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A way to mimic the "share a link to this answer" dialog from a user script?
I would like to make a browser "user script" (like Greasemonkey etc) that can pop open a window with a text field for the user to select and copy so they can paste it elsewhere.
I want to match the ...
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OBSOLETE - Stackwise: a beautiful way to browse Stack Exchange sites
Obsolete: App not available, nor maintained for years. Source code not available.
Stackwise: a new Stack Exchange browser for iOS devices.
New features
(v1.3) Now with full iOS 7.0 support! Also, ...
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How do I know what apps on my stackexchange account I have already authorized?
I'm developing an app using the stackexchange oauth, I want to revoke my permissions to this app for testing the overall process, but I can't find which apps I have authorized.
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is there a way to use my app to authenticate users with only a StackOverflow account with the stackExchange oauth api 2.1?
Recently I registered an app in https://stackapps.com/ to provide a way to authenticate users with their stackoverflow account. but I notice that https://stackexchange.com/oauth only works for users ...
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API documentation console unsuccessfully tries to load MiniProfiler results
All of the documentation pages (example) with the test console currently attempt to load MiniProfiler result data, which fails with a 404:
POST https://api.stackexchange.com/mini-profiler-resources/...
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HTTP 400 "Bad Request" while using "access_token" in request Url
I registered an app, obtained a key and I have implemented the implicit OAuth 2.0 flow in a Windows 8 desktop app (as per the documentation available here). After receiving and storing the access ...
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Using an existing Java oAuth implementation to access the Stack Exchange 2 Api?
I found the Scribe oAuth api and I was wondering how a call would work with the Stack Exchange API, since that uses oAuth. I'm sorta green when it comes to oAuth but I'm planning on writing an ...
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Typo in the docs for /me
The doc says:
Returns the user associated with the passed auth_token.
This method returns a user.
It should say "access_token" instead of "auth_token".
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Querying "standard meta tags" for their tag wikis wrongly says they have none
I'm checking which tags have tag wiki excerpts in my code. It looks like /tags/{tags}/wikis is the right API since the tag info API doesn't even give a boolean for tag wiki excerpt presence.
But ...
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Confusing documentation re vectorized requests limits
The documentation for vectorized requests says this:
Most methods that take ids in the Stack Exchange API will take up to 100 of them in a single go. This allows applications to batch work and ...
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Do the terms "key" and "access_token" refer to the same thing?
I'm trying to get my head around all the limits and throttles but some terminology is confusing me:
If an application does not have an access_token, then the application shares an IP based quota ...
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Best strategies for calling the API with full throttling support?
I know this would be subjective on a normal SE site but as the relevant chat rooms are mostly dormant, we have no meta site, and nobody noticed when I asked if this kind of question is OK here, I'm ...
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How should we test the new write-mode comments functionality?
Endpoints which write public content are much harder to test. What's the best way to test the new comments functionality without having to post to real threads?
I have seen the Charles web proxy ...
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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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The "Get Started" section in the sidebar only mentions API 2.0 and API 1.1
Now that API 2.1 is "public, frozen, and out the door" shouldn't we update the "Get Started" section in the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
It talks about API 2.0 and API 1.1 but doesn't ...
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No token field in the docs test page for /me/reputation-history
There is no form field for an access token at:
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-reputation-history
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/me-full-reputation-history
After attempting to Run the API ...
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Bug in the StackExchange Api ? getting "could not parse proxy url" when user not logged in
I think I may have stumbled upon a bug in the Stack Exchange JS API
I'm having a problem getting its authentication to work properly, and I just discovered that the same problem exist in the official ...
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Typo in API filter documentation
When using unsafe filters, the API returns the highest fidelity data is can reasonably access for the given request.
should be
When using unsafe filters, the API returns the highest fidelity data it ...
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OBSOLETE - ProStack Lite - Stack Overflow inbox notifier and quick accessor for OS X (in Mac App Store)
This product is discontinued.
The post about it is retained below for posterity.
About
Tired of manually checking Stackoverflow.com for new answers and comments? Ever wished to access the ...
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OverflowMonthly
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OverflowMonthly is a monthly collection of the most popular questions on the Stack Exchange Network,published as ebooks(pdf and kindle format).
People can now also ...
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GIF Killer! Stop animated gifs in the Chat
About
Bookmarklet that stops GIFs in their tracks! until you refresh..
GIFs are replaced with the following image:
How to use.
Depending on your browser you create a new bookmark, copy and paste ...
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Logging out so another user can log in
Just in the process of final testing for an iPad SE browser, and uncovered some odd behaviour.
I'm using Google for authentication. If I deploy a clean version of the app, and authenticate, I get the ...
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Stackdump, an offline browser for StackExchange sites
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(source: edgylogic.com)
(source: edgylogic.com)
(source: edgylogic.com)
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Stackdump was conceived for those who work in environments that do not have easy access to the ...
