Questions tagged [feature-request]
This tag indicates a proposal for a new feature for the Stack Exchange API, or a change to an existing feature.
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display_name isn't always there (should have OpenID name if needed)
usually in the owner dictionary there is a display_name value to give the username. But in a few questions it simply doesn't exist and I can't see why only those questions: eg, this excerpt from the 0....
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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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Can API stats return real revision number instead of 1234.5678?
Currently it returns like this
"revision": "1.0.1234.5678"
And looks like that number never changed.
So, Can API return real revision number whenever there is an update?
It will be very useful ...
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API to submit a Suggested Edit
Is there a way of using the API to submit a suggested edit?
This would allow users without the edit privilege to at least submit their suggestion.
There is no create/add endpoint listed in the docs ...
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Please provide an API "flair"-data call (`/associated` route is inadequate)
So today I decided to continue refining my JavaScript skills (different post over on Code Review SE if you'd like to review the results) and utilized the Stack Exchange API (v2.2) to write a "user ...
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Why doesn't Stack Apps have community promotion ads?
Community Promotion Ads would enable Stack App developers to promote their apps to other members of the Stack Apps community. Do we need community promotion ads or not?
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desktop alert with notificatons whenever a favourite tagged question will be asked
I am using Firefox browser and Ubuntu13.04. I am looking for an app,which will create a desktop alert with sounds,whenever any question included with my listed tags in my favourite list will be asked ...
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Installing user scripts on site?
I was thinking the other day, if it would be possible to allow users to install scripts to the website, so that they can be used on browsers that don't support user scripts, or don't have the ability ...
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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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Add logo background color to data returned by StackAuth sites route
Given that now with Stack Exchange 2.0 the logo of some of the sites, like Web Apps, AskUbuntu, Photography, Gaming and Pro Webmasters have non-white background, I think it will be best if the ...
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Is there anyway to get the information now available in the Notification box?
I'm wanting the information in the "Inbox" tab of the notifications in the top left of any SE website. How can I get this or is it not yet available?
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Add 'linked' question data to the API
SE sites show linked questions on the right column.
It would be great to add an array of ids to the question response called 'linked'.
Example Linked Question
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Provide a way to discover associated meta sites
Currently, the API doesn't specify what the associated Meta site is for a certain site (I'm talking about the stackauth.com/1.0/sites route). Sure, we could just prepend "meta." to the domain name, ...
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Filter support for regex or wildcards
Filter would be significantly more useful it it supported Regex or wildcards. Ideally under a different parameter. Wildcard could be with the * or the %. This would allow for "starts-with" or "ends-...
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Main Stack Exchange network site API
The original Stack Exchange app has this cool feature where you can browse hot question from the entire network.
But at the current state I am not able to see a “Stack Exchange” site listed in the ...
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Can I change my profile picture using the API version 2?
I was considering making an app that lets the user design a profile picture and then activate it on the user's Stack Exchange account. Could a feature to change the profile picture be added to the ...
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Looking for Bookmarklet to Create a Question
I want to build a small bookmarklet which can take the selected text and send it to Stack Overflow to create a new post containing the selected text.
Also get a unique id or something that helps to ...
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Are there any APIs for Careers 2.0?
I am planning to create a blog widget which shows data from a page on Careers. For this, I'll need some way to get that data. This could be done using an iframe, but I'm hoping for other avenues as ...
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Can I get more results/options from /users/{ids}/top-answer-tags?
/users/{ids}/top-answer-tags returns the top 30 tags for a given user. It's also the only endpoint that returns the user's tag scores along with the rest of the tag info. I'd like to use this data ...
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Can StackAuth indicate whether a linked meta is in private / public beta?
Currently, StackAuth returns:
state: linked_meta
...regardless of the state of the parent site.
This makes my logic quite complicated as then I have to match it up with its parent site to find its ...
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Please add accepted_date to answers/{id}
The reputation timeline aggregates activity so that only one instance of each answer or question is returned for a given timeframe. This makes it difficult to tease out reputation awarded for ...
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Retrieving a post with a specific ID
According to this question (and its answer), questions and answers are using the same index to determine their ID. In other words:
Question with ID #1
Answer with ID #2
Answer with ID #3
Answer ...
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Don't allow requests with No Key to use existing session with valid API Key
Once I did a request with a valid API key
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/stats?key=MYKEY
Every requests (from that IP) later on without key will use existing session with API key, limit counter ...
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Are these images really necessary?
In the homepage (mobile phone) there's a huge image on the left side of each question:
But are they really necessary? Should we remove them? The images seem unrelated to the questions themselves. ...
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Improve design of the Documentation's 404 page
The 404 page of the documentation has a rather awkward design; for example, a different header than other pages, and no footer. Can it be updated?
