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Comment History Checker - See comment score and your deleted comments at a glance
Comment History Checker ( install ) (github)
This is a userscript which saves all comments you post into a local database (IndexedDB). When you want to review them, go to your profile's ...
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Is there a way to programmatically access chat?
I'm thinking about starting a project where I'd like to have access to the "chat" feature of the stack exchange sites. I saw this project: IRC access for the chat?
But I don't believe that it works ...
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Simply makes the review overview stuff bigger
About
When Visual design changes to the review queues was introduced, the review overview page seemed to change to having a smaller font size on post number and very small avatars. I think the white ...
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Advanced Search Helper, Saved Search (Bookmarks), and Navigation Improvements
This userscript is part of SOMU (SO-mod-userscripts)
Searchbar & Nav Improvements
(Parent) Option to search child meta
(Meta) New search bar on meta sites, and option to search parent site
(...
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Wilson confidence rating calculator
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About
The Wilson confidence rating provides an alternative way to rate answers and questions, which may be more meaningful than just the number of upvotes minus the number ...
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CollapsibleBanners - Save screen space when viewing questions
Preview
What is CollapsibleBanners?
CollapsibleBanners is a userscript that allows you to collapse the 'Closed' banner on questions. This helps save screen space.
Download
Auto-update version (...
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Chatdump - a site monitor
Dump activity from a site into a chatroom. Configurable as to what to dump and with what conditions.
Github repo
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Unable to get access token
I am trying to get a non-expiry access token, like so:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth?scope=no_expiry&redirect_uri={{some_uri}}&client_id={{some_value}}
I am repeatedly getting the error:
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StackTray: The Stack Overflow tray application
Screenshot
Icon on left
Hover over icon
Context menu
Reputation Alerts
About
This application sits in your system tray and periodically checks Stack Overflow for any new badges or reputation. ...
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Marking inbox items as read in api v2.2
I'm aware of this question, but it applied to an older (readonly) api version.
Given that API 2.2 is read/write, I figured this might be possible now.
Is there any way for an application using the ...
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Make your own custom oneboxes for Chat!
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About
Oneboxing is when you post a link to a supported site on SE Chat and it automatically shows extra information. An example is when you post a link to a question in Chat and it ...
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Documentation or API method for `option_id` information, for the `/flags/options` API calls?
The Stack Exchange API has a couple of calls that return a list of flag_option objects.
These objects contain a couple of properties that can be used to identify the flag you need.
For example, when ...
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Dynamic CLI - Search StackOverflow without leaving your terminal
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A modern, user-friendly command-line for API testing and if you are stuck - Search and browse StackOverflow without leaving the CLI.
Usage
Dynamic CLI allows users to search for keywords/issues ...
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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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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 ...
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How to update tags without modifying question body? [duplicate]
I made a call to update the question tags using API - https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/edit-question however the body formatting changes when I edit the tags with the same body received (with HTML ...
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ChatBot, a bot. For the chat
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Lurks in the shadows of the chat. It executes commands at the request of the user, sending messages as the user who runs it.
You can talk to it the StackOverflow SandBox room if you want to ...
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Belisarius - Detecting vandalism on Stack Overflow
Background:
This bot has been developed in an attempt to help capture possible vandalism. This includes:
Removing all code
Replacing all content with nonsense/repeated words
Adding solutions to ...
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Version 1.0 released 9th of July
For a lot of us, that would be next Friday.
At some point - most likely after noon PST - version 0.9 of the API will be replaced with the final 1.0 release.
There are no expected interface changes ...
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Wrong sorting parameter in documentation for question/{ids}/answers
It looks like that in the question/{ids}/answers documentation, there is a mistake:
votes – score
Shouldn't this be
votes – votes
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Google Chrome Chat MathJax Extension
Love typesetting? Then i bet you know exactly what MathJax is, but if you don't already know, MathJax is a javascript-based implementation of LaTeX that is compatable with a few different sets of ...
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Call to search/advanced is treating tagged as an AND search, not OR [duplicate]
The docs for search/advanced (https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/advanced-search) have this to state about the tagged attribute:
"tagged - a semicolon delimited list of tags, of which at least ...
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Unable to make API calls using access_token for private Stack Overflow Teams site
I am attempting to create an application utilizing the API to query data from our private Stack Overflow Teams site.
I've read through the documentation at https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/teams ...
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Natty - Bringing 10k moderation to All
Background and History
The New Answers to Old Questions tool helps us to find all the answers added to questions which are more than 30 days old. However the issue with the tool is that it is not ...
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I downvote because UI
An integration of the idownvotedbecau.se website
I made a userscript which adds a simple popup whenever you are downvoting a question, which lets you choose from a set of reasons on why you did it.
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How to analyze and debug Stack Exchange's Javascript?
When writing userscripts, I often want to be able to look at what Stack Exchange's Javascript is doing. Getting to the code that the browser runs is easy enough - in the Network tab, I can see network ...
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What should we do about dead listings?
