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Does there exist an app that allows me to download all of my questions and answers on all SE sites?
I'm interested in downloading a backup of all my questions and answers on all Stack Exchange sites in the form of markdown files. I'm already aware of this SE data explorer query, but this downloads ...
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Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, incl. differences between them?
Where do I look for a new-to-the-network technical-overview introduction to what a script/app/etc. basically is, including differences between them?
Basically, I'm looking for onboarding documentation ...
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How can I retrieve more than 25 pages from the Stack Exchange API v2.3?
I'm trying to find a way to retrieve all the results from a search query from the Stack Exchange API v2.3. My use case includes more than 25 pages (I already use the maximum page size of 100).
The ...
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How to handle default compression on response with Java's HttpURLConnection? [duplicate]
I sent a request for question with no parameters to
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?order=desc&sort=activity&site=stackoverflow
I received a response of 9764 bytes stored in ...
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"Could not parse uri [redirect_uri]" when trying to authenticate
I was just reading into this API and wanted to test it out before I would use it in a project.
I have added an application on this site and got all of the keys.
When I try to authenticate a user with ...
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How to get the user's pinned sites?
I have been trying to find the API for getting all the pinned/favorite sites of the user, but I can't.
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I am unable to get the desired response through Stack Exchange API, using Postman [duplicate]
I am using this: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/answers#page=3&order=desc&sort=activity&filter=default&site=stackoverflow
to get the response.
Is this the correct URI?
I have ...
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I have created a lot of access_token with no_expiry scope while experimenting. How do I delete them?
While learning how to work with the StackApps APIs, I created quite a few (more than 10) access_token with no_expiry scope. Finally I have got my applicaiton working but I am worried that all those ...
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An exhaustive list of URL formats for a URL representing a user
I am developing an application that will ask the user to type in his Stack Overflow URL, meaning the URL of his Stack Overflow profile,and then get something from the Stack Exchange API.
Is there a ...
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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 application ...
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bad_parameter when using key with todate?
I'm having trouble using my API key with the todate parameter. My query works fine with todate:
$ curl -s "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/search/advanced?todate=2015-07-21&site=stackoverflow&...
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Implicit Flow Isn't Redirecting
I'm using the WebAuthenticationBroker to allow users to log in to their account:
var accessToken = "";
var uri = "https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?redirect_uri=https://localhost.com&...
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Why is `page` and `page_size` returned in common wrapper object?
page and page_size returned in common wrapper object, if I run /me/associated request. Why is it so? I am asking this because we have already sent these parameters as request. So getting the same ...
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How can I edit a post with the API and python?
I am a real beginner, but want to know more about using the API.
I need to be able to get a post tagged with installation and the have it displayed to me. I then enter either 1 or 2, and it will ...
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Question up-voting is not working from my code?
I am trying to upvote a question using the Stack Exchange API in android, via the /2.2/questions/{questionID}/upvote route.
But in the log, it's just showing something like:
org.apache.http.message....
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`last_editor` is missing but `last_edit_date` is present?
Some posts (questions or answers) have a last_edit_date but no last_editor. Does this always mean that the post was last edited by the post owner?
Example: stackapps.com/a/3891/
PS: This issue came ...
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"access_denied" error in the write answer at stackoverflow [duplicate]
I am providing an application (windows application), This application can search in the stackoverflow and show results. Then User can write answer for that Question or write comment for that, Now my ...
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Why am I getting a 404 when trying to post a comment?
I'm dabbling around in /posts/{id}/comments/add, and I'm trying this query:
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/posts/144890/comments/add?site=meta.stackoverflow&key=ArbQthisismykeyjyecuJQ((&...
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Top questions by tag and period
I want to get via API the most voted questions from the latest week (for example) from a specified tag (php, for example).
How can I do this?
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How can I get a list of favorite/ignored tags?
I can not find an API method method that would provide me with a set of favorite/ignored tags for a given user. Is there such a method? If not, is there a recommended way to get this information?
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How can I re-authenticate StackAlert Addon
Recently I removed StackAlert Firefox addon from my apps list in StackExchange. Now when I reinstall it, it is not authenticating and giving message
key is not valid for passed access_token..
How ...
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What is the "Manage API Keys" link to the right of the StackApps.com frontpage?
When I click on it, I get a page that goes "Your Applications", then "No applications registered". Needless to say, this is different from "Manage your applications" link on the frontpage because I do ...
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Using an existing Java oAuth implementation to access the Stack Exchange 2 Api?
I found the Scribe oAuth api and I was wondering how a call would work with the Stack Exchange API, since that uses oAuth. I'm sorta green when it comes to oAuth but I'm planning on writing an ...
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User profile_image dimensions
I'd like to use the user profile_image string property (which is the url of a user's avatar image e.g. http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fbc10e7e541ba1f171a06af062bef7c0?s=128&d=identicon&r=PG) ...
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Pagination of users ordered by reputation
I know I can retrieve a page of users ordered by reputation using these apis:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/?sort=reputation&order=desc&page=1
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/...
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