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.
858
questions
2
votes
1
answer
76
views
Answers without owners
Is it valid for Stack Overflow data to have an answer that does not have an owner?
For example if you hit the following API url http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/answers/18, it does not bring back an ...
- 153
3
votes
1
answer
104
views
List of possible values for user_type on API for users
I'm starting to work with the API and I see on the call to retrieve a user or multiple users one of the fields that is returned is user_type.
So far I have only seen a value of "registered" ...
- 153
19
votes
3
answers
436
views
Is there an API to upload images to SE's imgur installation?
Is there an API for uploading images to the StackExchange-specific imgur installation? I could use the main imgur site, but they don't keep the images indefinitely.
Use case: It would be ...
- 305
1
vote
1
answer
63
views
Is there a maximum on the number of search results returned (using the SO API)?
I was trying to do statistics on post from some not-too-popular tags like matlab, using the search method. It appears that it will never return a total larger than 2000. Is this a hard limit that ...
- 305
6
votes
2
answers
253
views
How to get a User's picture (Avatar)
I've seen a couple of Stack Apps that have the actual picture for the user profile. Is that coming from the API, and if so how? If not I'm assuming they are using some screen-scrapping to get that ...
- 175
1
vote
1
answer
25
views
User on main site, also on meta?
If a user has an account on one of the stack exchange site, I thought they had an account on it's Meta site.
This doesn't seem the case in the associated users API route for one user (that's all I'...
- 3,068
1
vote
2
answers
234
views
How to search my threads based on some key words?
As I have already many threads in some StackExchange sites, sometime I would like to be able to search among them, for instance, based on some key words.
Does anyone know how to do that? Thank you!
- 121
0
votes
1
answer
42
views
How to get questions higher than ID
How can I get questions sorted by Question_Id in descending? (Sorted by creation is working) and how to get questions higher than given ID (or higher than last questions creation), my idea is to get ...
- 101
1
vote
1
answer
836
views
How to get tags using the API?
I have a requirement in my application to show the technical skills (tags) in auto-complete format like Stack Overflow has.
Is there any example to get the tags from Stack Overflow using JavaScript +...
- 129
2
votes
1
answer
116
views
OBSOLETE - How to get the actual “body” of a question or answer?
How do I actually get the body (i.e. the textual content) of any say question or answer.
For example, for question (id= 7406104), I call:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions/7406104
But in ...
- 123
1
vote
1
answer
150
views
StackAuth.com user's id
What ID should I pass to stackauth.com/1.1/users/{id}/associated url to get user's associations?
The description of the api call states:
id – a set of up to 10 users' association ids, obtained ...
- 256
2
votes
1
answer
166
views
Where do I get UUID for fetching user's associations?
Yesterday (09/17/2011) I could go to my stackexchange site's profile page and grab UUID from the url:
I could use this UUID to fetch user's associations with stack exchange network. Now said URL ...
- 256
1
vote
0
answers
61
views
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,...
- 3,068
3
votes
0
answers
154
views
How to get a users reputation ranking/position?
Using the SO API request http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/{userId}, I can get a user's current reputation score with no problems. What I'd like to know is where the user's rank in the set of all ...
- 131
2
votes
1
answer
50
views
API to get the small tag info displayed in the popup
I do not know if this is possible, or if this is even prohibited, but here goes.
I am creating a website where I talk a lot about the web and different programming languages. Now I want to create ...
- 123
2
votes
0
answers
22
views
Does stackapplet support an http proxy ?
I installed stackapplet on Ubuntu desktop 10.04 from their PPA. This installed stackapplet version 1.5+151~lucid1. This is my computer at work and it is behind an http proxy. I couldn't find anywhere ...
- 121
3
votes
1
answer
394
views
How do you get the association_id from the CC data dump?
I am working with Stack Exchange /users/ data and trying to get a user's "united" profile, to see what sites they're active in other than the queried site.
As an example: http://...
- 131
2
votes
0
answers
32
views
FAQ's URL for any SE Site?
Since I cannot find anything relevant in the API (I guess /stats endpoint would be most relevant):
Is it safe to assume that every SE Site has its FAQ at location: site_url/faq ?
- 193
2
votes
1
answer
231
views
Using the API directly from JavaScript
Is there any way I can use the API directly from JavaScript without any Server side proxy? I know of the inter-domain restrictions, but can we do it somehow in case of facebook API right?
- 121
0
votes
1
answer
44
views
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)
votes
creation
...
- 103
0
votes
1
answer
54
views
Make API query to only one Stack Exchange site
Is there a way to limit a /search or a /similar query to a specific site or sites?
- 103
3
votes
1
answer
99
views
StackApplet and AskUbuntu
Two questions:
Whenever one clicks on the "Ask Ubuntu" in the StackApplet's menu it opens https://askubuntu.com/users/recent/### (where ### is the user's id number), but there is no such ...
- 131
6
votes
0
answers
119
views
How do I grab the CSV from a Data Explorer URL?
I'm building an app that works by users punching in big lists of questions. And I want them to be able to use the Data Explorer to create these lists.
My preferred way of getting the data would be a ...
- 231
0
votes
1
answer
411
views
Getting API hits remaining
Probably having a brain fart, but I couldn't see a way to get the number of API hits remaining. I know that the limit is 10k per day (I'm using an API key) but because of hte way my app works it would ...
