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Mistake in API 2.0 Documentation - Wrong item type for Careers Message
On https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/inbox-item the Careers Message example shows the wrong item type.
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API 2.0 is not returning Programmers in list of sites
Run https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/sites.
programmers.stackexchange.com is not in the response.
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Serel: A Ruby Library with full support for API 2.0
Getting Started?
Visit http://serel.tom.is for a whirlwind tour of the library.
although it is still very much a tour in progress
About
Serel is Stack Exchange RElational Algebra, a fully featured ...
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Bartlett—new questions, inbox items, and reputation in OS X
Bartlett is a Mac application that lets you keep track of the most recent questions, inbox items, and reputation items on your favorite Stack Exchange sites.
You can be notified of new items by Growl ...
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/users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-answers returning answers by other users
According to the description, /users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-answers should return answers by the user on that particular tag.
Returns the top 30 answers a user has posted in response to questions with ...
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Badges displayed incorrectly?
It seems that there's something odd going on with badges. If we take some random user, say 1719, which has one account, and check the user page http://stackexchange.com/users/1719/jelon, then we can ...
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Stack Tunnel - WebGL Visualization for Stack Exchange
Stack Tunnel
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StackTunnel is a WebGL visualization which displays the latest questions from any Stack Exchange site interactively within your web browser. You can click on the ...
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Is there a way to get the edit URL for a tag wiki from the API?
I've been playing with a little webapp for tags of a certain kind for travel.SE (current pre-alpha version gist on github).
One thing I would like to do is add links for the various tag-related ...
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Site_Type returns "main_site" for meta.stackoverflow.com
For Meta Stack Overflow, the 2.0/sites endpoint returns "main_site" rather than "meta_site". All other site_type for other stackexchange sites return correctly.
URL: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/...
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Is there a meta api?
Is there a meta API for StackExchange? I don't mean an API for accessing meta sites, but rather an API to get information about the API itself. What I'm looking for is something that I can call that ...
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Are there any plans to add Inbox functionality to SO API?
So, 3rd party applications will be able to notify users about new answers and comments.
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OAuth Dialog rendering problems in iPad
I'm using the implicit OAuth flow for our native iPad app. We're calling the standard URLs in a UIWebView. The Stack Exchange login renders with several UI glitches.
The first screen looks correct:
(...
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StackExchange Google Search
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// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange Google Search
// @description Google questions if query begins with "gq:" and user profiles if query begins with "gu:".
// @version 1.1
// @...
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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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StatsExchange - low friction, API-based statistics generator
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StatsExchange is an application that's designed to leverage the filtering and data reporting features of the Stack Exchange API. With StatsExchange, you can ...
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Greatest Hit questions data/route in API
Can we get access to the greatest hits functionality of the websites?
Something like /questions/hits, and with an id (as in user ID) parameter to match the website.
Maybe in version 2.1? This data ...
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Stack Remote - Free Android app dedicated towards Stack Exchange sites! [closed]
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Stack Remote is a dedicated Android app for the Stack Exchange sites like Stack Overflow, Server fault, Gaming, User Experience, Super User, etc.
The app uses the ...
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Stack Reputational: User rankings in detail
About
Let me present my app to you, "Stack Reputational" (available at http://sr.ericbae.com).
Stack Reputational is a Stack Overflow leaderboard unlike any other! It gives you the most detailed ...
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how to get access token from redirect uri in android
I enabled both client side flow and desktop oauth redirect url, and manage to get the user login and get redirected to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success#access_token=xxxxx
But how can i ...
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Pagination of users ordered by reputation
I know I can retrieve a page of users ordered by reputation using these apis:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/?sort=reputation&order=desc&page=1
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/...
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Why doesn't the API return suggested edits on tag wikis?
Is there a reason why the API doesn't return suggested edits on tag wikis on the suggested-edits route?
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Dead link in documentation
On the docs for question timelines the link for "Question" points to /docs/type/question when it should point to /docs/types/question
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No answer_id for Comment on answer inbox_item
According to the API documentation on inbox_item, inbox items corresponding to a comment on an answer to a question should have an answer_id field identifying the answer that the comment was on, but ...
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Chat Easy Input Tools - Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands
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Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands, reducing the dependency on mouse usage. Current version does not have a configurable set of hotkeys but later versions will.
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OAuth redirect not completing
This is the URL that I'm entering (in Safari, cleared website data and cache; my app, uses own Cookie jar; and incognito chrome)
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=23&scope=...
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Can I determine the post that caused a user to earn a badge?
Some badges, like 'Yearling' are associated with a user. Other badges, like 'Great Question' and 'Great Answer' are associated with a post as well.
When I fetch the recipients of the badges, I get a ...
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Stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page
There is a small stylistic error on the JavaScript SDK documentation page.
