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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM: A flat sortable, filterable list of all parameters in the Stack Overflow api
OBSOLETE: the soapi.info website is down
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM is a little scooby snack of a tool that lets you get your eyes on all of the parameters in the api.
This is useful for ...
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consistency for array parameters
It would simplify the api and consumption there of if all parameters that accept multiple items used a common delimiter.
We have semicolon and space that I know of so far.
Eliminating space as a ...
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/answers/{id} summary incorrect
/answers/{id}
Gets a set of questions enumerated in id
should probably be
Gets a set of answers enumerated in id
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UI Improvements when editing your Application Registration
I went to update my application's profile and I got confused by some of the labels, titles, etc.
Here are some suggestions:
Applications page
http://imgur.com/lV424.png
Edit application page
https:/...
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SIlverlight 3 ClientHttp vs BrowserHttp stack: no cross domain policy means no gzip for Silverlight
I notice that even if I send accept-encoding=gzip the response does not seem to be compressed. ( it is late and i was conflating 'accept' with 'accept-encoding')
Should we expect, in the 1.0 ...
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Standardized set of sort icons?
Can we (anyone who is interested) create a "standard" set of icons that represent the various sorting methods available? That way, we'll have a set of universally recognized icons.
That means we'll ...
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Support longer url paths [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
URL Length Limit For For Requests Taking Vectorised Ids (/answers/{id}, /questions/{id}, etc)
update
bp's comment makes it clear that it is a url length issue. And now that I ...
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Can I change my user profile using the API?
It seems the API just allow me to retrive public information, but... is it possible to change, for instance, my "about_me" information using the API?
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Why does /users/{id}/answers, which returns an array of answers, have an optional 'answers' flag?
I would assume that if you are requesting the route '/users/{id}/answers' that you wish to receive some answers.
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min/max parameters are incorrectly documented as date - confusion and crippled libraries ensue
I have noticed this on all sorted routes.
The min/max say that they are context sensitive to the sort type yet are documented as date.
How is a date min/max valid when sorting by, for instance votes?...
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OBSOLETE - Build an app with Soapi.JS and gain praise and adulation. And some rep
Bounty Contest:
Build anything using the Soapi.JS JavaScript wrapper and either post the code or a link to a live demo.
When the question gets old enough (7 days I think) I will click 'start a bounty' ...
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Is there a way to determine total number of upvotes and downvotes (etc) for a user (regardless of reputation cap)?
For example, if you use the /users/<id>/reputation call, you get a list of reputation changes for the user, but it takes the daily reputation cap into account. What I would like is an API call ...
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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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The tagged parameter does not work with multiple tags
Take these two API calls:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?tagged=php;rant
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/tagged/php;rant
A couple of problems:
Shouldn't they return the same ...
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Stack Safari Utilities (Safari 5 Extension)
Screenshots
Buttons.
Buttons with badges.
About
The current web interface is the ideal way to use Stack Exchange apps. I intend to improve this experience for Safari users with a "Safari ...
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/search intitle arg is case sensitive
This seriously cripples any search capabilities.
Consider:
http://api.stackapps.com/0.8/search?intitle=soapi&order=desc&sort=activity
vs
http://api.stackapps.com/0.8/search?intitle=Soapi&...
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The /search route is ignoring the answers parameter.
The answers parameter was recently added to most of the requests that return a list of questions. See: Don’t include answers in question lists by default
It looks like the /search request got left ...
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OBSOLETE - StackBook - let your Online Community friends know what you're doing on Stack Overflow
About
StackBook helps mashup service for you let your Online Community (right now only Facebook) friends know what you're doing on Stack Overflow.
License
MSPL
Access
http://stackbook.mourfield.com/
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Why does Stats Return a Statistics Array
Why does the stats API Call return an Array instead of just an object?
Example Response:
{
"statistics": [
{
"total_questions": 723903,
"total_unanswered": 114097,
"...
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Merging/migration should be reflected by the API
Now that we have a new merging/migration system that keeps records of all merges, I think that this information should be visible through the API:
Questions that are merged into other questions should ...
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Answers suddenly not getting returned.
Try:
http://api.stackapps.com/0.8/questions/212
None of the answers are present.
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Can we have some sort of notification system?
It seems like the only way to get notified of certain events is to poll the site continuously. And as per the current policy, it seems like there should be at least a 2 minute delay between requests.
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-DIFF: Your app broke? Check SOAPI-DIFF to find out what changed in the API
OBSOLETE - the website soapi.info is down.
SOAPI-DIFF
Soothe your beta api blues with a DIFF view of the entire API compared to the last changed version.
Instantly identify added/removed/changed ...
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SOAPI-REST: Complete Stack Overflow API specification in machine readable format
SOAPI-REST Services
At four hour intervals, SOAPI-WATCH parses the complete Stack Overflow API documentation and generates a complete object graph representing the API including all routes, ...
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API Suggestion: suppress http error code when jsonp is specified
Conclusion: fast response by Kevin enables the JSONP functionality of the API to assume it's rightful description of awesome.
http://soapi.info/Code/JS/Stable/ErrorTest.htm
The JSONP functionality is ...
