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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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Is it really worth to (implicitly) discourage documentation of API/library usage nowadays already?
Update:
Kevin provided an answer, which, while adding something of value to the three related questions together (by naming the originating concern eventually), actually does not apply to the ...
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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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List of example questions
Since it's hard to find examples of questions with various attributes, maybe we can turn this into a reference?
Here's the problem: I want to try out the locked_date attribute in one of my apps, but ...
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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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Java wrapper for Stack Exchange
I am interested in building an Android or Java ME application. Is there a Java wrapper?
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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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Stacky - A .NET client library (Full support for API v2.0)
Stacky - A .NET Client Library
The same great library now supports the 2.0 API!
https://bitbucket.org/lfoust/stacky
Sample Code
IUrlClient urlClient = new UrlClient();
IProtocol protocol = new ...
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`type=jsontext` JSON results for help pages
It would greatly simplify machine reading if we could apply type=jsontext to API help pages, including the index.
Update: Here's an unofficial JSON schema for v1.x.
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Indicate in documentation whether "numbers" can be non-integral
"number" is an very ambiguous term. Integral or non-integral?
For developers in more dynamically-typed languages like JavaScript, this is not an issue; but when using more statically-typed languages ...
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/questions/tagged/{tags} - tags param clarification
This API method has been removed as of Jul 16 '10. The original question is preserved below for posterity.
It is not clear what a "list" of {tags} looks like.
Does this parameter follow the ...
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Position required parameters at the top of help pages
The required id parameter for ...a lot of API routes... is now placed at the bottom of the page.
It makes more sense to place required parameters at the top of the page with a slight separation, like ...
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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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/users/{id}/badges id parameter clarification
On /users/{id}/badges, the description of the id parameter
a semicolon delimited list of user ids
diverges from the inferred standard for multi-valued parameters:
A single primary key identifier or ...
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Anybody up for terminal frontends
Would anyone like to program some sort of terminal app which would be connected to a SE site?
You could query with it questions, and get notified when someone answers. Likewise one could browse ...
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why is badge counts a nested structure?
conclusion
a very short dialog with systempunotout showed me that I could look at this another way that makes a nested structure make perfect sense.
the q remains for reference.
This should be ...
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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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Draft Specification for API v2.0
We've started working on the next version of the Stack Exchange API.
The current draft specification is available, and we'd like to hear your feedback!
The headlining feature for this release is ...
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API Endpoint Changes Coming In Version 2.0
As work has progressed on the upcoming second version of our API, we've come to a bit of an impasse that's going to force a semi-radical change.
Here's the root of the issue:
once you've gotten an ...
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How to format reputation numbers similar to Stack Exchange sites
UPDATE
For JavaScript, see CMS's implementation below. It is much more elegant than the one I provide in the body of this Q.
// formats a number similar to the way stack exchange sites
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Getting required upvotes for apps tab is too dependant on release date
I have recently released a chrome extension and it is at present getting about 3 upvotes a week. Not as many as hoped, but still not bad. However, this may not be enough to get it into the apps tab (...
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Are there any high resolution/scalable (SVG) icons or images available?
It would be nice to give community-developed apps a familiar look and feel. With that in mind, do the SE sites have any high-resolution or scalable icons and images that we can use?
I'm not really ...
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Can the no-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time?
Can the no-API-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time - maybe 1-2 weeks?
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List of API client libraries grouped by programming language
This question serves as an organized reference of client libraries available for the Stack Exchange API. This is intended to be an all-inclusive list of libraries, so if you develop a library, feel ...
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Downloading data en masse
I'm currently in the early stages of developing an Emacs major mode for the Stack Exchange Network.
I'm a little torn on how to set up the use of the API within the mode.
Is there a way to download ...
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Any CSS ninjas want to help me style my sample app?
I really am horrible at CSS. I am making a SO clone example application that will eventually consume as much of the StackOverflow.Net API as possible. Although it is a clone, I am not expecting it to ...
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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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Let's delete the off topic questions?
