota remaining is negative
I think I must be doing something very stupid, that I just can't see
I just registered an app, in the last ~10 minutes.
I have just been going to the /info route, no authentication or anything else.
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2.0 tags API returns only created tags
Searching for tags, using the inname parameter AND a date range returns only the tags that were created in that period, not the tags that were used in that period. When searching by inname only, or ...
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What is the "inname" parameter to the /tags 2.0 API?
I'm just playing with the new 2.0 API and in /tags there is a field inname that I can't find any description or documentation for.
What does it do? Is it like the old filter parameter on the old API?
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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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OBSOLETE - revisions/{id} is returning an error for locked posts
The API is returning the following error message when I request the revision history for locked posts.
Example URL: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/revisions/194812
{
"error": {
"code": 500,
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Runtime error getting thrown with certain parameters on older 1.1 methods
This v1.1 URL is creating a runtime error:
http://api.stackapps.com/1.1/comments&min=1323731212
Example output:
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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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Certain users aren't showing up in /users when filter is applied
NB: The filter parameter in v1.x of the API had a different meaning to the filter parameter in v2.0
Consider the following query:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users?filter=jon%20skeet
This ...
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