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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Does Lucene back the API search now?
With the announcement that Lucene is being used for site searches does it cover the API as well?
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Stack.PHP does not seem to work on sites that are sub-domains of stackexchange.com
The documentation explains to crate objects using the site's url minus the TLD which appears to work fine.
$service = new Post_Exchange('gamedev', null, 0);
returns what appears to be a valid object ...
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Non-verbatim search strings in py-stackexchange
I am writing a python program with py-stackexchange that takes a query and returns a list of urls to questions with that query in the title.
Here's the code:
#!c:/Python27/python.exe -u
import sys
sys....
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How to get a post title for a given post ID, even if that post ID is an answer and not a question?
I'm trying to beautify the reputation audit. If I want to show the post title for a reputation change event, however, I have a problem -- I don't know if the post ID is relative to a question or an ...
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Roadmap - any update?
So now it's 2011 and we should be getting some API updates. As a company you must have some kind of plan. So can you either say the API is never going to be updated or give a time frame to at least a ...
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Retrieving list of c# questions
I am trying to retrieve list of C# questions using http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions?title=true&tagged="c#".
But I get JSON response related to c questions.
Response :
{
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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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Is it possible to authenticate a user through Stack Overflow API?
Is it possible to use the Stack Overflow API to authenticate a given user identity such as with Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID?
If it's possible: Can you tell me the method (s) that make this happen?
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Retrieving JSON via the API using Ajax does not work
I tried to retrieve information of my user profile on Stack Overflow via the API using Ajax/jQuery. But it does not work for me. The result of the request is always empty.
<html>
<...
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Retrieve inbox notifications
Hi,
Is there a way to retrieve any notification that appears in the inbox of stackexchange? Or is there another technique to retrieve notifications on updates?
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Is the API readonly right now?
Does the StackOverflow API offer some way to authenticate a user?
I am wondering if the API supports logging a user in so that they can write to the system.
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Offline cache of the API - for when the developer has no internet.
Is there some fake API program that "simulates" the API? Just I'm going on a long car journey tomorrow, and I won't have an internet connection on my laptop and don't want to waste the whole journey ...
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Coding error at open URL
Hi,
I have the following method to open a URL API
String c="";
URL direccionURL;
try {
direccionURL = new URL("http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/523725");
BufferedReader in = new ...
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Is there any Careers CV API available?
Is there any API for the CV service of Careers (careers.stackoverflow.com)?
My requirements are simple, I just need a way to access the data of a given CV to propose an alternative view.
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Is there an SO API which can fetch all Questions & Answers for a particluar Keywords
I am looking for an API which helps in fetching all the Questions & Answers from SO and other Stack Exchange sites only on a particular "keyword". Later using XML RPC these questions will be ...
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Locked vs Closed
Whats the difference between locked and closed API wise. What I mean is why is this question locked:
https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/4755/should-i-get-a-credit-card-closed
But this one ...
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/question/unanswered, what exactly does it give?
It says no upvoted answers? Does that mean no accepted answers or no answers which have a positive vote? I'm kind of confused about the whole /answered result.
I'm trying to get questions with 0 ...
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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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Is something filtering 'document.cookie' in SO pages?
My colleague and I are developing an annotation tool for web resources. One way The user can us the tool is to click a special bookmarklet to view the current page with annotations added. The ...
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Problem accessing API endpoints from Google App Engine
I'm experiencing a weird problem on StackPrinter hosted on Google App Engine.
It seems that the application can't reach several endpoints like Super User or Server Fault; Stack Overflow and other ...
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How to check if a given question is changed
What is the fastest way to check if a question is changed using the API calls?
For my purpose (a cache), a question is considered changed if:
A new comment is added to the question or to any of its ...
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last_activity_date meaning on /questions route
I would like to add a cache layer to my app for questions, answers and comments.
The last_activity_date parameter on /questions route seems a valid candidate (probably the only way available)
The help ...
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Error Using Stacky v1.0 Binaries in an Azure Worker Role
The following error is being thrown when calling the StackyClient.GetUser method from within an Azure Worker Role:
Method 'ReadJson' in type 'Stacky.UnixDateTimeConverter'
from assembly 'Stacky, ...
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Difference between stackauth URLs
On stackauth theres:
stackauth.com/sites
stackauth.com/1.0/sites
Which one should be used (bearing that yesterday the one with the API version was unavailable)
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Google App Engine [app]s - We are all on the same quota!
