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OBSOLETE - Soapi.CS : A fully relational fluent .NET Stack Exchange API client library
Soapi.CS for .Net / Silverlight / Windows Phone 7 / Mono
as easy as breathing...:
var context = new ApiContext(apiKey).Initialize(false);
Question thisPost = context.Official
.StackApps
....
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OBSOLETE - Soapi.JS : fluent JavaScript client library for the Stack Exchange API
OBSOLETE
This library uses the old API, and the soapi.info domain doesn't work anymore. There's still an archive on CodePlex.
Soapi.js
If you are looking for a full featured, compact JavaScript ...
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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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Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API
I see the Stack Exchange API but I'm unable to understand it. I don't think there is any fundamental tutorial showing how to use Stack Overflow fully in the API documentation.
I want some fundamental ...
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Obsolete - StackTack, a JavaScript widget you can stick anywhere
Screenshot / Code Snippet
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script ...
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StackWrap4J Java wrapper
The StackWrap4J 1.0.1 jar is now available! (See the changelog)
Sample Code / Screen Shot
The following code snippet was used to test the wrapper in the Android emulator:
TextView text = (TextView)...
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-WATCH: A realtime service that notifies subscribers via Twitter when the API changes in any way
Obsolete:
This app no longer works. It uses a version of the API that was decommissioned in May of 2014.
Links and the domain are also long dead.
SOAPI-WATCH
This post was one of the two that were ...
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-EXPLORE: Self-updating single page JavaSript API test harness
SOAPI-EXPLORE
this post was one of the two that were listed regarding SOAPI.
For a full overview of the SOAPI eco-system see What is SOAPI and why should I care?
For a more robust API discovery tool ...
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OBSOLETE - Six to Eight: An iPhone client
Six to Eight no longer functions, and has been discontinued.
This is due to the shutdown of the v1 SE API. Given that SE has now developed their own iOS client, I don't see myself updating Six to ...
20
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3
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OBSOLETE - StackCenter - your one-stop app for everything Stack Exchange
OBSOLETE: The site and app have been down for years.
Update: StackCenter has been completely rewritten to use Soapi.JS2. I have also made some changes to the UI.
Screenshot
About
StackCenter is a ...
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OBSOLETE - soapi-notify : Stay ahead of the pack with new question notification V1 release
Obsolete:
This app no longer works. It uses a version of the API that was decommissioned in May of 2014.
soapi-notify
Stay ahead of the pack
soapi-notify is an easy to use windows application ...
15
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1
answer
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OBSOLETE - SOREP: Trilogy Site Ranking - For those who need to know
Note, all of the app links, below, are dead. And the domain is parked.
SOREP is a service that does a nightly index of all users ordered by reputation and makes that information available via REST.
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OBSOLETE - SE Editor Toolkit
Looking for Maintainer
I have not had the capacity to maintain this project in any meaningful way, but the source code is quite clear and reasonably well documented. If you would be interested to ...
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Should there be a discovery API?
It would seem to me that a simple API that return an array of the API base URL and perhaps the common name of the sites that support the API would be valuable. Is this sensible?
EDIT:
This is what I ...
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0
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Tell us that POST is required to write
While troubleshooting /posts/{id}/comments/add in order to answer Why am I getting a 404 when trying to post a comment?, it was noticed that the API path in question only responded to POST requests. ...
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OBSOLETE - Soapi.Explore (silverlight) - The entire API at your command
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.Explore SL
About
Soapi.Explore SL is a Silverlight based annotated test harness for the Stack Exchange API. All API methods and ...
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OBSOLETE - Soapi.FindUser - Quickly find a any Stack Exchange user
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.FindUser
About
Soapi.FindUser is a tiny .NET 3.5 application that searches all Stack Exchange sites for users by name with the provided ...
4
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2
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OBSOLETE - Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) Quickly find any user anywhere in the Stackiverse!
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.FindUser - Silverlight Edition
Configuration:
{irreparable screenshot was here}
About
Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) is provides a means ...
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OBSOLETE - Droidstack for Android - now with chat support! [closed]
Obsolete - coded for decommissioned version of the API. This app unmaintained since Feb 2011. Source code still available; all other links dead or empty.
Current status
I'm not actively maintaining ...
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OBSOLETE - New Q! - Google Chrome Extension notifies you of new questions of interest and inbox messages
Obsolete. Code last updated 7 years ago. Chrome store links are long dead. Source code still available though.
Screenshots
A new question notification in Chrome 6 in Windows XP
A new answer and ...
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OBSOLETE - Add Timeline and Revisions links
Obsolete: The links are dead, but the forked script in the answer(s) may still work.
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Add revision links, and timeline links on all questions post menus.
Intended ...
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1
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Accessing Authenticated User's Close/Delete History
I'm working on the PHP chatroom's cv-pls backlog UI. Many users and myself would like the ability to track which questions we have already handled though close/delete votes. To be able to do that I ...
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OBSOLETE - StackAd - An Easy Way to Display Open-Source Ads on Your Site/Blog
Note:
This page is due for an update but until then you can add StackAd to your site by adding:
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/stackad/stackad.min....
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-DIFF: Your app broke? Check SOAPI-DIFF to find out what changed in the API
OBSOLETE - the website soapi.info is down.
