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What happened to the unique users count?
When visiting https://stackapps.com/apps, I used to be able to see how many unique users were using my application - but now all I see is zeroes for all of the apps.
Were the numbers reset or is this ...
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Please include Flag Weight in User API
Flag Weight is visible to everyone.
It would be great if that info included in API /users/{ID} result.
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API to get the small tag info displayed in the popup
I do not know if this is possible, or if this is even prohibited, but here goes.
I am creating a website where I talk a lot about the web and different programming languages. Now I want to create ...
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Fitts's Law Favourite Tags Script
For people like myself who fail at hitting things or just want to hit them faster (i use this in combination with the delete button removal script)
Sorry to not provide a file for download but i am ...
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Favourite Tags Numerical Keyboard Shortcuts Script
Another short and simple script, it adds numerical keyboard shortcuts to the favourite tags. Only works on those pages which have the favourite tags on them. The default modifier is Alt but the ...
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Has anyone *implemented* the Stack Exchange API on top of a public database dump?
It seems that the public database dumps contain nearly all of the data required to respond to API queries.
Has anyone implemented the API, backed by a copy of the public database dump?
It would be ...
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Is there any API that provides an event mechanism to implement an outlook style alert when new responses are available for a user?
I see that Can we have some sort of notification system? answers "NO" in no uncertain terms - I'm going to take a shot here because what I'm suggesting should not be any more complex than the logic it ...
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Greasemonkey Script: Show all results from a search, even if they would be hidden by your ignored tags
greasemonkey script to make it so no questions are hidden based on their tags when you are searching
I'm currently ignoring the Perl tag because I don't know anything about it, but occasional I want ...
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Stack Exchange Side-By-Side Edit and Preview
Note: the new inline editing breaks this user script pretty seriously, so it doesn't work at the moment. I will be working on fixing it to work with the new system when I get a chance, but it may take ...
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Does stackapplet support an http proxy ?
I installed stackapplet on Ubuntu desktop 10.04 from their PPA. This installed stackapplet version 1.5+151~lucid1. This is my computer at work and it is behind an http proxy. I couldn't find anywhere ...
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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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Do I need permission to use the SE API for a commercial app?
I recently developed a mobile app using the publicly available API of one of the Stack Exchange sites.
Do I need to obtain permission from Stack Exchange before releasing the app to the public? Can I ...
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stack applet not getting sign in
I am facing problem during running of Stack Applet. How can I sign in? Moreover when I click on presences it comes up with localhost error . Here is the picture
As it can be seen, the Applet is ...
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Is there an app that shows rep as points/week etc?
I'm interested in seeing my reputation graphed as points earned per day/week/month rather than the cumulative graph you get on your profile.
Is there an existing app for that or is it something I'd ...
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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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Stack Monthly - Best questions in the month
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This website allows user to unearth gems which are hidden due to popular community questions. This is done by only showing most voted questions asked in that month.
It allows a user to follow ...
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Using the API directly from JavaScript
Is there any way I can use the API directly from JavaScript without any Server side proxy? I know of the inter-domain restrictions, but can we do it somehow in case of facebook API right?
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FAQ's URL for any SE Site?
Since I cannot find anything relevant in the API (I guess /stats endpoint would be most relevant):
Is it safe to assume that every SE Site has its FAQ at location: site_url/faq ?
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Sort options explained
I have read the doc here but I'm quite confusing because I still don't understand the semantic behind each options. Would you like to detail the different options ?
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Make API query to only one Stack Exchange site
Is there a way to limit a /search or a /similar query to a specific site or sites?
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Code Golf UserScript Enhancement Pack
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This small UserScript is designed to enhance the Code Golf SE site by making it easier to see the length of each entry and the current ...
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Endpoints in associated accounts call
Slightly related:
Add reputation and site URL to 1.1 associated accounts
Currently, the only way to identify a site from the associated accounts route is by its name. This is pretty error-prone and ...
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How do you retrieve list of users sorted by reputation?
I am failing in my attempt to retrieve results sorted by reputation. For example, the following query sorts the results by ID. Is there an error in the URI?
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/...
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How do I grab the CSV from a Data Explorer URL?
I'm building an app that works by users punching in big lists of questions. And I want them to be able to use the Data Explorer to create these lists.
My preferred way of getting the data would be a ...
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Stack Bragger (facebook app to post questions badges)
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Stack Bragger lets you brag to your Facebook friends whenever you ask new questions or earn new badges at StackOverflow, SuperUser or ServerFault.
I was looking for a ...
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Stack Exchange gadget for Gmail and iGoogle
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This handy gadget can be added to iGoogle or left-hand nav panel of any Gmail account.
