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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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Minor typo on help page
On the API Routes help page, this:
/users/{id}/favorites Gets summary information for the questions that have been favorited a set of users.
should probably be:
/users/{id}/favorites Gets ...
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New line missing between 'notice' and 'related_site' member types
At the bottom of http://api.stackexchange.com/docs?tab=type#docs under the Member Types section, notice and related_site are on the same line. A <br> is missing between the items.
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BridgeStack — .NET client library with full 2.0 support
BridgeStack
This is a StackExchange API v2.0 consumer library written under C#. It is heavily documented and designed to make it as easy as possible to interact with the API.
Example Usage
To get ...
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Stack Exchange API is not returning the close vote counts for questions
When you visit this question (with proper privs) you can see that there are 2 close votes cast for it.
However, if you access the information for this question using the Stack Exchange API you get ...
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API for getting multiple (yet specific users)
I am developing one app which will be used internally in our company. We are recommending our colleagues to contribute to StackOverflow. To keep the moral of employees high, I am planning to develop ...
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How to get up_vote_count and down_vote_count for a user?
I'm testing the following command:
$ curl -s "http://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/users/55075?&site=stackoverflow" | gunzip -d | python -m json.tool
However it doesn't return up_vote_count and ...
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API returns the last activity date even if asked not to
Using the /questions method, I tried to get upvote and downvote counts, along with question Ids. This is the request I sent:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/857455%3B857454?site=math&...
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Java wrapper for the Stack Exchange API 2.0?
I've checked out StackWrap4J, but it looks like it doesn't support some of the new methods provided in the v2.0 API (specifically the ones having to do with user authentication). Does anyone know if ...
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localhost API key receives Curl error when retrieving access token
I have registered two apps -- one that will redirect to my website and the other that will redirect to a localhost server that I have running so I don't have to test my code on the site. I have ...
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The field body_markdown is not returned for comments [duplicate]
Using the method questions-by-ids to get the comments on a particular question, I do not get body_markdown returned despite it being selected in the filter.
Here is the test query to reproduce the ...
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API documentation pages match some site names incorrectly
The bug is not in the API itself, but in the pages documenting its methods. To reproduce, follow the link http://api.stackexchange.com/docs/info#filter=default&site=math and observe that the page ...
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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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Parameter `tagged` in `search/advanced` seems to use `AND` instead of `OR`
It seems that search/advanced has the same problem as in "The tagged parameter does not work with multiple tags" question.
When I select c#; .net I only get results tagged both c# and .net:
http://...
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The `top_questions` field shows outdated information?
I am using Stack Exchange API. I posted question from the doc page /questions/add to Stack Overflow. This was my first question. As that question was to check the function /questions/add, means it was ...
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The API has stopped allowing CORS requests
I just noticed that a script I have that makes CORS requests to the API stopped working on Meta Stack Overflow, claiming that the domain isn't allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin, which is true ...
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Creating a home brew Push Server for Stack Exchange
I'm looking to create a home brew push notification server for Stack Exchange. This is mainly due to the fact that Toast Notifications within Windows Store applications are done using Windows ...
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Access token quota
The documentation says that each user gets 5 distinct quotas of 10,000 requests per 24 hours, and as I interpret it, per app.
If an application does have an access_token, then the application is
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API documentation console unsuccessfully tries to load MiniProfiler results
All of the documentation pages (example) with the test console currently attempt to load MiniProfiler result data, which fails with a 404:
POST https://api.stackexchange.com/mini-profiler-resources/...
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How to get a post title for a given post ID, even if that post ID is an answer and not a question?
I'm trying to beautify the reputation audit. If I want to show the post title for a reputation change event, however, I have a problem -- I don't know if the post ID is relative to a question or an ...
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'search_excerpt' type issues
On the search_excerpt page:
community_owned_date should be marked as may be absent
locked_date should be marked as may be absent
search/excerpts should be listed in the Methods That Return This Type ...
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Maximum length of "about me" in the Stack Exchange API?
What is the Maximum length of "about me" in the Stack Exchange API?
The one from the /me path.
And in general, where are the length limits published? If anywhere?
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Can we have maximum length of string in API help pages?
For the type "string", I think there is some upper limit of character count.
For example,
post title : 200 characters
post body : 30000 characters
In the help page, currently like this
"body": {
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AttributeError with Py-StackExchange
i'm trying to execute this python script :
#! /usr/bin/python
import stackexchange
so = stackexchange.Site(stackexchange.StackOverflow)
my_favourite_guy = so.user(41981)
print my_favourite_guy....
