Questions tagged [getting-started]
For information on the fundamentals of developing solutions with the Stack Exchange API
9 questions
109
votes
3
answers
24k
views
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.
...
- 201
21
votes
5
answers
1k
views
Conscientious use of the API
What constitutes abuse?
Making an undue number of requests in a short span of time, or regularly exceeding a request quota during "normal" use.
Guidelines for polling
We realize that a great ...
- 6,965
6
votes
1
answer
326
views
Stack Exchange API in Chrome extension
How I can connect my extension to the API? I tried to use this example code for connecting:
SE.init({
clientId: 1,
key: '?',
channelUrl: '?',
complete: function (data) { alert('...
- 131
140
votes
3
answers
31k
views
API "Hello World" code
The Stack Exchange API is based on HTTP and URLs, just like the web page you're browsing now. Except instead of HTML, the responses are all in JSON.
Let's say we wanted to call the /info method:
https:...
- 165
5
votes
2
answers
495
views
Getting started: /users/{id} [duplicate]
I am trying to get the amount of reputation that a user has. I have established that I need to use this url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/users/1272330?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=...
rene♦
- 2,897
32
votes
1
answer
11k
views
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 ...
CommunityBot
- 1
6
votes
2
answers
475
views
Odd String Format Result from API Call
I'm just getting started messing around with the SO API. I haven't worked with JSON before, and I am getting a strange result from a basic call (No API Key).
WebClient stackClient = new WebClient();
...
CommunityBot
- 1
4
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Posting questions and answers via API
I am new to StackApps. I have created an account and I have got an API key.
Now my question is, how can I access user accounts? I'm interested in posted questions and
answers. Is there a way to post ...
CommunityBot
- 1
4
votes
3
answers
341
views
Getting started: What kind of thing can we do with the SE-API that we can't do with the SE Data Explorer?
I want to know if my slender grasp of the latter will help me learn about the former.
- 2,986