Questions tagged [write-access]
Questions about API methods that add or modify content on Stack Exchange sites. These methods must be invoked via HTTP POST.
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My Stack Overflow Answer Posting Bot
I’ve built a tool that allows programmatically posting answers to Stack Overflow using the StackExchange API.
🛠 What it does:
Uses the /answers/add method to post HTML-formatted answers under ...
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How to apply an access token in order to scrape the recommended answers?
I'm trying to scrape some data which needs the access token, and I received
'Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write'
Does that mean I need to post a question on Stack Exchange ...
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How to get write_access to comment/answer on Stack Exchange
I'm trying to integrate the Stack Exchange API into my web app so I can fetch all posts as well as I can post answer or comments on them. I have successfully got access_token for no_expiry and ...
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What write in app access for sending data
Here is my app's code:
However, I get this error:
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What happened to the links to a Stack App mentioned in the documentation about write access?
The documentation about write access states:
The application responsible for creating content via the API may be indicated with a link to an app's Stack Apps post. The exact manner of display is ...
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Can I pass a filter to a write method?
I was wondering if I'm allowed to pass a filter to methods that use write access? Like for example /answers/{id}/accept. There is no "filter" parameter, and changing the filter doesn't seem to change ...
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Why is the API giving a different response for preview true/false with POST requests?
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This expression will evaluate to show the cause. The only requirement is an emacs with url. As you can see, the result from using curl and that from using the url package is different. ...
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"access_denied" error in the write answer at stackoverflow [duplicate]
I am providing an application (windows application), This application can search in the stackoverflow and show results. Then User can write answer for that Question or write comment for that, Now my ...
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Allow registrant to use write access without linking Stack Apps post
Especially in light of the Flatiron School using the Stack Exchange API* as a part of a student-created program, it'd be useful if you could use write methods without the required Stack Apps post so ...
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Should HTML or Markdown be passed to /questions/{id}/edit?
I'm making an app that supports editing questions. Should HTML or Markdown source be passed to the body parameter of /questions/{id}/edit?
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Tell us that POST is required to write
While troubleshooting /posts/{id}/comments/add in order to answer Why am I getting a 404 when trying to post a comment?, it was noticed that the API path in question only responded to POST requests. ...
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API v2.1 supports write access, but is anyone using it?
Over the weekend, I attended an NHS "Hackday" where we tried to solve a problem one of the junior doctors brought. We hacked together a stack exchange alternative for medical doctors to ask questions. ...
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Posting answers via Stack Exchange API
Can I post answers via an app using the API, is it possible? And if so, what are the limitations; linked with the reputation of users?
So if someone has 1 reputation he can also post answers, like a ...
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When will the API allow posting of questions and answers? [duplicate]
I am planning on building a client for the Stack Exchange Sites, but it seems you cannot post any information via the API yet.
Is this going to happen at any time soon? It seems a pain to force users ...
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Will the API support the chat system?
Having read through come of the questions on here it's my understanding that v 1.0 of the API is for read-only access to real-time data, pretty much what's available in the data dump. Write support is ...
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