Questions tagged [search]
Questions about searching via the API, typically using the /search method.
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Stack Overflow View - Visual Studio code extension
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This is a Visual Studio Code extension that allows developers to search Stack Overflow inside of the text editor, to quickly access answers and view questions.
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Let me Ask Jon Skeet for you (LMAJSFY)
Let me Ask Jon Skeet for you (LMAJSFY)
For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than Ask Jon Skeet for themselves.
Enter your search term and click ...
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Ask Jon Skeet - A Search Engine
Ask Jon Skeet
A Search engine for questions answered by Jon Skeet.
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A search engine that focuses on questions asked on Stack Overflow and answered by Jon Skeet. As Jon Skeet is so ...
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TechGraph: A landscape of a tag/tech in Stack Overflow
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Version 0.1
Right-click to see the tagWiki (there was a collision between single click and double click);
Add one section (ExpertGraph) to show the expertise graph of experts who ...
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SymbolHound Search
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// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange SymbolHound Search
// @description Uses SymbolHound instead of regular search if query begins with "sh:".
// @version 1.1
// @include http:...
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Enhance Google search by incorporating Stack Overflow
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This is a userscript for browsers (Chrome/Firefox) which can give you an overview of your programming-related search. The detailed functions are listed below:
Spot the programming ...
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Stack Overflow Instant Search
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I love the concept of instant search that Google introduced. Stack Overflow Instant Search does exactly that - it brings (almost) instant search to Stack Overflow. The results ...
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The Ask Ubuntu Lens for Unity
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If you're running Ubuntu with Unity, this Lens will put Ask Ubuntu right next to your files and applications in the Unity Dash. Via filters, you can select any other Stack Exchange ...
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Google Search Results Integration (Chrome Extension)
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Google Chrome Extension that adds a new tab to StackOverflow search results that uses Google magic formula for relevance.
It does this by opening Google search in a background tab ...
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Reputation-based filter for search results
This userscript filters search results on Stack Exchange sites by reputation of the asker. To use it, add a search parameter such as is:25 where 25 is the minimum reputation required. Since the search ...
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The "advanced search" path returns very wrong results for the `q` parameter
I'm trying to search for a string. It's a hardware identifier 10ec:8168 and should be unique to that make/model of chip. Any questions that mention is should be relevant.
But compare the site search ...
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Formatting and formatted content is missing for body in search excerpts call
The body returned by the search excerpts call seems to omit formatting and sometimes even formatted content. Example calls follow for this question: Does `inquestion` support multiple question ids?
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Stack Search - Chrome extension
Stack Search is the chrome extension you’ve always dreamed of!
Stack Search adds to your Google Search results a filtered set of the most relevant answers from your top trusted coding sources: ...
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StackSurfer iOS App
StackSurfer Screenshots:
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“StackSurfer – Search Faster, Work Smarter”
StackSurfer provides a smarter way to search for questions and answers in Stack Overflow. You can search for questions ...
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Parameter `tagged` in `search/advanced` seems to use `AND` instead of `OR`
It seems that search/advanced has the same problem as in "The tagged parameter does not work with multiple tags" question.
When I select c#; .net I only get results tagged both c# and .net:
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Script to convert a search on a StackExchange site to a Google search of that site
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Adds a Google button below the Search button on the search page which takes you to a Google search restricted to the current Stack Exchange site but with the same ...
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StackExchange Google Search
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// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange Google Search
// @description Google questions if query begins with "gq:" and user profiles if query begins with "gu:".
// @version 1.1
// @...
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stack.horizobu.com - an exploration engine
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stack.horizobu.com is a search engine for the various Stack Exchange question and answer sites. horizobu assists you in your search by suggesting related query terms. The query ...
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Garbage (litter) filters - delete custom filters from the "more" dropdown
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Garbage (litter) filters is a userscript that allows users to delete custom filters from the top dropdown directly without scrolling down to the "custom filters" sidebar. Inspired by ...
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Add a color highlight to closed questions in the question lists
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Adds a color highlight to closed questions. Inspired on a question asked by Hakan Fıstık
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The script will highlight the close reason found at the end of a question ...
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Search incomplete synonym name
Is there is way to search synonym when user is inputting the name. Something like how things work in SO's tag search page.
j2se is a synonym of java tag, but it appears in search when searching for ...
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Why is there a difference between "questions" and "search" in API?
I have a query to find the number of questions tagged java from 2012-08-01 to 2013-08-01. Running this using both /questions and /search produces different results:
https://api.stackexchange.com/2....
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Stack Exchange search API not returning results with min, max vote count
Query to search for all question with perl6 tag created between Oct 1 - Oct 5 2019. I'm sorting the results by votes.
/2.2/search?fromdate=1569888000&todate=1570233600&order=desc&sort=...
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Max score with tagged works incorrectly for /questions, correctly for /search
When I look for questions tagged java from the first week of September 2014 with a minimum score of 10 like this:
/2.2/questions?fromdate=1409529600&todate=1410134400&min=10&sort=votes&...
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Is there a difference between the API search and the search from within the site?
I'm curious if the search results from the API is calculated the same way as the searches from within the sites themselves?
Is there a difference between the two? If so, what are the differences?
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Is there an app for searching Stack Overflow?
I was thinking about how I often use the Stack Overflow "ask a question" area as a search engine, rather than searching Google first. I know I'm more likely to find my answer by doing this. I was ...
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Greasemonkey Script: Show all results from a search, even if they would be hidden by your ignored tags
greasemonkey script to make it so no questions are hidden based on their tags when you are searching
I'm currently ignoring the Perl tag because I don't know anything about it, but occasional I want ...
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Add API method for network-wide search
Just like stackexchange.com has a networkwide search, it would be nice to have an equivalent of excerpt-search which searches the entire network at once. That would save me 360 calls (per-site metas ...
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Search links (Stack, Google, Symbolhound) next to the search box, for tab opening
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Adds three links next to the search box. Allows to open the regular Stackoverflow search in a new tab, or search using Google, or Symbolhound.
Proved useful to find duplicates.
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