Questions tagged [status-completed]
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The tagged parameter does not work with multiple tags
Take these two API calls:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?tagged=php;rant
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/tagged/php;rant
A couple of problems:
Shouldn't they return the same ...
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Include range [1, 100] on pagesize
I see that "range" is being used to indicate valid range on most numeric parameters, e.g.
32-bit integer, range [0, 2,147,483,647]
32-bit integer, range [1, 2,147,483,647]
The smaller valid range for ...
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Why do some Stackauth associated queries fail?
This query fails:
http://stackauth.com/0.8/users/137b94e5-050c-4dd5-82c1-aeb2af0814f5/associated
In Python for a jason.loads call, I get an error: 'ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")'.
I ...
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StackApps API is down.
It seems to not be responding to any request.
* at least according to downforeveryoneorjustme.com
Update: seems like all the SE sites are down :(
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questions method returns error 4000
I'm getting error 4000 on every endpoint on questions method (with key):
http://api.superuser.com/1.0/questions?sort=votes&pagesize=30&page=1&key=stackprinterkey
the only endpoint not ...
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No answer_id for Comment on answer inbox_item
According to the API documentation on inbox_item, inbox items corresponding to a comment on an answer to a question should have an answer_id field identifying the answer that the comment was on, but ...
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"Get an API key" on stackapps.com/about page is incorrect
the "Get an API key" link listed on the stackapps about page is incorrect. It points to https://stackapps.com/app/register and a lovely picture of Zardoz instead of the correct https://stackapps.com/...
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questions/{id} API method: pagesize parameter?
I'm trying to get the lightest data about a given question id because i just need the question's title.
With this call:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/1598715?pagesize=1
i get "pagesize":...
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/users/{id}/answers - broken
Have not checked other routes, as I am busy with other things, but a failing test pointed this out...
GOOD: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/242897/answers?min=4&sort=votes
{
"total": 37,...
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Typo in throttle violation error message
I was just playing around with the API locally and got throttled for the questions and answers methods (the only two I was using).
Anyway, I noticed there’s a small typo in the error message that’s ...
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Inconsistency in the handling of multiple IDs with a duplicate
There appears to be some inconsistency in the way multiple ids are being handled, especially when a duplicate exists.
Duplicate ID is significant
For example, when requesting a timeline of multiple ...
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Quota remaining is negative
I think I must be doing something very stupid, that I just can't see
I just registered an app, in the last ~10 minutes.
I have just been going to the /info route, no authentication or anything else.
...
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What happens when sites or the whole network go offline
Now that the API is all done on stackexchange.com. What happens if say just certain sites go offline (eg just Stackoverflow). Will the API continue to return results or will it return the HTML offline ...
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What happened to the unique users count?
When visiting https://stackapps.com/apps, I used to be able to see how many unique users were using my application - but now all I see is zeroes for all of the apps.
Were the numbers reset or is this ...
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MSO is not being returned in StackAuth's /users/{id}/associated route
In looking into a StackFlair issue, I have discovered that MSO is not being returned as part of a user's associated accounts. Please see my associated accounts according to the api. Note that there ...
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/comments?fromdate is broken?
The following url should return 0 comments:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/comments?fromdate=9999999999
Instead it returns all comments, not actually filtering by fromdate at all.
It happens on ...
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Game developer's logo isn't working.
See here:
http://stackmobile.com/ - towards the bottom
Neither the main logo, nor the meta logo is workin.
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min/max parameters are incorrectly documented as date - confusion and crippled libraries ensue
I have noticed this on all sorted routes.
The min/max say that they are context sensitive to the sort type yet are documented as date.
How is a date min/max valid when sorting by, for instance votes?...
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errors/{id} documentation : 500 Internal Server Error
On Documentation page, clicking on
errors/{id}
returns 500 Internal Server Error
EDIT:
Fixed!
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2
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Document fields that may be not be included in responses
I'd like to see documentation on what fields may not be included in responses or, alternatively, which fields are guaranteed to be included. Currently it's a little confusing because some fields may ...
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StackApps is not being reported by StackAuth
The stackauth.com sites query is not returning stackapps.com at all:
http://stackauth.com/0.8/sites?type=jsontext
{
"api_sites": [
{
"name": "Stack Overflow",
"logo_url": "http://...
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Please supply working example URLs for each route
It would take a lot of the guess work out of understanding the API if each route's page provided a small handful of working URLs.
This would also serve to provide authoritative examples of the ...
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API search page size limit mismatch
The 1.1 API help text for search says that the pagesize parameter can go up to 100. Indeed, passing a value up to 100 returns some results, while passing pagesize=101 yields an HTTP 400 status (Bad ...
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In API 2.0, what happened to questions sorted by "featured?"
I was looking for a way to grab the list of "featured" questions via the API, and I stumbled across several answers that all point to the same solution:
Shouldn't there be a separate call for ...
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http://stackauth.com/0.8/sites down
I realize you may be shaking something out but in case you are not aware:
http://stackauth.com/0.8/sites is returning
{ "api_sites": [] }
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Could the /tags API return minimal information about synonyms?