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Shouldn't there be a separate call for featured questions?
I find it rather peculiar that you can sort questions by featured. My arguments:
What does order mean in this case? It could mean the bounty amount (e.g. using desc would return the questions with the ...
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Answers parameter not functional
For example the following:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?answers=true
doesn't return answers.
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OBSOLETE - Six to Eight: An iPhone client
Six to Eight no longer functions, and has been discontinued.
This is due to the shutdown of the v1 SE API. Given that SE has now developed their own iOS client, I don't see myself updating Six to ...
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URL Length Limit For For Requests Taking Vectorised Ids (/answers/{id}, /questions/{id}, etc)
I am trying to use /questions/{id} API to get a list of questions by their ids. Help page for this request does not indicate the maximum number of ids that can be passed in. Pagesize is maximum 100, ...
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Don't include answers in question lists by default
Right now, question list API queries (such as /questions, /questions/unanswered, /user/{id}/questions and so on) also return at most 30 answers (apparently) for each question. While this might be ...
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Order parameter not functional
Consider these two API calls:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?pagesize=1&sort=votes&order=desc
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions?pagesize=1&sort=votes&order=asc
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OBSOLETE - Stack2Blog - Turning your answers into blogs (For "sale")
Stack2Blog for Sale
Hi everyone!
Since we're working on a few other projects, we haven't worked on Stack2Blog in a while.
We still think it can be useful, especially with the rise of platforms like ...
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Will URLs always follow this pattern?
Many of the API endpoints return urls, such as /questions/{id} (which returns urls for question_timeline_url, question_comments_url, etc). However, the URL returned is a relative URL, like /questions/...
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OBSOLETE - SOAPI-EXPLORE: Self-updating single page JavaSript API test harness
SOAPI-EXPLORE
this post was one of the two that were listed regarding SOAPI.
For a full overview of the SOAPI eco-system see What is SOAPI and why should I care?
For a more robust API discovery tool ...
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Include range [1, 100] on pagesize
I see that "range" is being used to indicate valid range on most numeric parameters, e.g.
32-bit integer, range [0, 2,147,483,647]
32-bit integer, range [1, 2,147,483,647]
The smaller valid range for ...
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On /users method id parameter does not work
Calling /users method with id parameter returns a list of users and not the user expected.
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users?id=23234
Could be a documentation "bug" on help page:
http://api....
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Are we going to get a Protected Date field in Question responses?
Now that questions can be marked protected, will this info be available via the API?
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Possible problem calling users/?filter method searching username with tilde
I'm testing curious usernames and I am searching their user_id by:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/?filter=username_filter
I'm trying to get information about this particular user:
http://...
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Finding a user given their (exact) display name
For my app, I allow people to "register" themselves on my site by typing in their Stack Overflow (etc) name. Now it does allow you to use your ID if you know it, but I find that typing in usernames is ...
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API Help Suggestion: /search - can we make tagged,nottagged description consistent with other list params
on most other params that accept a semi-colon delimited list we see
list of tags questions must have, semicolon delimited
A single primary key identifier or a vectorized, semicolon-delimited list of ...
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OBSOLETE - New Q! - Google Chrome Extension notifies you of new questions of interest and inbox messages
Obsolete. Code last updated 7 years ago. Chrome store links are long dead. Source code still available though.
Screenshots
A new question notification in Chrome 6 in Windows XP
A new answer and a ...
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OBSOLETE - Droidstack for Android - now with chat support! [closed]
Obsolete - coded for decommissioned version of the API. This app unmaintained since Feb 2011. Source code still available; all other links dead or empty.
Current status
I'm not actively maintaining ...
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What does min and max mean when sort is "activity" or "hot"?
Does they mean anything actually? There was an "issue" when you needed to add min=0 to queries to actually get the answers instead of nothing. Just checked that this is not the case anymore, but was ...
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How to filter getAnswersForUser by tag?
I'm using Stackexchange java client lib I wanted to get a little more statistics but the following snippet returns only 30 answers.
Do I need to to register for an API key, or just use ...
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added_date in users/{id}/favorites method result
Is it possibile to include an "added_date" parameter on users/{id}/favorites method result?
It would be helpful when method is called with "added" sort parameter.
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Conscientious use of the API
What constitutes abuse?
Making an undue number of requests in a short span of time, or regularly exceeding a request quota during "normal" use.
Guidelines for polling
We realize that a great ...
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/users/{id}/badges id parameter clarification
On /users/{id}/badges, the description of the id parameter
a semicolon delimited list of user ids
diverges from the inferred standard for multi-valued parameters:
A single primary key identifier or ...
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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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rubyoverflow 0.5
About
rubyoverflow is an ruby wrapper for the Stack Exchange API.
Status
Middle of being rewritten. Handles /users/{id}/* routes along with /sites and /users. Documentation forthcoming
Known Issues
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VoteCounts: bookmarklet to display up/down votes even for rep less than 1000
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
This small bookmarklet will allow anyone to use the "vulnerability" of the API that it allows you to check the up/down vote count - a feat you could normally achieve ...
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