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API docs titled "v2.0"; should be "v2.1"
The documentation is titled "StackExchange API v2.0"... this should be updated to "v2.1" as it's not readily obvious that version 2.1 has been published otherwise.
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs
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What does "in practice" mean here?
From /answers/{id}/delete:
In practice, this method will never return an object.
For me, "in practice" means that the method will maybe return an object. But why? That's not good from an ...
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Spelling mistake in API Documentation's "Authentication" page
Can you find the spelling mistake in "Unregistered Users" (last section) of the Authentication page?
In case you're not in the mood for games, here is it:
This is actually a correct spelling - of ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Viewer - App for navigate in Stack Overflow and more
Obsolete: Links are dead; no source code.
This is a native android app for navigate in Stack Overflow.
You can see answers, questions, best users by reputation, search by text and tags among other ...
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What happened to the links to a Stack App mentioned in the documentation about write access?
The documentation about write access states:
The application responsible for creating content via the API may be indicated with a link to an app's Stack Apps post. The exact manner of display is ...
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List /network-activity methods under Network Methods in the documentation
The API methods /users/{id}/network-activity and /me/network-activity, both return a summary of a user's activity across the Stack Exchange network and do not take a site parameter.
They are ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Overflow ebooks for Kindle
Obsolete: Links are dead, except for the source code which is very dated.
Screenshots
About
These books contain the top questions from a selection of the top tags on Stack Overflow. The top ...
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Possible bug in the help page?
There are some weird dot things in this help page:
api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help/method?method=users/{id}/badges
{Dead link to missing image: http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/stackbug.png}
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Is there an RSS feed or question that has API changes?
Is there someplace that we can find notifications of API changes? I noticed today that a new property has been added to user along with a couple new method (and maybe other changes).
Is there an ...
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OBSOLETE - Enhanced Review
Obsolete: Install link is dead as well as the Source code link.
This userscript adds voting options to the sidebar of Close Review and Low Quality Review of Stack Exchange sites, as well as Help &...
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OBSOLETE - Review+Edit Page
Obsolete: The links are all dead. No source code.
This Chrome extension reorganizes the Review page of Stack Exchange sites, adding lists of questions that may need an intervention.
The review ...
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OBSOLETE - ChatSEy - An Android App for SE Chat
App removed
Now that we have a mobile chat that doesn't suck, I've taken this down.
Screenshot
About
Completely overhauled styles, including default and dark themes
Reply to, star and flag ...
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SE API V1.1 documentation, date errata
The Stack Exchange API, version 1.1, documentation is ever so slightly confusing wherever Unix timestamps are mentioned (perhaps any ranges, I haven't dug too deeply)
For instance:
todate – Unix ...
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OBSOLETE - Add Timeline and Revisions Links
Obsolete: Script no longer works on any Stack Exchange site. Updated version found here.
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About
This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds both timeline and revision links to ...
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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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OBSOLETE - Add Draft Save Links
Obsolete: Install and source links are dead. Script was written for much older version of the sites.
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This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds Save and Clear buttons for ...
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Incorrect Wordpress and Electronics icons
Currently Meta Icon
Currently Main Icon
With all the other sites (except electronics, which has the same icon for both), Meta has the B&W or sepia icon, while the main site's icon is coloured.
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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-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 ...
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The authentication doc gives a wrong domain for authentication
The authentication doc page now lists URL's like:
https://stackoverflow.com/oauth
https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token
etc.
While these seem to work, the correct domain is stackexchange.com, ...
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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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OBSOLETE - StackOverflow Updater.. Update Questions without the refresh
Obsolete: App is long gone from the Chrome store. No source-code available. It was coded for a decommissioned version of the API anyway.
SOUpdater - UnRefresh! (1.2)
App
(Chrome-Extension)
...
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Only Stack Overflow has documentation, but the API erroneously lists documentation privileges for all sites
Privileges related to Stack Overflow Documentation are displaying in every other site's API data.
Using Meta Stack Exchange, for example, /2.2/privileges?site=meta returns the following documentation ...
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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 - 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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0
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OBSOLETE - Stackwise: a beautiful way to browse Stack Exchange sites
Obsolete: App not available, nor maintained for years. Source code not available.
Stackwise: a new Stack Exchange browser for iOS devices.
New features
(v1.3) Now with full iOS 7.0 support! Also, ...
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OBSOLETE - GeeQe - Native Stack Overflow client
Obsolete - no longer in iTunes store, no source code given, and was coded for a decommissioned version of the API.
About
The Geek Question Explorer is a Native Stack Overflow iPhone Application.
...
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OBSOLETE - ActionStack - An ActionScript Wrapper for the API
Obsolete - designed for a decommissioned version of the API and most of the links, below, are dead.
Screenshot / Code Snippet
Here is a simple example that fetches stats on Stack Overflow:
import com....
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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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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 - StackBerry application for BlackBerry
OBSOLETE - website and source code repository are down
Screenshot / Code Snippet
(source: livinloud.ca)
About
I created this app because I always wanted to create an open source application. But I ...
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0
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OBSOLETE - Mobile Exchange Library for .NET Compact Framework
Obsolete: This library was made for a decommissioned version of the API. Also, the source code is no longer available.
About
Since the .NET Compact Framework is always lagging behind in terms ...
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0
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OBSOLETE - so++ - C++ Library
Obsolete: Coded for a decommissioned version of the API. Source code might be adaptable though.
(source: DEAD LINK: quickmediasolutions.com)
Code Snippet
#include <sopp/sopp.h>
...
sopp::...
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Is there an offline copy of the API documentation?
I'm trying to find a way to get all the information in the API in one printable PDF,
complete with the examples given in the documentation.
Is there anyway I can do this?
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OBSOLETE - SOStacked: Stack Exchange iPhone client
OBSOLETE - App is not available anymore and website is down.
Screenshots
About
Awesome feature set.
Powerful search, beautiful display
Pick your favorite and ignored tags
Log into your account, ...
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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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0
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OBSOLETE - Stacklipse - Eclipse plugin preview
Obsolete. This plugin is for/uses a decommissioned version of the API.
About
Stacklipse is an eclipse plugin that utilizes Stack Apps API to provide a search view in Eclipse. Currently just provide a ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Up for iOS (1.0.1)
OBSOLETE - the app is not available anymore in the App Store
About
Stack Up is now available on the App Store.
Stack Up is a Stack Exchange client for iOS (4.0 only at the moment, but I'm working ...
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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 ...
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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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1
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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 - 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 - revisions/{id} is returning an error for locked posts
The API is returning the following error message when I request the revision history for locked posts.
Example URL: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/revisions/194812
{
"error": {
"code": 500,
...
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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 ...
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1
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OBSOLETE - See the SOX post -- Side By Side Editing [duplicate]
This script no longer works and is no longer supported. See the Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) for this functionality.
Screenshot
About
This userscript adds a button to the editor toolbar ('Toggle ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Insight - Track a User's Activity Over all Stack Sites
OBSOLETE - Site is dead. And domain has been un-hosted and/or parked since 2013.
Screenshots
About
Web application to show how all a user has been involve in the different stack sites over time.
...
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1
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top-answerers / top-askers documentation bug: number of results returned incorrect
The top-answerers-on-tags and top-askers-on-tags documentation claim:
Returns the top 30 answerers active in a single tag, of either all-time or the last 30 days.
and
Returns the top 30 askers ...
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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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0
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OBSOLETE - StackTrace for iPad
StackTrace for iPad is now available in the App Store No longer in the iTunes store.
With StackTrace, we have taken a unique approach to consuming Stack Exchange content. Instead of focusing on ...
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1
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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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