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Android app for Stack Overflow
Is there any android app for Stack Overflow available?
Which basic features must I include if I develop this app? Ideas are appreciated.
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Same access token between different fetch_token requests
TL;DR:
Is it (or would it be) possible to get the same access_token from one fetch_token request to another, provided that the user is the same?
Scenario:
An anonymous user authenticates with Stack ...
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Magic Links Enhancer
This userscript adds a way to quickly link to posts, help pages, privileges and links across the Stack Exchange sites.
It uses @M'vy's idea of having a basic format of [SITE:type:id], and works the ...
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Are the inbox routes (`inbox_item`) missing some item types?
Should there be more options for item_type in the "inbox" routes (they return inbox_item)?
Shouldn't they return answer and edit suggested like the site's global inbox does? As shown in this ...
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StackExchange MathJax Editing Improvements
This script is designed to improve the user experience while editing posts that include mathematical notation using MathJax. The editing code has not kept up with updates to MathJax, and so a number ...
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Okay if our Internal Customer Service Software polls the Stack Exchange API?
We are in the process of creating a number of API's and extensible software which we expect will result eventually in questions being asked on stack overflow for working with our API's and extensible ...
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Is my script's API usage okay?
I've written a short Python script to help people review C and C++ questions on Code Review. It uses the API version 2.2.
I've already asked there for a review of that Python code, but I would ...
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Search engine for Stack Overflow
About
Stackse (Stack Overflow search engine) is search engine for Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and some other sites, that allows searching with special characters. The goal was to build ...
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Smoke the SmokeDetector
SmokeTheSmokeDetector
Over in Tavern on the Meta, our spam detector, SmokeDetector has been the topic of an ongoing argument between those who believe SmokeDetector fills the chatroom, and those who ...
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StackAPI - A(nother) Python wrapper
This is a(nother) Python wrapper for the Stack Exchange API. I wrote this to assist with a couple of my projects that needed to do a lot of API interactions. After using it and polishing it up for as ...
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Turbocharged Help Menu
v1.0 Take that menu :D
Convert the Help menu into an utility menu. Most items are removed and you can add as many as you want. The menu stays the same across the network and ...
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Zest, featuring an offline browser for Stack Overflow
About
My app has similar goals to Stackdump. It is a browser which doesn't require internet connection and allows full-text search of Stack Overflow posts from the data dump. As opposed to being a ...
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Export BibleGatway page content in markdown format
Description
When browsing Bible Gateway show a textinput field with a markdown formatted copy of the current page for easy copy/paste into SE questions and answers. This is especially useful for ...
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TrendsOverflow, quick trends from Stack Overflow
About:
TrendsOverflow is a very simple website that displays the number of questions per day for the most popular programming languages from Stack Overflow.
I created this application because I ...
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Absence of `order` and `sort` in rest calls?
Will absence of order and sort give the same result as order=desc and sort=activity always in every call (it is default in every call)?
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Why is the `site` parameter required in `/me` call?
I want to query information about the logged-in user using me, and this site parameter is creating some small problems.
I am developing a visual studio extension where upon logging in a user will get ...
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Why do you need to specify a site when getting the inbox?
I'm getting a user's inbox via /me/inbox. I am forced to specify a site with this, so I'm setting it to Stack Overflow. However, it still gets all my notifications, including those from other sites. ...
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SkeetNotifier: A Tray Notifier Application for Jon Skeet's answers
About
A tray application for Windows that notifies you about the newest answers from Jon Skeet.
Icon approved by Jon Skeet!
Screenshot
License
http://unlicense.org/
Source
http://github.com/...
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`types=main_site` in `/me/associated` gives `meta_site` accounts also
When I run /me/associated with main_site as a parameter in types, its gives meta_site accounts also (Meta Stack Exchange profile).
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`fromdate` and `todate` parameter in `/me` call
What if we don't give the fromdate and/or todate parameters in a /me call?
Will it give result of user of all times? It's not mentioned explicitly in documentation.
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PPCG Sandbox Viewer
Screenshots
GIF of the viewer:
How the button looks:
The Viewer:
About
This is a userscript for the Programming Puzzles & Code Golf sandbox. It shows you your currently sandboxed posts. It's ...
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Why is `page` and `page_size` returned in common wrapper object?
page and page_size returned in common wrapper object, if I run /me/associated request. Why is it so? I am asking this because we have already sent these parameters as request. So getting the same ...
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Stack.JS - Powerful Event-driven Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API in JavaScript.
About
Stack.JS is the JavaScript equivalent of Stack.PHP and aims to replicate the request structure of that library as much as possible. The library is still a long ways from being complete but is ...
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API access to the /10m ("Thank you") web page?
https://stackoverflow.com/10m would be very interesting if you ask me: logging values periodically, and such.
However, a recent issue I had showed that I can't just access it.
Since I've found no ...
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Add logo background color to data returned by StackAuth sites route
Given that now with Stack Exchange 2.0 the logo of some of the sites, like Web Apps, AskUbuntu, Photography, Gaming and Pro Webmasters have non-white background, I think it will be best if the ...
