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Where can I find login api for logging in stackexchange?
I need my bot (me) to login without myself involved in it. I've set up my node server, but now I can't figure out how to login. I'll need fkey to connect to socket, and for that I feel I'll need to ...
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Using API with sites like JSFiddle and CodePen?
I am currently working on a prototype for the flair provided by Stack Exchange and can't seem to get the API to work with CodePen. It continuously returns the following error on the SE.init call:
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How should I try to detect when the Share dialog is open in a userscript?
I want to write a userscript that modifies the share dialog to add an extra field:
It's easy enough to retrieve and modify this dialog whilst it's on the page, but it gets added to the DOM only after ...
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Will the Stack Exchange API work with an org-specific Stack Overflow site?
We have a company-specific Stack Overflow site for folks to ask questions with the company. It has a *.stackoverflow.com domain/URL.
Would I be able to use the Stack Exchange API to access the ...
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Get points from Multiple sites in one call
Is there any way to get total points and badges from various sites (e.g. stackoverflow, sharepoint, wordpress etc.) in one call?
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Posting answers via Stack Exchange API
Can I post answers via an app using the API, is it possible? And if so, what are the limitations; linked with the reputation of users?
So if someone has 1 reputation he can also post answers, like a ...
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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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"client_id not provided" when trying to obtain an access_token
So I'm trying to authenticate with the v2 API via oauth2. I have a code, so I'm POSTing to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token and ideally get an access_token back.
Instead I get an ...
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How about a regex filter in the tags API?
The tags API has a "filter" parameter but it only matches the exact substring in the parameter in the tags.
On Travel we have one kind of tags, IATA airport codes (SYD for Sydney, SFO for San ...
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User on main site, also on meta?
If a user has an account on one of the stack exchange site, I thought they had an account on it's Meta site.
This doesn't seem the case in the associated users API route for one user (that's all 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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Global Inbox **Unviewed Count** API
Ok so some of the messages in the GI are private, those could be filtered out of the API return, or replaced by a type = private so that apps can let the user that if they want to see it they have to ...
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Is the API readonly right now?
Does the StackOverflow API offer some way to authenticate a user?
I am wondering if the API supports logging a user in so that they can write to the system.
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Where is the API located?
I want to know where is the API located and from where to download?
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Are there any hi-res versions of SO logo that we can use in our apps?
I'd really like either multiple sizes (from icon up) or hi-res or best of all a vector version. I want my app to look as good as possible and I'm sure SO would want to be well represented.
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App devs - Would you use something like this if it were available?
Update:
So it was written, so it is done.
Go see the real deal!
var questionWithStuff =
ctx // soapi context
.Official // convenience properties for known sites
.StackOverflow
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Announcing Apps to the Public
I believe this has been discussed before but I can't find the question/answer so I'll ask it officially here:
Now that v1.0 is released, it's OK to announce our apps to the general public, correct?
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redundant data in users
this is an example of truly redundant data. the paths are documented. they don't need to be included in the results.
"user_questions_url": "/users/22656/questions",
"user_answers_url": "/users/...
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Question's title attribute is not HTML encoded
Question's title attribute is not HTML encoded.
Examples:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/456815?body=true&answers=true
title: "Problems with HTML <marquee> tag"
http://api....
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Abstract paged results to enable cleaner libraries
It would make great sense for paged results array property to have a common name, items perhaps.
For those writing in languages that support 'generic' constructs, this would simplify the code ...
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Featured questions API
Can we get an API to get the list of featured questions (/questions/featured)?
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Can the no-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time?
Can the no-API-key request limit be increased to 1000 for a certain amount of time - maybe 1-2 weeks?
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Question templates don't fill the question body anymore
When asking a question, there are links in the sidebar widget to help you draft your question. Currently, they only fill the correct tag; they used to fill the body of the question as well, with ...
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Can I use the Stack Exchange API to build a "GH Archive" like project?
I'm not sure if I can use Stack Exchange API to build a https://www.gharchive.org like project?
I studied the API throttling documentation but I am not sure.
