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tagged and min max creation gives wrong total
I am trying to get the total number of question with a specific tag AND created within a specific date span.
For example, the number of questions tagged as 'java' created between 16 and 17 Jan 2012:
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1
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Typo in throttle violation error message
I was just playing around with the API locally and got throttled for the questions and answers methods (the only two I was using).
Anyway, I noticed there’s a small typo in the error message that’s ...
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New questions on live home page display improperly
I was browsing Stack Apps earlier today and a little box popped up indicating that there were new questions. It looked something like this:
After clicking the provided link, here is what was ...
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Where can I request an API key in the docs?
Can you mention the possibility of requesting an API key in the docs? It was displayed for the 1.0 API.
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Error when requesting the last page of results.
When I try to view the following URL:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/questions?page=93781&site=stackoverflow
I get the error:
{
"error_id": 500,
"error_name": "internal_error",
"...
7
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1
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127
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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 ...
2
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Mistake in API 2.0 Documentation - Wrong item type for Careers Message
On https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/inbox-item the Careers Message example shows the wrong item type.
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API 2.0 is not returning Programmers in list of sites
Run https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/sites.
programmers.stackexchange.com is not in the response.
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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 ...
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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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108
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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?
2
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1
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27
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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
2
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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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36
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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?
3
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68
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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 ...
2
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1
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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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3
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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".
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1
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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 ...
2
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1
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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....
2
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1
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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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1
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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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1
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38
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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
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3
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1
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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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1
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integer and decimal are used to describe fields in return types but not in method parameters
Integer and Decimal designations are useful in creating an accurate model of API methods and types.
These specific 'number' subtypes are used when describing types but the method parameter lists all ...
2
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1
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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.
3
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1
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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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1
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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.
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68
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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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1
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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://...
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1
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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,...
2
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1
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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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1
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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 ...
2
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1
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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 "...
4
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1
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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). ...
4
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Documentation sorted by return type
Right now the documentation is pretty terribly organized. For example, consider the things under the "Users" heading:
/users => returns Users
/users/{ids} => returns Users
/users/{ids}/answers => ...
5
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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 ...
2
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1
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53
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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 ...
2
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1
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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 ...