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Can I retrieve question comment count as part of a search query?
I'm looking for a comment_count property in the results of /search/advanced to get a count of comments under a question.
Is there an undocumented q for /search/advanced that gives a comment_count ...
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Get all questions of a particular tag in API 2.2 in PHP
I'm trying to get all the questions for documentation on Meta Stack Overflow in PHP.
The code I'm using is as follows:
<?php
$feed = file_get_contents('https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/...
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Can I have a separate account just for testing my Stack App?
I want to test my Stack App to make sure it works properly without and problems. Is it allowed if I use a separate account just for this purpose?
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Are the inbox routes (`inbox_item`) missing some item types?
Should there be more options for item_type in the "inbox" routes (they return inbox_item)?
Shouldn't they return answer and edit suggested like the site's global inbox does? As shown in this ...
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Okay if our Internal Customer Service Software polls the Stack Exchange API?
We are in the process of creating a number of API's and extensible software which we expect will result eventually in questions being asked on stack overflow for working with our API's and extensible ...
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Why do you need to specify a site when getting the inbox?
I'm getting a user's inbox via /me/inbox. I am forced to specify a site with this, so I'm setting it to Stack Overflow. However, it still gets all my notifications, including those from other sites. ...
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StackExchange API JS SDk
I am planning to write a javascript library as a wrapper over StackExchange API. Currently, every webapp using StackExchange api needs to compile the url and make a GET request (mostly by ajax) which ...
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How can I get a user's Meta site details in the API call?
This query returns the details of the Main sites only:
/associated-users#ids=2855348
How can I get the Meta site details also in the same query?
Do I need to add any ...
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The 'should be closed' description in the flag dialog is missing a word
The 'should be closed...' reason has this description (emphasis mine):
This question is completely unclear, incomplete, overly-broad, primarily opinion-based or is not about Stack Exchange API, app,...
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Edit opportunity: Help remove image spam
ImageShack has replaced many old images, on Stack Exchange sites, with spam like:
Help us purge Stack Apps of this foul scourge! Here's how:
Pick a post that needs editing: You can use SEDE ...
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App to keep notes on users
Is there an app around that makes notes on users? Really all I am after is a flag to say -
"Warning, this user is obnoxious, avoid arguments"
EDIT
It could just colour coding, like red for avoid, ...
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How to use Stack Exchange WebSockets?
I am developing a Visual Studio Extension where I would be knowing about the activity on my posts. I found out that wss://qa.sockets.stackexchange.com is used for this purpose. Can somebody help me in ...
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App without API and legal issues
Forgive me I did not find the "meta" for the Stack Apps, I believe it is here that I must ask.
I developed an extension for browsers, but I'm not using the Stack Exchange API. Can I post it on Stack ...
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Do the questions tagged "placeholder" need it explicitly in the title?
I have create a placeholder question, but just noticed that all the other ones have "(placeholder)", "[PLACEHOLDER]" or some variant in the title.
Do I need to include it in the title if it's tagged?
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Getting historical data for careers?
I'm wondering if there is a possible way to get historical data regarding job postings made through careers, even for postings that have already been filled. Does careers keep this data at all, and if ...
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How much traction does your StackApp get?
How much traction (in terms of for instance sessions per day) does your Stack App get? What have you done to spread the word about your app?
My experience from my first Stack App (StackRating) is ...
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Sane limits for script that auto-loads new reviews for easier manual reviewing
I was looking at Am I allowed to use/create robots to track questions? just now and started wondering whether my current userscript to help with reviewing has quite the right internal rate limits. It ...
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What is the difference between accepted and is_accepted?
I saw there are two fields in answer type.
One is accepted, introduced in v2.2 and needs private_info access.
While another one is is_accepted without these limits.
Can somebody give an explanation?
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Login problem on devices pre Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1
I have recently published an app for browsing Stack Exchange websites and a major feedback I received from users was about the inability to use oauth login form while logging into the app. The ...
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Posting an answer via StackOverflow API
This is in reference to the StackOverflow for Windows and Windows Phone . I'm in the middle of the development of the app. Right now, I am trying to implement the posting of answers using the API.
My ...
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Should the access tokens expire? [closed]
Is it ok to set access tokens to never expire? Or should we ask the user of the application to periodically re-enter their credentials?
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WStack - Stack Exchange app for Windows Phone 8.1
Important
Version 2.0.0.0 requires write access for new features so if you are upgrading from an older version please logout and login again to WStack.
Update
Verion 2.0.0.0 is now live.
Upvote, ...
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A userscript collects all useful userscript?
Although I can code, I don't really want to code if it's not relevant to my work. I love using userscripts, but spending time digging the repository makes me tired. Do you have a "super"-userscript ...
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Stack Exchange App for Windows 7
I was just wondering If anyone had made a Stack Exchange app for Windows 7 like can be accomplished in Chrome but without needing to have any software like Chrome installed.
If such an app does not ...
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Is there a WordPress plug-in that is currently maintained?
I joined StackExchange about three weeks ago and I am hooked. I ask and answer questions, and I lurk in many threads.
