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1,033 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Attribute error while using the stackoverflow api wrapper for python on IDLE
This is the code that I use to access Stack Overflow:
from stackexchange import Site, StackOverflow
so = stackexchange.StackOverflow()
for q in so.questions(pagesize=50):
print q.title
It runs ...
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How to login programmatically
I'm building an app for personal use. The app simply screen-scrapes the StackExchange homepage and checks whether I am currently logged in to StackExchange. This works fine.
However, if the app ...
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Client Side Flow security problem
I'm not pretty sure, but if my app is enabled to Client Side Flow Authentication, then anyone with my client ID (easily found for being embedded or by sniffing the initial request) would be able to ...
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Why does the web service fail sometimes for the Stack API?
It seems to have happened all of the sudden. My calls to the web service fails. What is the limit of calls per day with a registered app? I can't seem to remember where it says that, I can't seem to ...
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The applications listed on a user's apps tab are a little crowded.
As you can see, there is a very small amount of space between each of the applications in the "apps" tab of my user profile. This makes it a little bit more difficult to read because the space between ...
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Why are Meta sites' "site_state" = "linked_meta"?
In 2.0 there are the site_type and site_state fields. On Meta sites these fields give the same information, site_type = meta_site and site_state = linked_meta
Instead it would be more useful if ...
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OBSOLETE - StackOverflow Updater.. Update Questions without the refresh
Obsolete: App is long gone from the Chrome store. No source-code available. It was coded for a decommissioned version of the API anyway.
SOUpdater - UnRefresh! (1.2)
App
(Chrome-Extension)
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Auth dialog improvements (who's logged in, etc)
The auth dialog (client side) could do with a bit of improvement.
Specifically, showing the currently logged in user, and a link saying "not you?". Facebook does this and allows you log in as someone ...
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Can UserScripts in the "scripts" tab be sorted in a similar manner as applications are in the "apps" tab?
If you bring up the Stack Apps home page (the apps tab), you will notice that the items are sorted according to their score and recent activity.
Can we please sort the UserScripts (the scripts tab) ...
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Removing StackExchange dropdown and mobile version of auth dialog
Would it be possible to remove the StackExchange drop down (hot questions, sites, inbox) from the Auth dialog?
Typically when displaying dialog, you don't want the user to start browsing questions ...
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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,...
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Wrong API response?
Well, if you look here, you'll see i have
"down_vote_count": 94,
But if you look here on my Stackoverflow profile, you see that my down vote count is 64.
For those who would ask if I'm sure ...
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Using Stack API for a Forum?
I don't know if this is the right stack site to ask this...
Would it be possible to build a forum using the stack API? Would it even make sense?
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API does not return stackoverflow user_id?
When I visit
http://stackauth.com/1.1/users/aa1073f7-7e3b-4d4d-ace5-f2fca853f998/associated
it returns my user_id on many stackexchange sites, but not
stackoverflow itself!
I'm sure this is by ...
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I am planning to build a Windows 7 gadget for Stack Exchange.
Hello,
I am planning to start development of a windows 7 gadget for stack exchange.Specifically stack overflow.
I would like some guidance, on where to get good designs, HCI patterns, etc for the ...
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Any CSS ninjas want to help me style my sample app?
I really am horrible at CSS. I am making a SO clone example application that will eventually consume as much of the StackOverflow.Net API as possible. Although it is a clone, I am not expecting it to ...
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PLACEHOLDER: Interaction between user on LLM and Online Knowledge Community
About:
This application is a research project exploring more effective ways to discover and interact with knowledge on Stack Overflow. It provides a unified interface for searching for content and ...
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PLACEHOLDER: Stack Overflow Answer Assistant
About
Stack Overflow Answer Assistant is a lightweight tool designed to help developers manage and organize their questions and answers on Stack Overflow.
It can assist in quickly referencing relevant ...
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PLACEHOLDER - QnA: Stack Overflow Q&A App with OAuth Login and Voting
App Name: QnA
Description:
QnA is a web application that lets users browse and interact with Stack Overflow questions and answers. It integrates with the Stack Exchange API v2.3 and provides these ...
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MyStackBot – A Simple Bot to Post and Fetch Stack Overflow Answers via API
App Name: MyStackBot
Client ID: 34374
API Key: rl_eaYQSUfy93Eei7G5Z8R8E8t9d
This app allows a user to:
Fetch their answers from Stack Overflow
Post new answers to questions using the Stack Exchange ...
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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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PLACEHOLDER - My Answer Posting App Using Stack Exchange API
This app allows automated posting of answers on Stack Overflow using the Stack Exchange API.
It uses OAuth for authorization and is built to help developers automate knowledge sharing workflows.
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Octostack - Stack Overflow for iOS
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About
Octostack is the easiest way to browse and interact with the entire Stack Exchange network — all from ...
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PLACEHOLDER - Simpler UI
PLACEHOLDER post so that I can have write access. Because, you know, it's supposed to function like SE...
More info about my application.
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Thoughts about "StackDesk" app that I am developing
As a developer, I've often found certain features on Stack Overflow challenging to use. After discussing these difficulties with fellow developers, they shared similar experiences. This led me to ...
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How to Resolve "Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write" Error when Requesting Write Access via OAuth?
Question Description:
I am developing an application that integrates with Stack Overflow’s API, and I need to enable write access for it. I’ve successfully registered my application on the Stack Apps ...
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Error calling Stack Overflow Teams API using Python requests library
I'm trying to call a PUT/DELETE request using the Stack Overflow Teams API in Python, but I'm encountering errors. As an FYI, I have a working PAT that allows me to make get requests for articles and ...
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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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SOF_ASSESS App (placeholder)
This the necessary post for testing the SOF_ASSESS application.
About
This is a prototype app that will drive the answering of questions on Stack Overflow.
Many Developers, IT and technical staff ...
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PLACEHOLDER - MCP Bundles: Stack Exchange Integration
MCP Bundles is a cloud-hosted platform that connects your tools to AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Perplexity) via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). We provide 4,000+ tools in MCP-ready ...
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Why API Version 2.2 returns null always while getting questions list?
The below 2 codes returns null always. How to get the list of questions using API Version 2.2?
Question thisPost = context.Official
.StackApps
.Questions.ById(1)
.WithComments(true)
.First();
var ...
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Helping people is 'noise or pointless'?
How to batch up multiple id requests to maximize economy and still avoid (400) Bad Request [closed]
closed as noise or pointless by Kevin Montrose♦ Aug 16 at 23:15
This question does not add anything ...
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