It displays your current reputation on selected StackExchange sites and notifies you of reputation changes....
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SOAPI data fails on WP7
Im trying to simply get all of the recent questions using Windows Phone 7.
But I keep getting an ObjectDisposedException
My Code is not complicated:
public void BeginGetAllRecentQuestions()
{
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SOFlair - An Android Widget that shows your Flair
Soflair is a (very) simple widget for Android that shows a user's flair (avatar, reputation & badges). The JSON is polled every 60 minutes.
Download
http://www-jo.se/f.pfleger/soflair
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FullStack iPad App
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FullStack provides read only access to the following Stack Exchange sites: Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, and Ask Ubuntu. Currently users can browse through ...
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Getting API hits remaining
Probably having a brain fart, but I couldn't see a way to get the number of API hits remaining. I know that the limit is 10k per day (I'm using an API key) but because of hte way my app works it would ...
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User "authentication" (validation?) in V1 of the StackExchange API
In a previous question, it was asked whether it is possible to authenticate a user through the Stackoverflow API? The short answer was no, not until version 2. Now I would like to know: is there any ...
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API Time zone difference problem
I am writing a .NET application with the Stack Exchange API (using the Stacky library) and I am using it to ask the server for some questions that occured in the last hour. However, I and the server ...
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Better way to find activity changes in terms of API Usage
I am coding an application that notifies events in Stack Exchange accounts. I want to notify about badges/reputation changes, and also I would like to notify whenever a new answer or comment is posted ...
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Google Search Results Integration (Chrome Extension)
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Google Chrome Extension that adds a new tab to StackOverflow search results that uses Google magic formula for relevance.
It does this by opening Google search in a background tab ...
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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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/questions/{id}/linked is failing for this question on ServerFault.
This route is reporting an error:
http://api.serverfault.com/1.1/questions/45734/linked
Incidentally, I discovered this error thanks to my handy tool StackStatus, which runs a status check on the API ...
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How to license applications?
I registered on http://stackapps.com few days ago. I have written several applications that I want to place on this site. But I have a question -- how can I license my applications?
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Filtering tags should provide exact matches at top
Take this query for example: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/tags?pagesize=25&filter=ip
No where is there the valid tag [ip]. It is further down the page. This is quite annoying when searching ...
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API usage "Try It" form for linked questions queries meta.tex.stackexchange instead of Stackoverflow
I was wondering why the form at http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/usage/methods/linked-questions did not return the questions I was expecting. Then I noticed that it is calling http://api.meta.tex....
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I want to receive email alerts if a question is asked with a specific tag. Is there an app for that?
The title says it all. Does this exist?
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Server Fault 10k Challenge - Keep Track of Your Progress
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At the beginning of the year, a group of people made an agreement to each try to earn 10k rep. on Server Fault in the next year. This webpage is designed to make it easy to view progress and ...
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nottagged only works when tagged is set (/search)
On the /search route, the nottagged parameter doesn't work properly (at least it isn't specially documented to only work at certain times)
For example:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/search?pagesize=...
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Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
Meta Stack Overflow API Try-It form sends request to Stack Overflow API instead of Meta API
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StackFlairWidget - OS X Dashboard widget for displaying flair(tm)
Important: BETA introductory version, lots more to come
Warning: Beta version does not check empty responses, this version may not work for users without Area 51 accounts
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Reputation query doesn't match that on SO
This morning, at 2011-04-06 00:22:38Z, I received a question upvote for this question. That shows up as giving me 5 reputation when looking at the Stack Overflow reputation page.
However, when I use ...
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Area 51 sites api [duplicate]
Why does http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/usage/stackauth-methods/sites not list Area 51 (http://area51.stackexchange.com/)
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Are apps created from the CC data dump ok to add?
I've created a few apps in the past using the CC data dumps that I can't move over to the API at this point. It seems like the stackapps site is meant to be the place to find apps for Stack Exchange ...
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Is there documentation on how to install scripts?
Is there documentation, or at least links, on how to how to install JavaScript scripts for your web browser of choice? Most of the FAQ seems to be about how to create StackApps, rather than how to use ...
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Prevent that posts tagged with app or library enter Community Wiki mode when the owner edits it 8 times
I've edited my App 8 times and my question has switched automatically to Community Wiki (I'm aware that it's reported in the faq).
The main reason of these many edits is my shaky english, but I can ...
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StackAuth 1.1 API reports a site without a site_name
Calling the StackAuth 1.1 API associated method for a particular user returns one site with no site_name property (the one for which the user_id is 349). I cannot find a matching account in ...
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