Your application must have the client side OAuth flow enabled, and must not have disabled the desktop application redirect ...
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Sorting the event stream
It seems like the data returned from the /events endpoint is flawed by being returned in descending order. For example:
{
"items": [
{
"event_type": "comment_posted",
"event_id": ...
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Does the API allow us to pull down a user's subscriptions?
When I joined the site, I found that I could subscribe to hear about new posts within my favorite tag/filter. I started receiving daily emails with the latest posts in those categories. I can't find ...
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Answer up/down vote count not being returned in filter
As the picture shows, the up_vote_count and down_vote_count answer properties are selected but not returned. What gives?
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What happens when sites or the whole network go offline
Now that the API is all done on stackexchange.com. What happens if say just certain sites go offline (eg just Stackoverflow). Will the API continue to return results or will it return the HTML offline ...
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Running queries from the Documentation pages hangs browser for minutes at a time
I've been playing with some queries on the documentation page, and I've noticed that it's taking an abnormally long time to load even reasonably sized API call results:
https://api.stackexchange.com/...
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sites method styling code problem
One of the site returned from the sites method has the following styling codes
"site_type": "main_site",
"name": "GIS",
"logo_url": "http://sstatic.net/gis/img/logo-small.png",
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Implicit OAuth flow is not working when the user is not logged in.
Here is the URL I am trying to use:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=120&scope=read_inbox,no_expiry&redirect_uri=https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success
This works ...
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What's the simplest way to detect if a question was asked by a user whose account has been deleted?
What's the minimum filter and simplest way to detect if a question (by its ID) was asked by a user whose account has been deleted?
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Hot questions (network)
Would it be possible to get an API method for the stackexchange hot questions list?
Something like an official version of this: http://stackexchange.com/genuwine
Second to this would be knowing how ...
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Is there an open provider implementation for oAuth 2.0 used by StackExchange sites?
I notice that there is an oAuth endpoint for the stackexchange API: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication
The OpenID implementation used by StackExchange is open sourced at https://code....
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Several staff members are incorrectly listed as elected moderators
Several employees are being reported as elected moderators on sites they haven't been elected on, according to /2.0/users/moderators/elected. I think there was a similar issue reported before during ...
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So Time Mah Betas Userscript, displays the length of Area 51 public betas
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This script was created to address this Meta question: When viewing the Area 51 proposal for any site, this script adds a "public beta duration" block showing the ...
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Stack Exchange Post Editor - Performing Basic Corrections on Posts Automatically
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This script was originally inspired by SE Editor Toolkit. Unfortunately, the toolkit is packaged as a Safari extension and as such is unusable in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. I had ...
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Is data retrieved from /events dependent on the access token used to retrieve it?
This may seem like a bit of an unusual question at first but I'll try to explain where it's coming from. My PHP wrapper (Stack.PHP) offers a caching class that follows the guidelines in the API docs ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Apps Listing Wizard - Making it easier to list your application right here on Stack Apps
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Listing an application here on Stack Apps can be a lot of work. First you have to visit this question and copy the markdown. Some of those fields don't apply to UserScripts and some ...
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the stack exchange javascript library is 404
the library listed on the doc page for Authentication
https://api.stackexchange.com/js/2.0/all.js
ultimately redirects to
https://api-v2cdn.sstatic.net/js/all.js
which results in varying degrees ...
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There is a small discrepancy in the docs for users-id-associated
The main doc page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs, shows /users/{id}/associated while the method page, https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/associated-users, uses /users/{ids}/associated.
It's ...
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Possible to return newest questions with a certain tag?
I am not finding a way to return a list of new questions by tag with the new Stack Exchange API.
Am I missing something or is this not available? If this is not available, I most certainly request ...
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Events: field request
The "Event" object doesn't have an easy way for getting at the object relating to the event. There's a link field, but I don't fancy having to parse the information out of that (although I could).
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StackAd Wordpress Plugin - Display Community Ads on Your WordPress Blog with Minimal Effort
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Now you can easily display community based advertisements (like these) on your WordPress blog with almost no effort. The plugin ships with a widget you can ...
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Voice Search - Search Stack Exchange sites with your voice.
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Does text-based searching frustrate you? Does the idea of commanding your browser to search for a phrase sound like fun? If so, this script may be for you. Just install it, click the ...
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OBSOLETE - StackTrace for iPad
StackTrace for iPad is now available in the App Store No longer in the iTunes store.
With StackTrace, we have taken a unique approach to consuming Stack Exchange content. Instead of focusing on ...
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Does stackexchange provide https access to its API?
Requests I make appear to be redirected back to plain http URLs and the certs seem questionable:
% curl -O 'https://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/?key=oxXcnoD51kKE crj7TadaA&tagged=...
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