- 103
3
votes
1
answer
302
views
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 ...
- 231
2
votes
1
answer
77
views
Better way to find activity changes in terms of API Usage
I am coding an application that notifies events in Stack Exchange accounts. I want to notify about badges/reputation changes, and also I would like to notify whenever a new answer or comment is posted ...
- 123
1
vote
1
answer
122
views
How to license applications?
I registered on http://stackapps.com few days ago. I have written several applications that I want to place on this site. But I have a question -- how can I license my applications?
- 113
9
votes
1
answer
4k
views
List all tags in use on stackoverflow
I am trying to list all tags used on stackoverflow here: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/usage/methods/tags and I cannot seem to list all.
How do I do it?.
objectiveME
12
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Why does this Stack Overflow API query return binary data?
The Stack Overflow API query
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/search?tagged=javascript&intitle=%3Cdiv%3E
returns what appears to be binary data:
���I�%&/m�{J�J��t��$ؐ@�������iG#)�*��eVe]...
- 5,032
1
vote
1
answer
113
views
stackapplet and Google account
I am trying to use Stack-Applet for Ubuntu (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/stackapplet-1-4-released-ubuntu-indicator/) and I have registered on Stack Overflow using my Google account. I guess that'...
ses
8
votes
1
answer
119k
views
sorting ascending vs descending
I don't understand the difference between ascending and descending?
Surely ascending means the most active/recent/popular/A first, and descending means the least active/recent/popular/Z first?
But it ...
- 3,068
0
votes
1
answer
67
views
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/...
- 157
1
vote
1
answer
135
views
Is there an authentication component to the API?
Is there an authentication component with the API? Same as logging in with Facebook or Google etc?
- 157
2
votes
1
answer
51
views
Access to answers.onstartups.com via the API?
Is answers.onstartups.com available via the API?
It doesn't seem to be listed in the sites list, but I know it is a StackExchange site.
Asking for mainly personal reasons - I want to add it to ...
- 455
1
vote
1
answer
215
views
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....
- 7,995
5
votes
2
answers
140
views
Prefered way to retrieve all search results
I'm trying to figure out a reliable way to retrieve all the results from a search query (in subsequent pages. My use case includes cases with more than 100 results (the maximum page size).
Looking at ...
2
votes
1
answer
138
views
Can I charge for apps I create on Stack Apps?
I want to create an app that will use data from Stack Overflow Careers - both employer and applicant information. It's an app designed for employers.
I have two questions:
Is it even possible to ...
- 21
2
votes
1
answer
228
views
Integrating API into Drupal?
I successfully registered for an API key. What should I do now?
I have installed Drupal. Is there any sample/notes on how to proceed with accessing the API from the application so I can get to ...
- 121
1
vote
1
answer
56
views
Definitive on timeline_type?
Hi all,
I am trying to get a definitive on what timeline_type actually means...
I've looked at: https://stackapps.com/search?q=timeline_type but to no avail.
The new documentation doesn't list ...
- 157
3
votes
1
answer
80
views
Throttling Question
Hey all,
I keep getting kicked out of the API.
Is throttling set to 30 requests per 5 seconds?
j
- 157
3
votes
1
answer
72
views
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 ...
- 1,261
3
votes
1
answer
78
views
How to get the questions from hot/week/month tab?
I am only interested in the questions from hot/week/month tab.
The iPhone app MyStacks can show week/month tab, but I did not find such API in the documentation.
- 131
3
votes
1
answer
174
views
Getting Question data using stack.PHP fails after a certain number of requests
I am trying to build an RSS feed that includes any/all questions that I have answered, and been accepted as the correct answer.
I am running into an issue where I'm sending too many requests and ...
- 163
2
votes
1
answer
119
views
Has calling StackAuth changed for Apps?
I started upgrading to v1.1 and have an interesting problem I can't seem to resolve.
When calling http://stackauth.com/1.0/sites using a .Net WebClient I receive responses successfully and I am able ...
- 327
1
vote
2
answers
77
views
1.1 sites - SO and MSO
In 1.1 with the new related sites, is it intentional that MSO and SO are not related?
- 3,068
30
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Announcing API version 1.1 and Roadmap
As has been announced on the blog, we're rolling out a minor revision of our existing read-only API.
While the blog post gives some high level details, I figured [app] developers would appreciate some ...
- 18.6k
3
votes
1
answer
49
views
Elections nominations posts not showing up in API
I know that it's probably unintended that the Primary voting scores were leaked by the API, but I think if you're going to remove it, then at least make it official, so I won't have to wonder if it's ...
- 819
4
votes
1
answer
64
views
API 'search' method with 'min' parameter
If you search for questions posted on time 1296897085 or later (by specifying sort=creation and min=1296897085), it may still return questions posted before that date:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1....
- 1,261
6
votes
1
answer
107
views
API 'search' method with 'tagged' parameter
From the docs for tagged paremeter:
List of tags delimited by semi-colons of which at least one must be on a question
Yet, when I execute this query (http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/search?tagged=...
- 1,261
1
vote
1
answer
128
views
What license is the Stack Exchange API released under? MIT?
Are there any license requirements the Stack Exchange API?
Which license is it released under?
If I were to develop an app, would I have to credit Stack Exchange API?
- 113