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Is the "link" URL enough to uniquely identify an "inbox_item"?
I've been looking at the documentation on the inbox_item type, and I was wondering what is the correct way to uniquely identify an inbox_item?
Is the "link" URL enough to uniquely identify an "...
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Is there an api to post questions without using the websites interface?
I wanted to post questions after a proper user authentication explained here. Is there anyway I can do this?
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StackExchange API, OAuth for other sites than Stack Overflow
I'm implementing the OAuth system through StackExchange API, here is the guide.
I've already integrated the OAuth system with stack overflow with the following parameters:
Token URL: https://...
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503 errors on batch get questions endpoint
I receive a lot of "socket hung up" and 503 Service Unavailable on the /questions/{ids} endpoint. I make requests in batches: 10 parallel requests with 15 question ids, interval between each 10-size ...
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Do the questions tagged "placeholder" need it explicitly in the title?
I have create a placeholder question, but just noticed that all the other ones have "(placeholder)", "[PLACEHOLDER]" or some variant in the title.
Do I need to include it in the title if it's tagged?
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How do I add newlines when editing a post body via the API?
I am editing the tags of a question via the API, and to do that you have to pass the body and title etc.
I can get the Markdown or HTML from the API but I can't see how to send it back formatted ...
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How to convert a (javascript) date to the API timestamp format?
When I am using this page for the Stack Exchange API /search path, I can see that it is generating time-stamps in this format:
fromdate=1380326400&todate=1380412800
What is this date format? How ...
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How should we test the new write-mode comments functionality?
Endpoints which write public content are much harder to test. What's the best way to test the new comments functionality without having to post to real threads?
I have seen the Charles web proxy ...
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Creating a PHP script to use the stack api
I would like to know how to use the Stack API and get all questions with a particular tag. I am coding in PHP. So I would like to write a script which can get all questions with a particular tag. I ...
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How do I get a GreaseMonkey/UserScript to interact with the Live Preview?
I've converted a script that I hope to get embedded on a StackExchange site (Lego Answers) to a GreaseMonkey/Userscript but I'd like to get it interacting with the live preview when creating or ...
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API Time zone difference problem
I am writing a .NET application with the Stack Exchange API (using the Stacky library) and I am using it to ask the server for some questions that occured in the last hour. However, I and the server ...
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How many ids is 'too many'?
This answer mentions limit on amount of ids included in queries like /users/{id}/mentioned, but I can't find actual amount mentioned anywhere.
Now, I could run binary search and find out, but I ...
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Stacky JSON error
I'm trying to use Stacky to grab a question from Stackoverflow, however I always an error. The error thrown is:
JsonReaderException was unhandled -
Unexpected character encountered while parsing ...
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Negative voting questions?
I'm trying to, for humorous purposes, check out some of the worst scoring questions ever on SO.
I'm pretty much expecting them to all be "heeeeelp homework" or "plz send me teh codez" or something to ...
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How do I search answer bodies for Markdown links?
The /search/excerpt query enables searching answers for specific text, but searching for Markdown links returns results that don't seem to match the query at all. For instance, the following query ...
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When I perform an API call via browser, it displays pretty JSON. How come when I do the same request via nodejs in my console it is garbled? [duplicate]
If I browse to https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/search?site=stackoverflow&tagged=racket via Chrome, it displays a bunch of JSON containing the appropriate content. But when I run the following ...
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Cannot get redirect_uri to work
This is in regards to my userscript Bulk flag comments. I am sure I have not at all updated the userscript since the first release of June 24, and I am sure I was able to register for an access token ...
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Implicit OAuth flow puts the access token in the hash?
The implicit OAuth flow puts the access token in the hash.
However, I would like to get that in the query (from example.com/hi#access_token=123456 to example.com/hi?access_token=123456) for it to work ...
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Reputation_change has the historical total rather than the daily delta?
I'm trying to use the reputation API to get the recent reputation delta for a given user. For example, looking at recent entries for /2.2/users/21539/reputation, one has:
{
on_date: 1447018487,
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`body` of `inbox_item` returning only excerpt, not full body
I have run /inbox/unread function. It returns a list of inbox_items.
The body of inbox_item gives excerpt, not the full body. This is with all the functions that return inbox_item.
According to ...
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Question's body rendering in Android's webview
I've developed an app that get questions from Stack using REST APIs and shows them in a WebView. My problem now is that the body often contains placeholders that must be "replaced" with the real ...
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Can I retrieve the API interfaces via the API?
I'd like to retrieve a list of methods with their arguments/defaults and their return types through automated means. Is this possible and, if so, how can I do it?
This isn't just for curiosity's ...
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Does the API key need to be kept secret?
For a project of mine, I need to know if I need to keep the API key secret or not.
If I do, I'm not sure how I'm going to effect its protection, as Emacs Lisp files are stored in plain text (and byte-...
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When will the "site" field be absent from an "inbox_item"?
According to the documentation on the inbox_item type, the site field "may be absent". Under what circumstances will this occur?
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OBSOLETE - /search method, returning the body of the questions
Probably this is a documentation fault.
For the search method, the parameter list doesn't say anything about an optional body, but looking at the Returns description shows:
"body": {
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