SOAPI-DIFF
Soothe your beta api blues with a DIFF view of the entire API compared to the last changed version.
Instantly identify added/removed/changed ...
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OBSOLETE - StackX - Android application for Stack Exchange (Free) (UI and optimization upgrade)
Update: 4/15/2013: Screenshots updated according to latest layout
An android application that will allow the user to browse through all of stack exchange websites using API v2.1.
Browse any of the ...
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Please "release" and/or document API version 2.3
I was playing around a bit with Fiddler to capture traffic from the Stack Exchange iOS app. To my surprise, it uses version 2.3 of the Stack Exchange API:
I noticed here that it has some extra ...
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM: A flat sortable, filterable list of all parameters in the Stack Overflow api
OBSOLETE: the soapi.info website is down
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM is a little scooby snack of a tool that lets you get your eyes on all of the parameters in the api.
This is useful for ...
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How do I parse the dates from the API?
I see that JSON returned by the API contains dates in the following format:
"creation_date":1364546475
^^^^^^^^^^
What's the meaning of it? How can I parse it to get the date in the ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack2Blog - Turning your answers into blogs (For "sale")
Stack2Blog for Sale
Hi everyone!
Since we're working on a few other projects, we haven't worked on Stack2Blog in a while.
We still think it can be useful, especially with the rise of platforms like ...
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OBSOLETE - StackAnywhere - A Stack Exchange client for Android
Discontinued
In light of the release of the official Stack Exchange app, which has far more functionality, there seems little point in releasing further updates for StackAnywhere. I've made the ad-...
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Stack Exchange Java client library
Sample Code
/**
* The following will print out the current stats for the
* Stack Overflow site (stackoverflow.com).
*/
public class Example
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
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How the /sites method is meant to be used
The /sites method is used to enumerate all sites in the network. If your [app] is meant to run against more than a single site (and many are) this method is how you should be discovering new sites in ...
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OBSOLETE - Official Stack Overflow iOS App
Screenshots
About
Stack Overflow is the can’t-code-without-it site where professional and enthusiast programmers ask their toughest questions and get answers from their peers. Learn, share and ...
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OBSOLETE - Add Timeline and Revisions Links
Obsolete: Script no longer works on any Stack Exchange site. Updated version found here.
Screenshot
About
This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds both timeline and revision links to ...
7
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1
answer
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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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OBSOLETE - achivy.com, track all your statistics, reputation and badges in one place (now also supports coderwall)
About
Time to collect your achivies
Achivy adds some fun to your life. It supports Stack Overflow and all Stack Exchange applications, GitHub,Coderwall Ohloh as well as many other applications to your ...
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OBSOLETE - StackAd Scroller
Screenshot
About
StackAd Scroller is a small web application that scrolls the open source ads from this Meta question. It is highly configurable and makes a nice page to leave your web browser open ...
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The API Key does not work
I have registered an app at https://stackapps.com/apps/register, got a Key right away after I have submitted.
But now when I request http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/stats?key=MYKEY, I got ...
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Can we not limit requests based on the first one?
According to the answer given to this question, it seems like the API limits requests based on the first one. (Regardless of the presence of a key.)
Can this please be changed? It really hinders ...
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My filter is not returning any results. How to create a minimal filter?
I'm having trouble getting the SO API Filters to cooperate. I've gone over the documentation as well as similar questions like this and this.
I'll use this call as an example since it successfully ...
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AND searching for tags?
I am using the search api to search for questions that are tagged with "tags" and not with "tags". However I have noticed that searching for tags is an OR search.
The questions search for tags is an ...
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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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What am I allowed/not permitted to do with the API?
I have a site that will offer technical help and assistance for a certain niche of computer users. I can either host my own forums, or tie in with stack... but I want to be able to make money off it ...
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1
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`types=main_site` in `/me/associated` gives `meta_site` accounts also
When I run /me/associated with main_site as a parameter in types, its gives meta_site accounts also (Meta Stack Exchange profile).
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Flack Overstow - Generate spam from Stack Exchange posts
Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman:
http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack
Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the ...
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SymbolHound: Search Stack Overflow for special characters
About
See symbolhound.com
SymbolHound is was a search engine that doesn't ignore special characters. I was always frustrated that I couldn't search for symbols like >> and && using ...
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OBSOLETE - Elections Statistics page for Stack Exchange sites
Obsolete: The site has been down hard for a couple of years.
Reference:
Shog9's answer on Meta SE
The GitHub issue
The Stack Exchange Elections Statistics Page is a simple single-...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Exchange Notifier Chrome Extension
#Obsolete: Links are dead; no source code.
About
Stack Exchange Notifier is a handy extension for Google Chrome browser that displays your current reputation, badges on Stack Exchange sites and ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Favorites: A basic organizer of your Stack Overflow favorites
App no longer available for use and not in development.
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
This basic website allows users to organize their Stack Overflow favorites by tags, or search through ...
21
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1
answer
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OBSOLETE - A Stack of Twits - Tweeting all over your stack
OBSOLETE - Domain is no longer working and Twitter account hasn't been active since 2010.
Get tweets about new questions on Stack App sites
About
I am fed up sitting all day refreshing the home ...