I have a WordPress-powered website, and I would like to share some questions, ...
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Is there a userscript to mark lq/rq/cb/whatever links visited?
A lot of times I notice a link in Hot Network Questions, or Linked Questions, or Related Questions, or the regular question list, that looks familiar but isn't marked as visited in my browser. Usually ...
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Stack Overflow app for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 and Android
About
Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 don't have a Stack Overflow app and I would like to create one for both the platforms.
Aim:
To create an app that can be used to browse through the questions on ...
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Metro Stack - A Windows Phone Stack Exchange app
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I’m pleased to announce MetroStack: A Windows Phone 8.1 app to interact with any website part of the Stack Exchange Network.
Sort, search and view questions, answers, tags and users.
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Encoding type of display_name
I am using the v2.2 api. There is a small issue I have come across.
For the display_name I do not understand the encoding. For example for this user, the name comes as Mike Sherrill 'Cat ...
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How can I get unread messages for inbox testing? [duplicate]
I use /users/{id}/inbox/unread method to get unread items in a user's inbox. But how could I test it if I have no unread items in my inbox?
How can I get/generate unread messages for testing?
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How to track the open/closed status over the history of a question?
I'd like to find out the times in the history of a question when it was closed and reopened. How can I do that using API v2?
The closest relevant call I have found is /questions/{ids}/timeline, ...
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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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Do I need Stack Overflow's permission to launch my iOS app for Stack Overflow?
I have a Stack Overflow app for iOS that doesn't use the API. It just uses search and web (scraping?) to display questions.
Do I need to get approval the from Stack Overflow team?
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C# Stackexchange Questions API [duplicate]
I need to build an web application C# and below is what I'm stuck with
Can I use Stack Exchange's API with Key? Do they have a "hello world" key can be used for learning purpose.
I wish to get the ...
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Post Score vs. Age App?
Has anyone put together a script to generate the score vs. age of a question?
If this script were run on all questions in a particular tag, the curve generated by taking the average over a time ...
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What is "accept_rate" in the Stack Exchange API?
when I call the /users path, like:
/docs/users-by-ids#&ids=1&site=stackoverflow
In the reply, I get a field called accept_rate.
What is that field about?
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(Unofficial) Stack Overflow, Windows Phone app forgets its place when sleeping
Sometimes, when I'm reading a question on this (unofficial) Stack Overflow, Windows Phone app, the phone goes to sleep.
When I wake it up, it's forgotten I was reading a question, and has gone back to ...
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Version used by StackExchange API if version is not specified in api calls
I have used some StackExchange API calls in my chrome extension - StackEye. With the release of API 2.0, I want to update the api calls so I wanted to know
New things available in 2.0+ which were ...
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Python library 2.2 API Wrapper?
Is there a Python library that encompasses the new functionality in the 2.2 API?
I've seen this question and this question, and the comments indicating that libraries were being created and updated ...
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Incomplete information in API documentation
I am struggling a little bit with the Stack Exchange API since there seems to be no formal specification for the individual endpoints of the API.
Example:
Endpoint: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/...
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Load answers to a question with review-like wrapper HTML
I'm trying to implement this feature request in SOUP, but I'm having trouble figuring out a good way to actually load the answers.
I can just load the full question page (like this one, for example) ...
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StackApps for Windows Phone 8
Can anyone suggest a good app for Windows Phone 8 or let me know Where an I find API to build my own?
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What is the private_info scope for?
In the docs it says you can pass private_info for scope when authenticating a user.
What does this allow you to access, that you couldn't otherwise?
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Has someone implemented code(in javascript) to get last seven days consolidated reputation thorough API?
I am trying to get user's reputation for last seven days. I want to get total reputation user has earned on specific day. Has someone implemented a way to do this in javascript?
I know I can do this ...
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Any news of more write APIs?
It's been a while since I was last here. Is there any news on further updates to the API? (I'm specifically thinking about adding more write methods.)
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Does anyone have a script that lets you log in to chat server side?
There doesn't seem to be any sort of API for chat. I'm working on creating one, however I'm stuck at the login bit.
How can I get Python (or some other server side language) to log in to chat? The ...
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API v2.1 supports write access, but is anyone using it?
Over the weekend, I attended an NHS "Hackday" where we tried to solve a problem one of the junior doctors brought. We hacked together a stack exchange alternative for medical doctors to ask questions. ...
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Does Stack Apps have some special rep and Community Wiki modifications?
I have posted a "question" (actually an app) on Stack Apps, and received two upvotes on it. Each gave me 10 reputation. This runs counter to every other Stack Exchange site - and, indeed, the Stack ...
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Can the API support per-item questions?
What I'm seeing so far is that the API is for a site-wide collection of questions.
Can someone use the API to decorate a website's products or articles with questions and answers (on a per-item ...
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Looking for Android app that allows posting questions/comments to SE sites [duplicate]
I remember that not so long ago all the apps had a limited, read-only functionality. I wonder if it has changed?
Is there an Android app that allows you to post questions/comments to SE sites?
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