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Given that stackapps has no "meta" is it OK to ask "discussion questions" with no "one right answer" here?
Sometimes I want to ask questions about using the API that don't necessarily have "one right answer" or might be subjective.
I've looked in the chat room but it's not very active.
I've looked for a ...
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Few typos in the documentation pages
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/vectors
When passing a vector, sepeate each id with a semicolon. For example, /users/1;2;3;4;5?site=somesite would fetch users with ids 1 through 5 on somesite.
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OBSOLETE - Stack Overflow ebooks for Kindle
Obsolete: Links are dead, except for the source code which is very dated.
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These books contain the top questions from a selection of the top tags on Stack Overflow. The top ...
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Restore missing and/or obsolete Close-Vote Reasons
About:
This userscript restores missing/obsolete close-vote reasons to the close-vote dialog.
This script is in response to:
A chat request where the poster used it in conjunction with a bug report.
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Is there an easy way to get user reputation via API?
I am looking for an easy way to access user reputation so that I can write a small react component and display my rep on my portfolio site.
I want to make this package available on NPM and have ...
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OBSOLETE - See the SOX post -- Side By Side Editing [duplicate]
This script no longer works and is no longer supported. See the Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) for this functionality.
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This userscript adds a button to the editor toolbar ('Toggle Side-...
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/questions returns wrong markdown when a suggested edit is improved
The /questions API method returns wrong markdown when the last revisions were made by a suggested edit improved in the review queue. This event leads to two revisions (one for the suggested edit and ...
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Ruby SE API: A Ruby wrapper for the Stack Exchange API
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An excerpt from the README:
First, initialize your client. You can omit the API key, but it's
strongly recommended that you use one because it increases your
request ...
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CheckYerFlags: Notifying when a user reaches a certain flag amount
About CheckYerFlags
This bots notifies users when they reach an amount of certain flags (so called flag ranks), for example 1,111 or 33,333 in a chat room and also provides them a command to get the ...
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PLACEHOLDER - FroloStack - simple Stack Overflow client for Android [closed]
This is a simple Stack Overflow client for Android. It allows users to search questions, answers of questions and other users.
Also users will be able to add their answers to a question.
it is still ...
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Getting an API key for an application without a server
When I go to register my application, it asks me my OAUTH application URL. But I don't have an OAuth server and I just want to get the api-key without my server.
How can I fill out the form required ...
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StackCrunch - A platform to share your development Experiences
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A place where you can share your development experiences & learn from stories rooted in real-world practical solutions.
StackExchange communities are undoubtedly the best places to learn ...
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How to get "usage guidance" for a tag from the Stack Exchange API?
Stack Exchange site tags have "usage guidance", both a 1-paragraph "excerpt" and a longer tag description, as e.g. for JavaScript here. Is it possible to get this data through the API? The options ...
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Timeline activities appear to be missing (because creation_date has wrong and useless values)
When I'm looking at my Stack Overflow timeline according to the API, It's missing a lot of events.
According to the API, the last thing I did was posting this answer, five days ago, and you can see ...
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'The target origin provided does not match the recipient window's origin' message when trying to use localhost
I am trying to experiment with the Stack Overflow API on my localhost and am struggling to get the authentication to complete. Here is my application JavaScript code (note that I am using IBM ...
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Stackb0t | Messenger chatbot for Stack Overflow
Stackb0t
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Say hi / hello to get started..
Get unread inbox and reputation changes
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It sends unread inbox + reputation changes in Messenger once registered.
Why did I create it? Who ...
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Find out whether a user has association bonus
I searched for this in the api docs and on this page but couldn't find any information:
I have an api token of a given user. Is there a way to find out whether this user has association bonus rights?
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No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' for oauth/access_token
Following the Stack Apps documentation Authentication (explicit) section I crafted this AJAX call
$.ajax({
url:"https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token",
type:"...
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Sanction - An OAuth 2.0 implementation
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from sanction.client import Client
from sanction.adapters.google import Google
client = Client(Google, {
"google.client_id": "myclientid",
"google.client_secret": "...
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View up and down votes, for everybody
About:
This userscript lets everybody view the up and down vote counts on a question or answer -- whether or not they have the "Established User" privilege.
It replaces Rob W's old script, which was ...
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PLACEHOLDER - Stack Exchange Electron app
Stack Exchange Client.
I created this post for getting write access to testing my application for desktop application.
Language: JavaScript
Technology Electron v1.8.2 beta-2
Source code: https://...
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iStack for iPad
iStack iPad currently isn't available on the appstore, it's in development as is getting towards the end of the first version.
I'm now starting to look for beta testers, you will need an iPad device,...
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myTagOverflow - StackOverflow top tags data visualization
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myTagOverflow creates a visualization of the top tags related to your own activity on stackOverflow.
It may be useful when you want to demonstrate your technical abilities, based on factual ...
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Differences between versions 1.x and 2.x of the Stack Exchange API?
I had written a Java Wrapper for the Stack Exchange API, version 1.x, Which was working perfectly.
But, since 12 May 2014, services for version 1.x have been shutdown and my Wrapper stopped working.
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Should we close questions which ask for feedback to go elsewhere?
