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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 ...
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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.
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Relevance value on /similar route
Given that the /similar method can be sorted by relevance there must be a numeric rank for each question.
Would it be possible to have access to the value? Off by default, but can be enabled by using ...
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Can we have a flag for sites with mature content?
To my horror today, I discovered that StackMobile was happily serving up content from the newest Stack Exchange site. (StackMobile has a cron job that runs daily, updating the list of sites using the ...
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Self-mined Badge Progress via 2.0+ API
Badge Progress as a topic has had many questions, and some closed. Before downvoting or closing, please consider how this question might be different.
First, what's the the latest official answer of ...
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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 => ...
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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 ...
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How about a regex filter in the tags API?
The tags API has a "filter" parameter but it only matches the exact substring in the parameter in the tags.
On Travel we have one kind of tags, IATA airport codes (SYD for Sydney, SFO for San ...
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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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Is there going to be an API for the Careers site?
Is there going to be an API for access to the careers site? I could understand that it would be different to the rest of the Stack Exchange APIs, but I could see that it could be useful for use cases ...
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Documentation has broken link (JSONP)
On Wikipedia, JSONP now has its own article, instead of being part of the JSON article.
The documentation links JSONP to Wikpedia:JSON#JSONP. It should link to Wikipedia:JSONP.
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Make API query to only one Stack Exchange site
Is there a way to limit a /search or a /similar query to a specific site or sites?
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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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Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
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Global Inbox **Unviewed Count** API
Ok so some of the messages in the GI are private, those could be filtered out of the API return, or replaced by a type = private so that apps can let the user that if they want to see it they have to ...
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API console always queries Stack Overflow
On any Stack Exchange site (well, I tried Super User (trilogy), Unix (SE-2.0 launched) and SFF (SE-2.0 beta)), the console (“Show Console” button) in the 1.1 API queries http://api.stackoverflow.com/1....
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Always show console on API docs
This script stops you having to click the "show console" button to test an API call.
Install - View Source
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Definitive on timeline_type?
Hi all,
I am trying to get a definitive on what timeline_type actually means...
I've looked at: https://stackapps.com/search?q=timeline_type but to no avail.
The new documentation doesn't list ...
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How many ids is 'too many'?
This answer mentions limit on amount of ids included in queries like /users/{id}/mentioned, but I can't find actual amount mentioned anywhere.
Now, I could run binary search and find out, but I ...
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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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Getting Question data using stack.PHP fails after a certain number of requests
I am trying to build an RSS feed that includes any/all questions that I have answered, and been accepted as the correct answer.
I am running into an issue where I'm sending too many requests and ...
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Remove [app] questions from active
Now we have a special app tab, shouldn't the [app] questions at least be given lower priority on the active tab, which is now for development?
Ideally it would be to have the ability to sort the app ...
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What happened to the /stats method?
I can't find the /stats method in the new usage documentation.
A quick run of http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/stats reveals that the method is still there. However, it is not documented.
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Add reputation and site URL to 1.1 associated accounts
I know you wanted to reduce the amount of data returned, but hasn't it gone a little far?
Especially as there are no numerical site IDs. For example the Apple site is now called AskDifferent, however ...
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Provide a method to search for sites
Due to the new pagination of the /sites method in v1.1 of the API, we have to go through all the pages of sites to check whether a site exists, or allow the user to search for a site.
Would it be ...
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What license is the Stack Exchange API released under? MIT?
Are there any license requirements the Stack Exchange API?
Which license is it released under?
If I were to develop an app, would I have to credit Stack Exchange API?
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OBSOLETE - List Area51 discuss in the StackAuth sites list
The API works for Area 51 discuss, but it isn't listed on the site list. Would it be possible to add it so software using the API can access it without adding specific code for it?
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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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Where is the usage documentation?
I know this is probably a dumb question, but there's a bunch of documentation and I don't know what to do with this stuff. How do you use the API?
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Is it possible to authenticate a user through Stack Overflow API?
Is it possible to use the Stack Overflow API to authenticate a given user identity such as with Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID?
If it's possible: Can you tell me the method (s) that make this happen?
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/users/tags should contain scores
I am implementing some simple JavaScript/bookmarklet based apps that show some reputation info, including the score in the User's top tags (roughly based on this previous bookmarklet of mine).
Now I ...
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API Help's CSS is missing
The API Help page's CSS file, located at http://sstatic.net/so/all.css, is current returning 404 for me:
<div id="header"><h1>Server Error</h1></div>
<div id="content">
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Include tag "objects" in questions
getting a question returns among other things an array of tag names, it would be better if it return a whole tag "object" in other words: the count and fulfills_required (okay maybe not the fulfills ...
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user 'about_me' field suggested_buffer_size is too small
the suggested_buffer_size of user.about_me is currently 3000.
it is apparent that this is the server-side field length.
the problem is that the text is stored server-side in markdown but when served ...
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Rather than remove site from /sites set status close, at least temporarily
I noticed today, due to some exceptions, that sites that do not perform in beta can be closed and thus removed from /sites.
If you persist data, you will need to check your data every time you pull /...
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OBSOLETE - /search method, returning the body of the questions
Probably this is a documentation fault.
For the search method, the parameter list doesn't say anything about an optional body, but looking at the Returns description shows:
"body": {
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Error Code when API Key Limit exceeds
What will the error code be generated when API Key Limit exceeds? I need that because I have to handle this error in my application.
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StackAuth feature requests
Would it be possible to have a hash of a sites icon so that you only have to download when it's changed. Or is this already implemented with HTTP cache or something like that (if it is could someone ...
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Is there a Stack Exchange icon available?
StackAuth /sites route provides all the site's icons except for the one of the Stack Exchange master site.
Could you please provide it in some way (a static SVG would be good)?
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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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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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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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Add careers link and info to StackAuth
It might be nice to have access to a user's linked careers information via StackAuth if at all possible. One use I had in mind was integration into a sidebar widget.
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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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Auto discover API version?
I may have missed this before, and if I have, I apologize (I searched and didn't find anything).
Is there a way to discover what the API version for a site is? With the recent change from 0.8 to 0.9,...
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Add last_awarded_date to users/{id}/badges
I'm working on an activity notification app. It would be helpful to know the date of the last award for each badge, so the app can notify of changes since the last query.
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How to see which users upvoted a question?
I assume this information is tracked, since StackOverflow shows me the questions I have upvoted (when going to their question page, I can undo the upvote). I couldn't find any api call that gives this ...
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Creating plug-ins with StackApps which can be used on a per-user basis.
Facebook developers can create applications which run inside Facebook. For example, the Graffiti app adds a button to the New wall item popup, and has its own pages inside Facebook.
What if we could ...
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associated_users does not have a root level key
in order to uniquely identify a associated_users on must traverse the object graph into the onsite object and construct an artificial key.
it makes more sense to either flatten the structure or, more ...
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