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"is_edited": false or "is_edited": true as an option in the API response
When working with the Stack Exchange API I noticed that there is important data (at least for what I thought to do) not available, whether the question, answer or comment was edited or not:
{
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Search by team API - want to have same query results in StackOverflow.com site
I just want to have same query result like stackoverflow.com did. I read this post:Searching on Stack Overflow and using the API give different results?.
looks like /search/excerpts is the right ...
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Is the Stack Overflow App available on iPhone?
There used to be an App of Stack Overflow on iPhone. But I don't find it in the App Store anymore.
Is it removed from the App Store?
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Is it possible to get the response from a form POST?
This is related to my XYZ app to write comments.
I found a much neater way to submit the request using forms:
function post() {
se_url='https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/posts/'+se_postId.value+'/...
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Missing total when tag is not URL-encoded
When trying to get a list of questions for the C# tag, the total field was missing. Tried with Python tag and the total was included.
/2.2/questions?order=ASC&sort=creation&site=stackoverflow....
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Get access token for matrix bridge
I want to build a bridge for my matrix server.
To read my inbox an access_token is required.
Do I really need to register an application just to get one access token?
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`key` is not valid for passed `access_token`, token not found (although seemingly valid authentication)
I've made an authentication flow for my app (which wants to read your inbox and sent notifications on your desktop). Which can be found here
For this, I have created a stack app on this site. With the ...
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How to analyze and debug Stack Exchange's Javascript?
When writing userscripts, I often want to be able to look at what Stack Exchange's Javascript is doing. Getting to the code that the browser runs is easy enough - in the Network tab, I can see network ...
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OAuth redirect_uri to https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success?xxx strips part of the query string
I have a browser extension that uses OAuth2 to retrieve an access token. As recommended by https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication, I use https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/login_success as the ...
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How to use the StacMan library to add a new question?
I didn't find any client.Questions.Add method.
So, how do I use the StacMan library to add a new question ?
Any sample C# example?
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Is there a glossary of the properties returned in response to the Stack Exchange API?
While most items are self-explanatory, some aren't, and I was wondering if there was a glossary explaining all the properties in each of the response types?
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Where could I get the EER Diagram of stackexchange.com?
I would like to know if it is possibe or avaliable the stackexchange sites database model.
If yes, where could I get it?
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Can I pass a filter to a write method?
I was wondering if I'm allowed to pass a filter to methods that use write access? Like for example /answers/{id}/accept. There is no "filter" parameter, and changing the filter doesn't seem to change ...
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How do I future-proof my app to work with every SE site?
I just wrote an app for Chrome extensions and received a request to make it cross-StackExchange compatible.
If there's eventually going to be more sites than just the few listed and I don't really ...
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No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' for oauth/access_token
Following the Stack Apps documentation Authentication (explicit) section I crafted this AJAX call
$.ajax({
url:"https://stackexchange.com/oauth/access_token",
type:"...
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wrong results of /search/advanced
I am querying mobile in stackoverflow. The second result is an answer. Results of /search/advanced is giving only questions when queried mobile. This is applicable for all other terms which are to be ...
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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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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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`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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How to get all questions with a specific tag between certain dates
I would like to get all questions created and tagged with tag "R" between 2 dates.
I'm using parameters: tagged = R, sort = creation, fromdate and todate set to appropriate dates and site = ...
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/questions/add of StackExchange app gives nonsense response
When I run https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/create-question from the doc page and from my app. The response is sometimes nonsense:
{
"error_id": 407,
"error_message": "You cannot perform ...
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How can I filter events by event_type?
I am using the /events route in the API and it returns all events from Stack Overflow.
But I want to filter based on event_type. Is there any way to do that?
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StackExchange API's request data is blank in Drupal 7
I'm trying to implement this simple request in Drupal 7 on my local machine:
$request = drupal_http_request('https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=...
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How to programmatically retrieve the access_token from client-side OAuth flow?
I'm making an application in C# and I need to both search and post answers, so I need an access token.
I found some information, libraries, and code pieces:
The authentication guide for the Stack ...
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What is the private_info scope for?
In the docs it says you can pass private_info for scope when authenticating a user.
What does this allow you to access, that you couldn't otherwise?