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Provide a method to search for sites
Due to the new pagination of the /sites method in v1.1 of the API, we have to go through all the pages of sites to check whether a site exists, or allow the user to search for a site.
Would it be ...
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Can StackAuth please report which sites use MathJax? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Detecting StackExchanges with non-standard “plugins” (e.g. MathJax)
I just added MathJax support to StackMobile (it seems to actually work on Android phones).
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OBSOLETE - List Area51 discuss in the StackAuth sites list
The API works for Area 51 discuss, but it isn't listed on the site list. Would it be possible to add it so software using the API can access it without adding specific code for it?
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Add logo background color to data returned by StackAuth sites route
Given that now with Stack Exchange 2.0 the logo of some of the sites, like Web Apps, AskUbuntu, Photography, Gaming and Pro Webmasters have non-white background, I think it will be best if the ...
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Provide a unique ID for each site [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
please add a key fields to stackauth results
Would it be possible to return an Id for each site in this method that won't change and so can be used in URIs? It would be more ...
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StackAuth feature requests
Would it be possible to have a hash of a sites icon so that you only have to download when it's changed. Or is this already implemented with HTTP cache or something like that (if it is could someone ...
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Add careers link and info to StackAuth
It might be nice to have access to a user's linked careers information via StackAuth if at all possible. One use I had in mind was integration into a sidebar widget.
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Can StackAuth indicate whether a linked meta is in private / public beta?
Currently, StackAuth returns:
state: linked_meta
...regardless of the state of the parent site.
This makes my logic quite complicated as then I have to match it up with its parent site to find its ...
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Why does the API lack (proper) HTTP cache control headers?
I've just read Kevin's answer to Do I need API key to use StackAuth API? and been quite surprised that the API doesn't seem to facilitate proper HTTP caching already:
You really shouldn't be ...
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Auto discover API version?
I may have missed this before, and if I have, I apologize (I searched and didn't find anything).
Is there a way to discover what the API version for a site is? With the recent change from 0.8 to 0.9,...