Noticing a couple of "This IP has exceeded the request-per-day limit" errors on StackPrinter log, I asked for a verification and the prompt answer was:
There are a number of [app]s using
Google ...
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StackPrinter - This IP has exceeded the request-per-day limit.
I'm having this problem.
This IP has exceeded the request-per-day limit
I hardly believe that with StackPrinter, I'm depleting 10.000 requests per-day, per-site :).
Could you please verify?
EDIT:
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Maximum tags for a question on any SE site [closed]
Is the maximum tags for all SE sites (and those in the future) 5?
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Is there a Stack Exchange notification app for Windows 7?
Is there a Stack Exchange notification app for Windows 7?
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Site Icon Hash in stackauth.com/sites
How do I cache the images properly, I think asked this somewhere before, but it hasn't affected me until gameing site went out of beta.
It's HTTP headers or something isn't
Ok I used George's answer ...
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Will the new traffic measuring formula be available via the API as well?
From this MSO answer:
stackexchange.com/sites was just updated today to use a new formula for traffic. Area 51 is still using the old formula, but will be updated soon to use the new formula.
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Which nested objects and arrays are optional?
I am handcrafting a JSON Schema for the API, and there is some meta missing from the nested 'returns' objects and arrays.
The relevant information I need is:
if it is an array, can it be undefined (...
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api.stackoverflow.com down?
I am currently getting errors when trying to access the stack overflow api. I have tried others (superuser and serverfault) and they seem to work. Is this by design or did the api unintentionally go ...
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stackapps favicon inconsistent rendering
A lot of us are using the favicon in our apps as it is a quite convenient size.
It seems that IE does not like the stackapps favicon palette and renders the background black.
While I do cache the ...
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How to access the text of the page returned using curl?
This is what curl http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/113124/favorites returns
^_<8b>^H^@^@^@^@^@^D^@ì½^G`^\I<96>%&/mÊ{^?JõJ×àt¡^H<80>`^S$Ø<90>@^PìÁ<88>Íæ<92&...
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How can I see the next page of favorites using the SO API?
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/113124/favorites
only shows me 30 favourites. How can I see the rest?
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SOAPI data fails on WP7
Im trying to simply get all of the recent questions using Windows Phone 7.
But I keep getting an ObjectDisposedException
My Code is not complicated:
public void BeginGetAllRecentQuestions()
{
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Silverlight download JSON from API fails
I cant seem to download the JSON for the questions on SO, I cant get the HTML and JSON from other addresses, but the SO API always returns jibberish.
Here is my code:
public void ...
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Are there any hi-res versions of SO logo that we can use in our apps?
I'd really like either multiple sizes (from icon up) or hi-res or best of all a vector version. I want my app to look as good as possible and I'm sure SO would want to be well represented.
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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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How do I find a user based upon email hash?
I'm looking for specific guidance on how to locate a user on SO by email address. I'll use this information to work with the API and determine how many points they have on the site.
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Can the API return info re "new replies" icon?
I would like to be able to query the status of the "new mail" icon that shows whether there is new comments or favorites activity. Is this possible?
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Is there a Stack Exchange icon available?
StackAuth /sites route provides all the site's icons except for the one of the Stack Exchange master site.
Could you please provide it in some way (a static SVG would be good)?
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What exactly is the 'user' on a post_timeline?
What exactly is the 'user' on a post_timeline?
I am assuming that it is the user responsible for the action, if not the user, but I cannot be sure as the JSON structure used to document the results ...
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are clientaccesspolicy.xml and crossdomain.xml excluded from throttling
These files are requested by the user agent as needed and the programmer has no knowledge or control over these requests.
The abuse potential connected with these files is nil(?)
It seems that it ...
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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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Maximum tag name length?
Does a maximum tag name length exist? Or it is just the "suggested size" with no hard limits? I'm trying to figure out how to best store them in a database.
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Announcement: StackExchange API Development Wiki
RIP August 24, 2010 - April 26, 2013
Due to lack of interest and the increasing burden of maintenance, I have decided to close down this wiki. Most of the information that it contains is either ...
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-430 rep - why?
I just lost 430 rep. from 6777 earlier today to 6347.
This seems to be localized to my account only.
Why?
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How do I fetch one question at a time starting from the latest?
I'm trying to fetch questions one by one, starting from the latest, so that I can create an infinite stream of questions in a Clojure program. I haven't yet been able to do so.
I can't just get the ...
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