It would be very helpful if the /tags API could provide at least a bare minimum of information about tag synonyms. Either:
Number of synonyms the tag has, if any.
Or a true/false flag for tags which ...
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API console always queries Stack Overflow
On any Stack Exchange site (well, I tried Super User (trilogy), Unix (SE-2.0 launched) and SFF (SE-2.0 beta)), the console (“Show Console” button) in the 1.1 API queries http://api.stackoverflow.com/1....
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Inbox unread since parameter not working
The since parameter of /inbox/unread no longer seems to work.
I enter a date after the creation date of the item currently unread in my inbox and still the item is returned. I try putting in ...
2
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135
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AskUbuntu API returns wrong colours
Calling the stats method of the AskUbuntu API returns the wrong colours.
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Example of inbox items?
Would it be possible to get an example of each type returned by the inbox, Eg careers messages, and whatever meta questions are.
Do careers invites/chat messages/etc have ids? And what is their site?
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Empty results for associated queries
Queries such as this
http://stackauth.com/1.0/users/f5388585-c0b9-417f-99c5-f1a58fda3e83/associated
have started giving empty results
{
"associated_users": []
}
Expected results:
SiteUrl ...
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You can gain reputation from edits to tag wikis, although they are not accessible through the API.
Reputation gain from edits to tag wikis appear through the API; the API reports them as answers, but fetching them via the /answers route does not work.
Case in point:
My accepted edit (+2 rep)
My ...
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Get a list of required tags for site
How can I get the tags which are required, (fulfills_required = true) for each site?
Like order/filter the tags route to show the fulfills_required tags first?
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Can 'api_site_parameter' be added to related_site?
It would be great if the related_site type contained api_site_parameter. I realize that you probably don't want to clutter up related_site with a lot of unnecessary fields, but I think it makes sense ...
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Shouldn't the API help be consistent with the trademark guidance?
The description for the two StackAuth Routes within the API help both contain the phrase StackExchange network - shouldn't this rather be Stack Exchange Network to be consistent with the recently ...
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Something's changed about user timelines
Six to Eight's user display has just broken, as the /user/id/timeline route seems to have started returning different data. Previously, timeline_type of entries in the user_timelines array used to be ...
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/user/{id}/timeline results leaking template used for badge information
From my elections statistics page:
I inserted in the detail field as plain text because I wasn't sure if the results would be HTML, but the $ChatUrl left in the anchor's href is surely a bug.
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Two minor typos in the "Register your Application" form
In the help text (on the right hand side) for the Application Name field on https://stackapps.com/apps/register:
I think this should be changed: " ... is built on the our platform ...". For example, ...
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Comments are returning markdown.
Look at the output of the following:
http://api.askubuntu.com/1.0/questions/12218?comments=true
Output:
{
"comment_id": 12713,
"creation_date": 1289269467,
"owner": {
"user_id": ...
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API usage "Try It" form for linked questions queries meta.tex.stackexchange instead of Stackoverflow
I was wondering why the form at http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/usage/methods/linked-questions did not return the questions I was expecting. Then I noticed that it is calling http://api.meta.tex....
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Problems with the Site Icons
I'm having trouble with the WebApps icon being returned from the /sites method.
Namely, the image is composed of a larg white rectangle with a very small guy in the middle.
Why can't the guy take up ...
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Why my /mentioned page return 404?
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/213464/mentioned?type=jsontext
{
"error": {
"code": 404,
"message": "The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI."
}
}
Its returning ...
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/questions/{id}/timeline throwing 500 instead of 404
Kevin, you fixed this bug some time ago, would you like to tag it as status-complete?
Sometime last week, this route stopped throwing 404 like the rest of my 'bad id' tests and started throwing 500. ...
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/questions/{id}/answers missing title attribute
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/help/method?method=questions/{id}/answers (it won't linkify properly!):
"title": {
"description": "title of this post, in plaintext",
"values": "string",
"...
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Methods that return comments document body and comments parameters but they do nothing
Methods that return comments document the "body" and "comments" parameters, but they have no effect on the results, which cannot include comments and always include the body.
Specific methods:
/...
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Inconsistency in sort order
If I execute the following API call:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?sort=newest&body=True&pagesize=5&min=1275575777&order=desc
versus one that does not include the min ...
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Missing on_site in Stack Apps site data in associated_users from stackauth query
This is what I get for Stack Apps:
{
"display_name": "user",
"email_hash": "11aa11...22bb22...",
"reputation": 101,
"user_id": 0000,
"user_type": "...
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The "Get Started" section in the sidebar only mentions API 2.0 and API 1.1
Now that API 2.1 is "public, frozen, and out the door" shouldn't we update the "Get Started" section in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
It talks about API 2.0 and API 1.1 but doesn't ...
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StackAuth 1.1 API reports a site without a site_name
Calling the StackAuth 1.1 API associated method for a particular user returns one site with no site_name property (the one for which the user_id is 349). I cannot find a matching account in ...
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Stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page
There is a small stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page.
Your application must have the client side OAuth flow enabled, and must not have disabled the desktop application redirect ...