There's like 5 in the top few of the front page and it's a little annoying as they get in the way so can a mod just delete them they serve no useful purpose.
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How much content is OK to display?
I've built a Storm topology that predicts the amount of reputation a user might earn by answering newly asked SO questions given that user's past success at answering questions. The results are ...
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What ideas do you have for the API?
Having created 3 applications and a wrapper for the API, I am beginning to run out of ideas for things to create. So here is where you come in...
If you can come up with a good idea for an app (and I ...
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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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Small user scripts, one-liners, prototypes?
The script tag is to be used for complete userscripts. It would also feel kind of pollutive to swamp it with lots of smallish submissions.
Hencewhy I'm making this proposal as reference question to ...
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Chrome may not allow one-click userscript install now
Issue 128748: [Regression] Unable to install extensions by running .crx file downloaded in Chrome
Chrome can't (directly) install userscripts anymore
Chrome Fix: Extensions, apps, and user scripts ...
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A way to mimic the "share a link to this answer" dialog from a user script?
I would like to make a browser "user script" (like Greasemonkey etc) that can pop open a window with a text field for the user to select and copy so they can paste it elsewhere.
I want to match the ...
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Get API responses in formats other than JSON
I am working on an application which uses the Stack Exchange API. But I don't want responses in JSON format.
So, if I want to convert JSON to another format like XML, is there any way to get the ...
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Not possible to login to approve or reject access to application on Windows Phone 7 device
I'm making an app for Windows Phone using the Stack Exchange API but I'm having a bit of trouble when I try to let the user approve the application (using client side flow).
I open a web browser at ...
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Searching answers with API
I'm very new to the API and I was looking for a way to get answers of a user. E.g. something like if you click on a tag in your tags section of your profile.
For questions this seems to be quiet easy ...
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Stack over flow stack graph?
What is the most popular language on the last 100 stackoverflow's questions ?
This page provide you a visualization of stackoverflow's last questions sort by the 10 most popular tags.
http://www....
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Application to read stackoverflow off-line
I'm now going on vacation and I won't be having internet connection there, I was thinking it would be a good time to browse throught the stackoverflow data dump. However its all in XML and I'd have to ...
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Is question_id unique across all stackexchange sites?
The standard structure of a question URL is:
http://site.com/questions/question-id/title
Example:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/457927/git-workflow-and-rebase-vs-merge-questions
It is ...
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Where are stackoverflow buttons/widgets?
I'm building a simple paste app for long error logs (errorpaste.appspot.com). A user can post error logs and descriptions of them.
Now I want to add a Stack Overflow button or any widget so that the ...
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Posting questions and answers via API
I am new to StackApps. I have created an account and I have got an API key.
Now my question is, how can I access user accounts? I'm interested in posted questions and
answers. Is there a way to post ...
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What is an oAuth domain
What is the oAuth domain that is mentioned in the StackApps app registration form? I googled it but couldn't find a good description.
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How should we announce updates to our apps, scripts, libraries, etc?
Is there a recommended best way to let the stackapps community know that we've released an updated version of one of our projects?
We can edit the project's page and bump the version number, but this ...
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Can we merge the 'library' and 'wrapper' tags?
There seems to be some fragmentation amongst the tags assigned to wrappers/libraries. Some have library, some have wrapper, and some have both.
If I'm not mistaken, they are the same thing. Can we ...
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How to register a wordpress plugin
I am about to implement a wordpress plugin to include some of your information in a wordpress blog. In the first version this plugin will display a very limited set of profile information, in further ...
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How should we test the new write-mode comments functionality?
Endpoints which write public content are much harder to test. What's the best way to test the new comments functionality without having to post to real threads?
I have seen the Charles web proxy ...
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The "Get Started" section in the sidebar only mentions API 2.0 and API 1.1
Now that API 2.1 is "public, frozen, and out the door" shouldn't we update the "Get Started" section in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
It talks about API 2.0 and API 1.1 but doesn't ...
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