Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of the Stack Exchange API, apps built on the API, or assistance building scripts that work on Stack Exchange websites.
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Point of /users/{id}/inbox?
What is the need for the user ID in:
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/user-inbox
Given that it will only return the inbox of the authenticated user, and deny a mismatching user id.
The only needed ...
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Google App Engine routing problem
I'm experiencing random timeouts to some Api endpoints (Fitness, Drupal). all the API endpoints from Google App Engine.
You can check this odd behavior using these links:
http://www.stackprinter....
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How to search all Questions & Answers on specific keyword with PHPstack library?
I am trying to build a page specific to one keyword which should pull all the questions and their respective answers from Stack overflow. I tried phpstack 1.1.1, but no luck. I saw a
function search(...
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api performance slow
this query takes ~30 seconds. Seems abnormal to me
http://api.stackapps.com/1.0/users/14/questions?pagesize=100&answers=true&body=true&comments=true&page=1
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Can we have all possible closed reasons in help page?
Can we have all possible closed_reasons in help page and if possible, closed_reason_id, too?
For example
closed_reason_id=1, closed_reason="exact duplicate",
closed_reason_id=2, closed_reason="off-...
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Requesting Assistance for OAuth Implementation in the Stack Overflow API
I'm attempting to set up OAuth in the Stack Overflow API. I've created a Stack App and obtained the Client ID and Client Secret. However, I'm encountering difficulties in the process and require ...
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How does 1 request every 5 seconds exceed the 30 requests per second limit?
I'm doing a run every 5 seconds for this API call:
url = "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/questions/no-answers?pagesize=30&fromdate={date_today}&order=desc&sort=creation&site=...
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Using API to collect tag information - data differences
I am trying to get a list of the most popular tags on Stack Overflow.
According to the SO page, these are the most popular tags as of today:
The Python tag has 6690 questions asked this week alone.
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Stack OverflowTesting
How can I use Stack Overflow for Teams with Stack Exchange API combined?
I have tried creating a stack app and using client ID in Stack Exchange API.
I made a localhost application to implement Stack ...
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Having Trouble Setting Up OAuth for App
I am trying to build an app but I can't get the authentication right.
I have been following the steps here:
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication
I keep getting the below error no matter ...
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How to determine if a question is hot?
I know that I can get all hot question by sorting it like this:
/2.2/questions?order=desc&sort=hot&site=stackoverflow
Likewise, I'm not quite sure if other sortings like activity also ...
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How to get the user's last seen time in user's profile
In user's profile page, there's a last seen xx mins ago info:
How can I get this information in user object or other object field?
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How is the Hot Apps and Libraries list determined?
I was wondering how the Top Apps / Hot Apps and Libraries list is determined. It currently looks like this (click to enlarge):
I've tried to compare it with the list of questions tagged app, both the '...
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User sort by last_modified_date always return errors
I am using this API to get users info sorting by last_modified date, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/users#page=1&pagesize=100&order=asc&sort=modified&filter=!9YdnSBVWs&site=...
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Where can I find a link to my apps and API keys? [duplicate]
I feel pretty stupid but it's taken me about 15 minutes to find any reference to the app and api key I've created. I started searching through my profile page but couldn't find anything. I also came ...
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Getting Error 400 when using Authentication Broker in Win 8 App for Stackexchange API
I'm trying to connect to Stack Exchange API using OAuth.
So far I've been able to get a token and retrieve data that does not require authentication.
When i try do query that uses the authentication, ...
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OAuth login fails for Stack Exchange and Facebook, but not Google
I'm integrating with Stack Exchange API on iOS 6 & 7. To authenticate, I load up a UIWebView with the OAuth page. Google login works well, but Stack Exchange and Facebook do not. Are these ...
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StackX app - problem signing in with Google ID
I have a problem with StackX app on my Samsung Galaxy 4 phone (Android 4.3). I'm logging to StackExchange in general, and StackOferflow in particular, using my Google ID. The app does not recognize ...
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Overwhelmed by unorganized information [duplicate]
As you can see I am a newbie, and trying to use Stack Exchange API for a school project.
I spent 3 hours just trying to understand How to get started. Is there an example for me to follow? or A ...
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Client Side Flow security problem
I'm not pretty sure, but if my app is enabled to Client Side Flow Authentication, then anyone with my client ID (easily found for being embedded or by sniffing the initial request) would be able to ...
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sites method styling code problem
One of the site returned from the sites method has the following styling codes
"site_type": "main_site",
"name": "GIS",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/gis/img/logo-small.png",
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What are the paging parameters to the info method used for?
As far as I can tell, there can only be one info object returned from the info method, so why does the method take page and page_size?
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Would it be a problem if my server polls the API every minute or so about 1 of my questions on my list?
I know that officially identical requests cannot be done in more than one minute.
But would it be a problem if I had a server which had a list of question IDs (say 10 per user, so reasonable max 10,...
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How will the popularity of hosted apps be determined?
In the contest blog post:
We will look at the number of requests for your API key. Was your application used by a lot of people? Or at least a reasonable amount?
How does this work for apps ...
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Post questions using API [duplicate]
Can I use the API for posting any question to Stack Overflow? I have a internal SharePoint site and whenever anybody has got any technical question they post it here. I want to post it automatically ...
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