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How to get more details flags from questions?
Short question:
How to get the flags that led up to a question being closed?
When we are going to flag a question, we have to look at /questions/{id}/flags/options first, and I can see
The option ...
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How to get question body (markdown) in the API response using filters? [duplicate]
Using withbody filter as suggested in this thread (How to get Question/Answer body in the API response using filters?) returns body as HTML. How do I get the original markdown?
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Google Chrome Chat Faces
SE-Chat-Faces
Love using faces in chat? Are ASCII faces just a little too boring? Is the unicode entry keystroke too complicated? Tired of having to copy-paste unicode faces from Notepad++ (or ...
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Badge oneboxer for chat
This script makes it possible for badges to onebox in Chat.
Example format:
that's a [badge:nice-answer] on a powershell bountied question
The only somewhat custom one you can use is Strunk & ...
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Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API
I see the Stack Exchange API but I'm unable to understand it. I don't think there is any fundamental tutorial showing how to use Stack Overflow fully in the API documentation.
I want some fundamental ...
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SkeetStalker - Get to unanswered questions before Jon Skeet?
Offline!
This app is no longer supported. But perhaps the source code at GitHub may be useful.
Screenshots
Main Page
Supports all Stack Exchange sites via StackAuth
Search for users on any site to ...
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Show each user's percentile in rep leagues
I've written a userscript to implement the request from Can the stack exchange league tables show percent as well as rank?.
Runs in Greasemonkey and probably others. Install Show Rep League ...
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StackExchange API JS SDk
I am planning to write a javascript library as a wrapper over StackExchange API. Currently, every webapp using StackExchange api needs to compile the url and make a GET request (mostly by ajax) which ...
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How can I get a user's Meta site details in the API call?
This query returns the details of the Main sites only:
/associated-users#ids=2855348
How can I get the Meta site details also in the same query?
Do I need to add any ...
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Unable to decode HTML entities in the API response?
I am trying to decode HTML entities from the JSON data returned by the Stack Exchange API but it's not working.
I have used both html_entity_decode and htmlspecialchars_decode but it doesn't effect ...
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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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SmokePreview - A chat addon for the SmokeDetector
SmokePreview
A Greasemonkey script
to add a preview to chat messages of the SmokeDetector.
Messages which are deleted while loading the preview will get a opacity of 50%
to make clear that this is not ...
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Badge numbers are wildly erroneous for meta accounts returned by the /associated query
There is a serious problem with badge counts on meta sites as returned by
the /users/{ids}/associated route.
Consider this user (chosen for high volume of meta activity).
On Meta Stack Overflow, ...
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When asking/answering a question on SE sites; Is there a way to fix the page in place so that you only see the displayed output as you type?
I am a touch typist and would like to know if there exists a way to type a question\answer with all the necessary formatting without the page automatically scrolling back up to where you input the ...
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StackWatcher: Watch Your StackExchange Accounts
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Download StackWatcher
StackWatcher is a notification area application that polls all your associated StackExchange accounts for activity, including:
Reputation
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Stack Alert [Opera] - Keep tabs on your inbox without needing to have a Stack Exchange site open
Not using Opera?
Don't worry, Stack Alert is available for other browsers as well. Visit the appropriate page for your browser below:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
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Data dump importer for SQL/Server
This is a data dump importer written in C# that works with current versions of the data dump. It's written using Winforms, NET 4.5 and only supports SQL/Server so if you want to import a full Stack ...
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Is there a way to specify how long I want an access token to be valid for?
I am following the explicit authentication path. I am not passing no_expiry as part of the scope.
After the final POST step, I receive back an expires value of 86399 (just shy of a full day).
It ...
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How can I create a filter from scratch using filter/create?
I want to create a filter from scratch to get just the information I can use:
error_id
quota_remaining
api_site_parameter
The first two are part of the wrapper and the last is part of .items, so I ...
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Use HTTPS urls for site logos returned by the API
Currently, the API returns resources like this:
"high_resolution_icon_url": "http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/[email protected]",
"favicon_url": "http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/...
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Make your own custom "magic links" for comments!
There are loads of feature requests on Meta for adding specific 'magic links' to comments. (links that expand, eg. [edit] -> [edit](/posts/id/edit)).
So I made a userscript that allows you to create ...
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Stack.PHP - Powerful and Extensive Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API - Including Full Support for v2.0.
Don't know where to start?
Begin by checking out the Stack.PHP website.
Then head over here for a quick tutorial on setting up and using Stack.PHP.
About
Why you should use Stack.PHP:
Stack....
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Can I see my past upvoted questions in handset APP?
It's not hard to dig out questions upvoted by myself through the PC website. But I cannot find any access to them in the ios app. I guess neither does android app. Did I miss something or is it a ...
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Stack Overflow Snippets for Sublime Text
About:
This is a utility for the Sublime Text editor.
Press Shift + Ctrl + H in your Sublime Text, enter a search query, and get code snippets from the matched questions.
Screenshot / Code Snippet:
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