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Are the "body", "comments" and "answers" parameters supported in the API version 2.x?
Earlier with version 1.x, the parameters: body, comments and answers etc. were available. But these don't seem to be supported with API version 2.x.
Are these parameters not supported in new API? Are ...
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Searching answers with API
I'm very new to the API and I was looking for a way to get answers of a user. E.g. something like if you click on a tag in your tags section of your profile.
For questions this seems to be quiet easy ...
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Can I change my user profile using the API?
It seems the API just allow me to retrive public information, but... is it possible to change, for instance, my "about_me" information using the API?
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Specific Response attributes [duplicate]
I want to get questions related to a specific tag with the body of those questions. I have figure out this API request:
https://api.stackexchange.com/questions?site=stackoverflow&sort=votes&...
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How to get the "People reached" stat of a user, using the API? [duplicate]
I checked the user ids and advanced search API docs, but I could not get this stat. Does Stack Exchange provide this info in the API?
/2.2/users/{ID}?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=...
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Is there any API to support creating a new question on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
I know there is api for stackoverflow.
It looks like the APIs are read-only, supporting the Get/Search operation.
Is there any API to support creating a new question on stackoverflow?
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Handling working of PHP API key on webpage
I'm building a phpapi and in this api will be giving my clients API key generated for each client.
So basically my client will be sending client id, his personal data(to be stored in DB) & an ...
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2.0 tags API returns only created tags
Searching for tags, using the inname parameter AND a date range returns only the tags that were created in that period, not the tags that were used in that period. When searching by inname only, or ...
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What characters won't be in question->body?
This might seem kinda strange, but what printable ASCII characters am I guaranteed not to find in the body member of a question / answer?
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If a client authenticates, will API requests be counted on their profile?
For example, let's say client X signs into an app that I made. My servers get an access_token which I can then use to send requests on their behalf, for example reading their reputation history. By ...
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Can we pull posts out of Stack Overflow based on tags?
Instead of directly searching the posts and reading on the Stack Overflow website, can we pull out posts in the form of pdf/txt file?
I want to learn (say like programming: c or python) some real ...
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What token parameters to use for OAuth2 Authorizaton?
I'm trying to connect a piece of desktop software to the Stack Exchange web service through OAuth2. I've read the docs but the problem is that what it talks about is subtly different to what ...
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Get UserId by passing email ID in the Stack Exchange API? [duplicate]
The Stack Exchange API is mostly based on 'ids'. IE
/2.2/users/{ids}/top-tags?site=stackoverflow
How can we get {ids} for a particular user using his email id or name? Is there any method available ...
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What about actually identical requests?
Now, it says here that I should not make lots of semantically equivalent requests. It also says that there is a lot of caching. So I was wondering, what about exactly identical requests. Should I wait ...
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Serel returns a JSON Parse error for the 'C#' tag
When I try requesting the tag c# via Serel, I get an error.
This is the error I am getting:
INFO][2013-02-25 02:06:42] Making request to /2.0/tags/c#/info?site=stackoverflow&key=mykey
JSON::...
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Why does badges/ids/recipients return badges not users?
I can't understand why badges/{ids}/recipients returns badges and not users? You must pass the badge ID in, so it should be given that you already know what the badge is. If it returns 30 objects you ...
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Same redirect URL for Approve and Reject
Why, when I'm requesting /oauth/dialog and selecting either of the options I get redirected to the same URL with different hash values? It's not a bug per-se, just an observation I made while ...
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Sort options explained
I have read the doc here but I'm quite confusing because I still don't understand the semantic behind each options. Would you like to detail the different options ?
activity (default)
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Site Icon Hash in stackauth.com/sites
How do I cache the images properly, I think asked this somewhere before, but it hasn't affected me until gameing site went out of beta.
It's HTTP headers or something isn't
Ok I used George's answer ...
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how/when is rep_change updated?
I am trying to determine the most efficient way to keep a user's rep_change history updated and need some guidance.
Here are a few assumptions that I am inferring from the available information:
the ...
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What's the best way to mashup a social network with StackOverflow?
I’m experimenting with an integration project where I mashup a user’s LinkedIn connections and StackOverflow activity. Are there any relevant APIs on StackOverflow that could be used to integrate ...
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My Stack Overflow Answer Posting Bot
I’ve built a tool that allows programmatically posting answers to Stack Overflow using the StackExchange API.
🛠 What it does:
Uses the /answers/add method to post HTML-formatted answers under ...
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How to Resolve "Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write" Error when Requesting Write Access via OAuth?
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I am developing an application that integrates with Stack Overflow’s API, and I need to enable write access for it. I’ve successfully registered my application on the Stack Apps ...
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How to pass multiple tags (OR between the tags) to the Stack Exchange Questions/Unanswered API
I am using the /questions/unanswered API to try and get all unanswered questions, sorted by upvotes, and with the tags specified.
How can I pass multiple tags to the /unanswered route(s) using OR-...
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Total number of superuser users...
Hi all,
I am probably doing something wrong but there seems to be a discrepancy between the data-explorer and the API. For instance,
This query has a total of 48048.
http://api.superuser.com/1.0/...
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