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Error retrieving question using a filter that includes question.notice
I have created a filter to include the question.notice field. It seems to be OK as returned by
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/filters/-9xc1l%2Au-JEsf_Q
Then if I want to fetch this question using ...
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Is the "link" URL enough to uniquely identify an "inbox_item"?
I've been looking at the documentation on the inbox_item type, and I was wondering what is the correct way to uniquely identify an inbox_item?
Is the "link" URL enough to uniquely identify an "...
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When will the "site" field be absent from an "inbox_item"?
According to the documentation on the inbox_item type, the site field "may be absent". Under what circumstances will this occur?
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StackCompare - See how your StackExchange profile compares to friends and rivals
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StackCompare is a tool that lets you see how you're doing on StackExchange sites relative to other people, be they friends, rivals, or some combination. Track your and their ...
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Underlined post links
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Stack Exchange: Underlined post links
// @description Underlines all links in questions, answers and comments on all Stack Exchange sites.
// @version 1.1
//...
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how to get the number of profile views
according to the documentation, a User object has an attribute view_count, indicating the number of views of the user's profile. An example is also given there. However, when I sent a request
/2.0/...
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Is there an equivalent to SOStatus app for any Stack Exchange site?
Before I reinvent a wheel, is there an equivalent to the SOStatus app that can show reputation on any Stack Exchange site?
SOStatus gives the status of a user on Stack Overflow.
It would also be ...
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How to use tags/{tags}/related
I am new to stackapps. I am wondering how to apply /tags/{tags}/related to more than one tags. The documentation does not give an example. I tried
/2.0/tags/c,java/related?site=stackoverflow, /2.0/...
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User profile_image dimensions
I'd like to use the user profile_image string property (which is the url of a user's avatar image e.g. http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fbc10e7e541ba1f171a06af062bef7c0?s=128&d=identicon&r=PG) ...
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What does "Unchanged in unsafe filters" mean?
Could someone clarify what this means? For example, what does it mean that the short_description field is Unchanged in unsafe filters for a Privilege?
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Typos in the API 2.0 Documentation
Typo #1:
There are two different objects that represent a user in the Stack Exchange API, the full user object and the smaller shallow_user object. Which is returned depends on the method being ...
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Stack Apps graph time filters make pretty much no sense
When viewing the Query Statistics graphs for an application, you have the option of choosing 'Week', 'Month', 'Year', or 'All Time'.
When hovering over 'week' it states "view stats for the last 7 ...
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Java wrapper for the Stack Exchange API 2.0?
I've checked out StackWrap4J, but it looks like it doesn't support some of the new methods provided in the v2.0 API (specifically the ones having to do with user authentication). Does anyone know if ...
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Can I search over SE using SE API if I have only a username?
How do I can find someone's userid if I have only their username?
For example, my real username is: Zagorulkin Dmitry
My Stack Overflow userid is: 1321404
Are there any API methods for this kind ...
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The migrated predicate on advanced_search seems underachieving
What does the migrated parameter to the advanced_search method mean? Setting it to true on CS finds only one question that has been migrated away, out of several:
{
"items": [
{
"...
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Advanced search by title doesn't filter on the title
Searching by title on the advanced search method doesn't restrict the results to posts containing the specified text as a word or even substring. Varying the string has some influence, but I can't ...
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Direct Question Edit Links
This script adds an edit link to the question summary, saving frequent editors the trouble of "entering" the question first.
Adjust includes as needed:
// ==UserScript==
// @name Direct ...
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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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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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Quick Media Solutions - The First Tool to Take Advantage of Write Access in v2.1 of the API!
Website
http://quickmediasolutions.com
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Quick Media Solutions is my personal website where most of the web services and tools I have written reside. I recently rewrote the entire ...
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Link field on notification type
There is no link field on notification. Is this by design or a bug? If it's by design can it be changes so it's included, I can't see how to build the URL with only a post id, and not know what type ...
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View count restriction isn't working for /search/advanced.
I have constructed the following URL, but the questions returned don't contain anywhere near 50k views, despite the query string parameter:
http://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/search/advanced?site=...
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Stack Exchange API not realtime?
I was testing the inbox/unread API but noticed that there is a big delay between one gets a message, and this message gets included in the API response. Like one minute or more.
Is this API not real-...
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Is it OK to have a test account for a developing client?
I'm currently trying to implement an agorava component for Stackoverflow, and for testing purpose, i would like to create a test account, which would have one question asked, and would maybe send ...
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Userscript to provide quick access to canonical questions when voting to close duplicates
ServerFault often gets off-topic questions which are closed as duplicates of a canonical question, such as capacity planning or I've been hacked. I've favourited those canonical questions for quick ...
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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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