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Improve error message when attempting to edit a post while not having enough reputation
When attempting to edit a post while not having enough reputation, like happened here: API to submit a Suggested Edit, the API returns the following:
{
"error_id": 407,
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Why does the 'Apps' tab show hot questions and the 'Scripts' tab high scoring questions?
The Stack Apps homepage has two unique tabs which are not present on other sites: Apps and Scripts. There is a slight difference between the two, which is visible upon hovering:
That's right, the '...
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Update Teams API documentation to reflect dependency on tier
The documentation says (emphasis mine):
Starting with the release of Stack Overflow For Teams, the Stack Exchange API exposes read-only access to data stored in private Teams.
This is slightly ...
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Can I have more than one OAuth Domain?
I tried to set more than one OAuth Domain, but seems to it's not working. I tried to set them separated by comma or space, but got redirect_uri - must be under an apps registered domain error message.
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Add Area 51 Discussions to site list and account list
While Area 51 Discussions is accessible via the API (proof), it is neither in the list of sites nor in the list of associated accounts. I'm not sure how much work this would be to add? I understand ...
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Is the way to search answers by who I voted for? [duplicate]
I found few similar questions: first, second. But answers is too old (2014 year). It's actual now — no way to get this info by using API?
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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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Apply required tag CSS class to the required tags in the "how to ask" side bar
When we ask a question, in the "How To Ask" side bar there is some information about the usage of the tags, such as support, bug and feature-request.
Since those are the required tags (with different ...
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Provide a way to get display name via access token
Please include a new (network) method with the ability to gather display name and profile image directly via access token.
Right now to retrieve this information you have to first authenticate a ...
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API to Emulate Notifications
Is there a API End Point that will emulate Test Notifications? When I say Notifications, I Mean both Inbox and Achievements.
Right now i am using below for the data
Unread Notification : https://...
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Add privilege_type to the privilege API results
The /me/privileges, /users/{id}/privileges and /privileges APIs are currently returning the fields of reputation, description and short_description.
Sample result as:
{
"reputation": 1,
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How to get more details flags from questions?
Short question:
How to get the flags that led up to a question being closed?
When we are going to flag a question, we have to look at /questions/{id}/flags/options first, and I can see
The option ...
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DatePicker in StackExchange API document page should have year next & previous button also
While picking for dates as shown in this snapshot, there should be one more next and previous button for year. It will be easy to navigate 1 year backward and forward on one click. Better option would ...
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Official support for SE apps
Is SE a company, or to put it another way, is it possible to develop apps for SE itself, rather than as a 3rd party?
I find it frustrating to get to a complete list of my sites, you have to go to ...
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Can I see my past upvoted questions in handset APP?
It's not hard to dig out questions upvoted by myself through the PC website. But I cannot find any access to them in the ios app. I guess neither does android app. Did I miss something or is it a ...
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Unhelpful error message when attempting to authenticate [duplicate]
I moved my app to a different server as part of a rewrite, and forgot to update the URL of the app on Stack Apps. When I tried to send a query to https://stackexchange.com/oauth and pass my (old, ...
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Is there an API for adding a user to a site?
With 2.2, I've begun implementing some write features in my app. I've started with voting. When you vote on a question on a site that isn't in a users associated accounts, you get the error "The ...
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Request: Mark inbox items as read, now that API 2.2 is here [duplicate]
Now we have write API, can we get a method for the inbox to mark inbox items as read?
Previously I believe the reason for not having this was the risk of apps marking items as read without the user ...
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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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Can you please return the reputation scores in addition to the reputation changes?
As by far and large (one of) the (two) largest consumer of /users/*/reputation1 , I humbly request an addition to this route.
What I'd love to see is getting the reputation score in addition to the ...
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Would it be possible (in a future API release) to combine queries?
I've been doing a lot of work on StackMobile lately and I made the following observation:
Many of the pages (especially the ones that display a user's profile) make a number of requests to display ...
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Endpoints in associated accounts call
Slightly related:
Add reputation and site URL to 1.1 associated accounts
Currently, the only way to identify a site from the associated accounts route is by its name. This is pretty error-prone and ...
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Can StackAuth please report which sites use MathJax? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Detecting StackExchanges with non-standard “plugins” (e.g. MathJax)
I just added MathJax support to StackMobile (it seems to actually work on Android phones).
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Implement Simple Update Protocol (SUP) endpoint
http://code.google.com/p/simpleupdateprotocol/
The basic concept is that instead of polling individual API calls for changes, you make a single call to a 'SUP endpoint' which indicates any changes ...
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UI Improvements when editing your Application Registration
I went to update my application's profile and I got confused by some of the labels, titles, etc.
Here are some suggestions:
Applications page
http://imgur.com/lV424.png
Edit application page
https:/...
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