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"Try it" facility suffers a double-encoding bug
As you can clearly see from the above, the ampersand in the site name in the "Try It" section of the API method documentation has been double-encoded. This affects any site with an ampersand in the ...
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LaServ - A Python/Twisted based flexible command line bot/framework for Stack Exchange
LaServ (a play on Lazers, The Bridge's feedbot and '*Serv' bots, which provide IRC services ) is a Python/Twisted project that I've been poking at since the Christmas break. It's still beta quality, ...
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Are the "body", "comments" and "answers" parameters supported in the API version 2.x?
Earlier with version 1.x, the parameters: body, comments and answers etc. were available. But these don't seem to be supported with API version 2.x.
Are these parameters not supported in new API? Are ...
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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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The "advanced search" path returns very wrong results for the `q` parameter
I'm trying to search for a string. It's a hardware identifier 10ec:8168 and should be unique to that make/model of chip. Any questions that mention is should be relevant.
But compare the site search ...
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Using an existing Java oAuth implementation to access the Stack Exchange 2 Api?
I found the Scribe oAuth api and I was wondering how a call would work with the Stack Exchange API, since that uses oAuth. I'm sorta green when it comes to oAuth but I'm planning on writing an ...
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Could/Should the API evolve more agile rather than being blocked by v2 writing (and authentication) features?
The activity on Stack Apps has dwindled noticeably; this might be a topic for its own discussion, however I'd like to revisit the API roadmap beforehand to set a proper stage and expectations in this ...
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How do I get a user's bio with the SE API?
Am I just missing something here or is there not a way to retrieve a user's bio with the SE API? I looked at the documentation under the "Users" section, but I didn't find anything. Any suggestions?
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Getting display name of the site on which question is located
When using the /questions method to retrieve a particular question, I'd like to also get the display name of the site on which the question is located (e.g., User Experience). At present, the API does ...
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Do the terms "key" and "access_token" refer to the same thing?
I'm trying to get my head around all the limits and throttles but some terminology is confusing me:
If an application does not have an access_token, then the application shares an IP based quota ...
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API Time zone difference problem
I am writing a .NET application with the Stack Exchange API (using the Stacky library) and I am using it to ask the server for some questions that occured in the last hour. However, I and the server ...
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What happened to the JSON documentation for the API?
Back in version 1.1 of the API, we used to be able to do:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions?help
...which would return information about the method in JSON format. However, attempting to ...
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Accept rate not available in the 2.0 API
Would it be possible to add the accept_rate field to both the user and shallow_user objects?
For example, using the 1.0 API, I can see that Jon Skeet has an accept rate of 95%.
http://api....
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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 let'...
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Net::StackExchange2 - Perl Wrapper for StackExchange API (it's on CPAN)
About
This library is a little labour of love for two things dear to me : StackOverflow, a place where I've learned just so much, and Perl a cryptic language that's giving me perspective. I happen to ...
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400 when posting a question to the Stackexchange API
I am adding a question via the API and I manage to create a preview of my question (See JSON extract below).
{
"has_more" = 0;
items = (
{
"creation_date" = ...
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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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Ajax get questions by tags ERROR
i'm trying getting questions by tags.
this is my simple code and i'm running this from my http://localhost:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$.ajax({
url:'http://api....
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Stack on Go - A wrapper library in Go
Stack on Go - A wrapper library in Go
https://github.com/laktek/Stack-on-Go
Sample Code
session := stackongo.NewSession("stackoverflow")
//set the params
params := make(stackongo.Params)
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How do I find a user by their `display_name`?
I am using Serel (the Ruby wrapper) and would like to be able to find a user by their display_name.
As it stands right now, I can only find them via an ID - like Serel::User.find(1,2,3).
I tried ...
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Enumerated types documentation in 1.1 API
I'm starting to implement requesting question and user activity in my framework, but the new 1.1 API documentation doesn't seem to indicate what the possible return values are for the fields any more.
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API V2 Private Beta Begins
It's about time this thing got under way. If you're participating in the private beta, you should receive an email to that effect.
If you were also a member of the V1.0 private beta, you'll notice ...
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Do calls on the 1.1 API and the 2.0 count against each other's limits?
Do the old 1.1 API and new 2.0 share limits?
Or do my Stack Apps running on 1.1 calls not affect my limits for apps running on 2.0 calls?
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Sorting the event stream
It seems like the data returned from the /events endpoint is flawed by being returned in descending order. For example:
{
"items": [
{
"event_type": "comment_posted",
"event_id": ...
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Implicit OAuth flow is not working when the user is not logged in.
Here is the URL I am trying to use:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=120&scope=read_inbox,no_expiry&redirect_uri=https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success
This works ...
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