Questions tagged [discussion]
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How API Keys Work (FAQ)
What are the API request limits?
A single IP address can only make a certain number of API requests per day, depending on the presence of a valid API key.
Default API daily limits:
Key: 10,000
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Why I think Area51 needs an API.
Okay, I have to admit that I never dreamed I would be advocating an API for Area51. But here I am doing it :)
I think we need an API for Area51. Granted, the whole concept of questions and answers is ...
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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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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 ...
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What is SOAPI and why should I care?
Let me answer the last question first:
Why should you care?
You shouldn't care unless
you are a .NET or JavaScript coder who can leverage robust client access libraries for the Stack Exchange API ...
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Reputation Tracker now covers SOFU, Meta SO and Programmers SE
I don't know if anyone's actually using my Reputation Tracker tool, but it now lets you select which sites you want to see reputation for.
For example, the URL for me to find out how I've done today ...
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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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How to call the API via JSONP in Plain Old JavaScript
This tips demonstrates how to call the API in JavaScript without the need of jQuery or other frameworks.
In a lot of cases you will find that the JSONP implementations provided in various frameworks ...
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Separate Request Quotas for Authorized [app]s
Imagine, if you will, you have a popular [app] hosted on a cloud computing service which is also used by a number of other [app]s. If this service forces clients to share IPs (and they all do, in ...
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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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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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Promoting your [app]s - advertising contest proposal
I've proposed on Meta a contest for promoting StackApps applications developed with the API.
Please consider to leave your comments over there. (Bounty +250)
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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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Guidelines on app and library thumbnails
We now have better, user-friendlier display for apps and libraries and scripts:
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/02/stack-exchange-api-1-1-and-improved-app-gallery/
We infer a number of things ...
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How to use min/max with sort
While some sort values make inference of the expected min/max values less than ambiguous, others do not.
Pending formal documentation, I hope this can serve as an informal reference.
Aggregated sort ...
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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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Version 1.0 of the API seems to be here!
It looks like v1.0 of the API is here now!
I waited a few minutes for an official announcement, but none came - so here it is!
Thanks a million to the team for putting this together!
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Request for chat bot to restore “translate” functionality in chat
A while ago, SE briefly introduced a built-in feature where a user can type:
translate: [words in any language]
...and the Feeds user would respond with an English translation of whatever was typed.
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Selective API oriented transcript fragment of Jeffs Code Camp Video Interview.
This is a very selective API oriented transcript fragment of Jeffs Code Camp Video Interview:
Purpose
Please note that this transcript fragment is mainly a supporting post to decrease the length of ...
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API Inconsistencies
In my opinion, one of the hallmarks of a good API is that it is self-consistent. It establishes easy-to-remember conventions and then follows them.
As I'm trying to adopt the 2.0 API, I'm finding ...
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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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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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Should feature-requests, for third party apps, be flagged as “not an answer”?
I spotted this "answer" as a first-time post:
Feature Request
Please add support for proxies.... It would be helpful to people behind proxies.
Like "ME"
I was going to flag it as "Not an ...
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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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Dev-Tip: How to call the API in C# and Silverlight
This tip shows a simple and reliable way to create HttpWebRequest that are configured to properly query the api.
With the exception of the AutomaticDecompression assignment, this code can be used in ...
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Stack Overflow KDE Plasma widget
Is a Plasma widget being developed for Stack Overflow in KDE 4?
I tried StackTray, but I'm thinking of something more complete to use as a widget on my desktop. I'd like to see this done, or ...
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Auto Format code snippets
Is it possible to auto format code so you don't have to go to each line and space 4 times?
For example I know about the 'enter code here' but that doesn't always work correctly!
It should be ...
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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 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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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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How do I access the greatest hits (questions) via API v2.2.?
The greatest hits (questions) of any stack exchange site (say stack overflow) can be found by visiting the below url:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/greatest-hits
I would want to access these ...
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Social network apps for SO
Is there any app for Social networks such as LinkedIn, facebook, twitter etc., where I can show off my reputation on them or just tag favorite questions on them?
Anyone??
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Filtering tags should provide exact matches at top
Take this query for example: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/tags?pagesize=25&filter=ip
No where is there the valid tag [ip]. It is further down the page. This is quite annoying when searching ...
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How the apps-libraries will be judged for the contest?
Do you know how the apps-library will be judged in term of awesomeness? Is there something more official than Jeff Atwood's contest post on the blog?
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Observe a private beta in StackAuth
See here.
WebApps and Meta.WebApps are listed, as WebApps has entered the private beta phase.
Note that the state property for those two are private_beta and linked_meta respectively, values nobody ...
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How to retrieve paged API results in C# and Silverlight
In this tip we are going to leverage the SimpleRequestFactory and gather a multipage response.
Lets pull the first 5 pages of 100 users on stackapps.com.
NOTE: for Silverlight, substitute Newtonsoft....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Is there an app for searching Stack Overflow?
I was thinking about how I often use the Stack Overflow "ask a question" area as a search engine, rather than searching Google first. I know I'm more likely to find my answer by doing this. I was ...
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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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Hidden page tracks Read/Unread Inbox items better than API or Inbox?
How does this hidden page (stackexchange.com/topbar/inbox) know which Inbox notifications I have/haven't opened?
Both the drop-down inbox and the API (ie, api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-inbox) seem ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