There are a few pending flags on posts for applications/scripts/libraries where the advertised program no longer works, sometimes meaning that the link to the source code and/or binary is also dead.
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How to get an API key without registering an application?
How can I get an API key for doing 10K daily requests, without registering an application? Because I only use a script for my Social Network analysis project.
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StacMan - .NET client for Stack Exchange API v2
Features
Supports all Stack Exchange API V2 methods through version 2.1
Easy to use: one-to-one mapping between StacMan and API methods/params
Async is easy: methods return Task<T> so they're ...
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Would it be possible to create a script that could be run manually to unprotect questions that meet certain parameters?
One of the sites I use has in excess of 10% of their questions protected. It's a small site but this seems like a huge amount, largely due to questions being on the HNQ regularly and attracting many ...
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Can the redirect_uri contain port number?
Is it possible to have the redirect_uri contain a specific port?
For example: example.com:8080
Assuming that example.com is my registered domain, is the 8080 allowed? I have tried to put it as part ...
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FlowOver Stack App
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A Stack Overflow Client App where Developers can search and look out questions as well as solutions to problems posted on Stack Overflow. They can as well run a search ...
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Why is my API quota not resetting after UTC reset?
According to How API Keys Work, the default daily API limit -- which is per site, per day -- is 300.
I started with 300, as expected, but over a period of days, I've noticed that the remaining quota ...
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DAO.af browsable aggregated tags
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goal is to learn skills faster by browsing the aggregated concepts. so you absorb big ideas before diving in. learn passively. its for everyone.
analyzes SE posts with IBM watson and allows ...
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What does it mean when a revision number is missing?
I've noticed in the API docs for revisions that revision_number may be absent. Yet all examples, e.g. /posts/{ids}/revisions include a revision number for all responses.
I have a colleague who swears ...
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How can I see how a Stack Apps summary looks for a particular app?
When using one of the templates (app/library/script) while writing a question here, the top of the post will contain some HTML comments:
<!-- thumbnail: https://example.com/some-image.png -->
&...
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How to pass `key` as header value instead of as query params?
I would like to use my API Key in the header as opposed to as a query parameter.
In Stack Overflow Enterprise, I pass the value as X-API-Key in the headers. This does not work for the public Stack ...
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StaXNetwork - UWP Stack Exchange client
About
StaXNetwork is a UWP app for browsing, asking, searching and answering questions on the whole Stack Exchange network.
Features
Browse through and search for questions on all Stack Exchange ...
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Replace badge icons with rubber ducks
The following userscript will replace the default badge icons with little rubber ducks
// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange, replace badge icons
// @match *://*.askubuntu.com/*
// @...
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OBSOLETE - SEdictionary: A Domain-specific Dictionary for Software Engineering Terms
We developed a domain-specific dictionary for terms in Software Engineering called SEdictionary. The dictionary includes the the definitions of software-specific terms, abbreviations and synonyms, ...
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PLACEHOLDER - QA Overflow - Stack Overflow Android Client
This app is currently under development, but stay tuned for more updates.
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Stack Exchange thinks that Shog is a elected moderator
I was browsing the API for the list of elected moderators, The API URL is
http://api.stackexchange.com/docs/elected-moderators#pagesize=100&order=desc&sort=reputation&site=stackoverflow&...
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Formatting and formatted content is missing for body in search excerpts call
The body returned by the search excerpts call seems to omit formatting and sometimes even formatted content. Example calls follow for this question: Does `inquestion` support multiple question ids?
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Placeholder - Stackoverflow Monitor - A Blue Prism Utility (CoE)
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An RPA utility for the Blue Prism Connected RPA solution, configured to search Stackoverflow content for product-specific questions and for posting relevant answers from the Blue Prism Community....
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How to deal with the "Too Many Requests" error coming as HTML?
The API specifies error codes, and messages.
It also specifies a "backoff" parameter.
But, even while respecting the backoff and stopping at errors, and even when waiting a long time between requests ...
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Refresh expired acess token basics
I'm trying to learn how to implement an OAuth flow in an Android app using a simple app with the Stack Exchange API.
Using WebView, I'm able to retrieve an access token and store it in my shared ...
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How to get (unread) achievements?
Is there an API call where you can get all achievements and all unread achievements?
Like this:
Update
Thanks to the answer of Glorfindel, I use the following methods to calculate the unread ...
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The fieldnames in the error message do not match the names used on the form
When you register an app here there are 4 fields that are required:
Application Name
Description
OAuth domain
Application Website
Leaving those fields empty returns this error message:
Image from I ...
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Making use of the *"has_more": true* json attribute in the Json response from stackoverflow
When issuing requests to the stackoverflow-api, I set the pagesize to a 100 (which is the maximum possible). However, some json responses contain this attribute (normally at the very bottom):
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An app to construct a personalised feed for you using Stack Overflow API
Stack Digest
Project Live here
Read about project here
Opensourced at Github
What is stackdigest?
Stackdigest is a webapp to implement quora like features for stackoverflow which will help in growth ...