For example, the maintainers of this app have requested that new feedback goes over GitHub instead of the answer section. I've seen at least one other case of this too. Essentially, Stack Apps answers ...
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Get reputation changes across all sites without querying each one individually
I'm looking to make an app that shows your reputation changes throughout the network. /me/reputation-history/full almost accomplishes this, but it's on a per-site basis. I only want one query to get ...
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OBSOLETE - SkillRep - experiment in computing a skill focused reputation
Update: Now offline/closed. See the answer, below.
Reputation, on the Stack Overflow Site, is mostly a measure of a user's contribution.
That's fine but sometimes, when looking at a user you ...
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Top-navigation choices
Stack Exchange Top Nav Choices ( install ) ( GitHub )
Top Nav Choices changes the new Stack Exchange/Stack Overflow top navigation based on the preferences you set. The ...
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OBSOLETE - SymbolHound Search
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// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange SymbolHound Search
// @description Uses SymbolHound instead of regular search if query begins with "sh:".
// @version 1.1
// @include http:...
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Where is the usage documentation?
I know this is probably a dumb question, but there's a bunch of documentation and I don't know what to do with this stuff. How do you use the API?
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Pyle: A Stack Exchange client for UWP (Beta)
Currently under development, in open beta on the Store.
If you'd like an invitation to the Slack beta-testers team for quicker and more direct communication, just let me know.
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How to format an url-friendly slug for question urls
I would like to construct a slug starting from the question title.
It would be useful to apps that want to show the original link to the question in a human readable way.
On StackPrinter i have this ...
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Open Source Chat Android Application for StackExchange/StackOverflow
A while back a fellow member of Room 15 (Android) started creating an Android application for the StackOverflow/StackExchange chat. I recently picked it up and revived it and it is open to community ...
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Quick navigation between answers
This script provides you with a box which contains the links to the answers on this page.
(Click for larger image)
Get / update this script.
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Please provide a way to download SEDE data via an API
Following on from this answer, I have a data extraction requirement that is not presently catered for in the API, so I've raised a feature request for that.
It has also been suggested that it would ...
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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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How to query the Stack Exchange API using an OR operator?
I want to query Stack Exchange by title including optional keywords (one of).
How can I query by OR operator?
For example:
/search/advanced?page=1&tagged=java&q=title:http OR class&...
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Getting "Bad request 400" code when posting to StackOverflow api
On the last stage of authentication against StackOverflow, I keep getting "400 Bad Request" code. It's supposed to be a simple POST request to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token with a few ...
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Enable access to post images in the API, for "Stack Overflow for Teams"
The Stack Exchange API supports access to Stack Overflow for Teams; see the Teams API documentation.
But, since Teams content is private, post images aren't uploaded to imgur.com, but instead hosted ...
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CopyPastor - Monitoring plagiarized posts on Stack Overflow
Background
Guttenberg is a chatbot which reports plagiarized posts on Stack Overflow. CopyPastor is a web dashboard for Guttenberg. Guttenberg sends all the data upon detection of a plagiarized post ...
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VoteCounts: bookmarklet to display up/down votes even for rep less than 1000
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This small bookmarklet will allow anyone to use the "vulnerability" of the API that it allows you to check the up/down vote count - a feat you could normally achieve ...
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Left-sidebar in the Topbar - Put the left-sidebar in the topbar network-wide
Left-sidebar in the Topbar ( install ) ( GitHub )
On all SE sites where the left-sidebar exists, this userscript moves the left-sidebar into the topbar, regardless of the SE ...
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Get user data using curb/Curl in Ruby
I am trying to get user data in my Rails app.
I am doing this:
url_so = "http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/231917?type=jsontext"
curl = Curl::Easy.new(url_so)
curl.perform
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'Activity' tab on profile as default
Userscript to set 'Activity' tab on profile as default tab
When the new profile page design was released, there was a feature request to make 'Activity' the default tab. Because this got declined, I ...
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StackInTheFlow - An IntelliJ plugin to query Stack Overflow
StackInTheFlow
An IntelliJ plugin to query Stack Overflow.
Search Stack Overflow Without Leaving the IDE
StackInTheFlow integrates seamlessly with Intellij to allow you to find the solutions to ...
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Question up-voting is not working from my code?
I am trying to upvote a question using the Stack Exchange API in android, via the /2.2/questions/{questionID}/upvote route.
But in the log, it's just showing something like:
org.apache.http.message....
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stackoverflow-java-sdk: a Java wrapper for the Stack Exchange API
I have released a beta snapshot version of a Java wrapper for the Stack Overflow API at http://code.google.com/p/stackoverflow-java-sdk/. Please try it and provide your feedback.
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Stacklense - Ubuntu Unity Lens to search Stack Exchange sites
##Screenshot / Code Snippet
http://iccode.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stacklense_starting.png
http://iccode.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stacklense_results.png
The application makes searches in ...
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Complete list of sites to @include / @match into my script?
This question aims to serve as a reference list of all current Stack Exchange sites for use in scripts.
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Getting "application not configured for implicit grants" error trying to setup website
I had a developer setup StackExchange auth for a site last year and that still works fine. I have cloned that site and am in the process of changing out all of the relevant names and keys to the new ...
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