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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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/users/{id} and /users/{id}/timeline - filter parameter?
Both /users/{id} and /users/{id}/timeline say they take a filter parameter for users' names, but it seems to do nothing. Are they not supposed to be there?
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Methods that return comments document body and comments parameters but they do nothing
Methods that return comments document the "body" and "comments" parameters, but they have no effect on the results, which cannot include comments and always include the body.
Specific methods:
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Inconsistency in the handling of multiple IDs with a duplicate
There appears to be some inconsistency in the way multiple ids are being handled, especially when a duplicate exists.
Duplicate ID is significant
For example, when requesting a timeline of multiple ...
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Confirmation on sort, order and min/max
I'd like confirmation, if possible, that the following chart of sort types is correct:
sort |orderable|min/max |min/max type
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activity | yes | ...
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Document fields that may be not be included in responses
I'd like to see documentation on what fields may not be included in responses or, alternatively, which fields are guaranteed to be included. Currently it's a little confusing because some fields may ...
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questions/{id}/timeline documentation: timeline_type values not listed
The timeline_type for post timelines just says "string" for the "values". From a cursory look at a few questions, I've seen the following types of events:
question
answer
comment
revision
votes
The ...
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questions/{id} help page sort parameter description is inconsistence with others
The description of the Sort parameter in questions/{id} help page is inconsistent with those of other pages.
On the questions/{id} help page:
sort (optional):
How a collection
should be ...
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Two minor typos in the API help
In http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help
/users/{id}/answers Gets answer summary informatino for the user with 'id'.
and in the Returns section of http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help/method?method=...
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What happens if an app becomes super popular?
Will there be provisions for apps to become "sponsored" by SO wherein the limits are removed? Say somebody writes the de-facto iPhone app and it gets 500,000 users, the 10K cap will be hit pretty ...
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API Documentation and Help
Method List
All API methods can be found at https://api.stackexchange.com/docs.
Global Method Parameters
All methods accept the following parameters:
type=jsontext: responds with mime-type text/json.
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