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Make active tab default on StackApps
This script changes the logo link to the active tab and redirects from the home page to it on StackApps. If you want to see the list of apps, you can still do this by clicking the apps tab. Made by ...
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site status: Closed_beta
Will stackauth ever show a site as closed_beta? Is there much point if it's closed?
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Query Statistics for my app responds with "No Requests" [duplicate]
When I access Query Statistics for my app (while logged in) I get "No Requests"
Am I doing something wrong?
I'm using Chrome 34 on Ubuntu.
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Possible Bug With positive_rep Field?
I'm looking through my /users/{id}/reputation and I think I see a possible bug regarding how positive_rep is calculated when someone upvotes your question.
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/...
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ID number for sites [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
please add a key fields to stackauth results
It would be easier if sites each had an ID, it help with keeping track of them, not only in a numerical way (which is generally ...
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Any way for /tags to provide unanswered count?
I am trying to get a count of unanswered questions by tag. Basically if there was an 'unanswered-count' in addition to the 'count' property of the /tags response that would be perfect.
It has been ...
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api performance slow
this query takes ~30 seconds. Seems abnormal to me
http://api.stackapps.com/1.0/users/14/questions?pagesize=100&answers=true&body=true&comments=true&page=1
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How to generate a list of users ranked by bug report submissions.
The use case is to generate a list of bug report submissions, grouped by User, of the following counts in descending order:
bug
bug + status-completed
bug + status-deferred
bug + status-bydesign
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Problem getting a users questions within a date range
I'm having a problem returning a list of users questions within a given timespan. I understand that the documentation ( http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help/method?method=users/{id}/questions ) that ...
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API selectively ignores jsonp parameter - havok ensues
UPDATE: this is happening on all routes now and seems to be getting worse. Whatever it is just started this morning.
compare url to json response
GET /1.0/users/14/badges?key=qgAq_KfDu0KYzlNG-qaTuw&...
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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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reduce api calls - please add last_modified to user structure
When updating a cached list of questions, I can query min last_activity_date, drastically reducing traffic.
using creation_date, one can efficiently maintain a cached list of users with minimal ...
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/users/{id}/associated - inconsistent behavior
/users/{id}/associated occasionally returns empty for an association even though there are definitely associated users. Calling it again immediately returns expected results.
GET /1.0/users/e58345f5-...
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The Faq Has a Broken Link
Currently the first link in the FAQ points to http://dev.stackapps.com/?tab=apps. It should link to https://stackapps.com/?tab=apps.
Simple fix, but it confused me for a short time.
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Requesting favorite questions should report which users have favorited it
I can request the favorite questions of a user via the users/{id}/favorites endpoint. If I'm only requesting the favorites for one user, then I know that all of the returned questions are the ...
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User's display name field omitted?
If a user doesn't have a username "set" for an account, then the display_name field is omitted.
This is similar to a few other questions, but the only official answer says that "display_name should ...
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Provide a way to discover associated meta sites
Currently, the API doesn't specify what the associated Meta site is for a certain site (I'm talking about the stackauth.com/1.0/sites route). Sure, we could just prepend "meta." to the domain name, ...
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Badges with zero count no longer returning zero
For queries such as http://api.{sitename}.com/1.0/users/{id} if a badge count is zero, the API is no longer returning "gold": 0, for example.
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should min/max for alpha-numeric cases be case-insensitive?
I am having a hard time coming up with a use case in which case-sensitive min/max parameters make sense and several solid cases for a case-insensitive min/max.
Example:
With case insensitive min/max:...
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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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What characters won't be in question->body?
This might seem kinda strange, but what printable ASCII characters am I guaranteed not to find in the body member of a question / answer?
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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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Confusion over my API key
This is directed at the team, since nobody else will be able to help.
The key I took out for StackMobile is behaving strangely. I make a few requests, and then the limit resets to 0. (By limit, I'm ...
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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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Is the display name meant to be escaped HTML in the 2.0 version of the API?
The display_name field of a user is HTML escaped. See here for example.
Is this expected behavior or a bug? The documentation doesn't mention it.
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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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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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Where are the new Metas?
According to the most recent blog post, ServerFault and SuperUser each got their own Meta.
Shouldn't this be showing up in StackAuth?
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How can I get beta sites to show on StackApplet (v1.5.1)
I installed StackApplet v1.5.1 and it works fine, although the refresh time of 5 mins minimum is a bit slow. However, I have an account in Robotics which is in beta state.
How can I get notifications ...
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user 'about_me' field suggested_buffer_size is too small
the suggested_buffer_size of user.about_me is currently 3000.
it is apparent that this is the server-side field length.
the problem is that the text is stored server-side in markdown but when served ...
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Stack.PHP does not seem to work on sites that are sub-domains of stackexchange.com
The documentation explains to crate objects using the site's url minus the TLD which appears to work fine.
$service = new Post_Exchange('gamedev', null, 0);
returns what appears to be a valid object (...
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Users timeline help claims to be pageable but isn't
The help page for the users timeline call claims that the timeline can handle paging but it doesn't seem to be able to. The output doesn't have the total count of pages, etc and the page attribute ...
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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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Does Lucene back the API search now?
With the announcement that Lucene is being used for site searches does it cover the API as well?
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Can StackAuth please report which sites use MathJax? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Detecting StackExchanges with non-standard “plugins” (e.g. MathJax)
I just added MathJax support to StackMobile (it seems to actually work on Android phones).
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Question sort: change active to activity?
I noticed the sort newest for /questions, /questions/tagged/{tags} and /questions/unanswered was changed to creation recently, making it more consistent with other methods. Could the sort active for /...
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Observe a private beta in StackAuth
See here.
WebApps and Meta.WebApps are listed, as WebApps has entered the private beta phase.
Note that the state property for those two are private_beta and linked_meta respectively, values nobody ...
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Associated accounts is broken for this user
When I retrieve associated accounts for Joel Coehoorn using this query it only includes Programmers.SE and Webmasters.SE despite the fact that I retrieved the association key from a query to SU. The ...
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question.migrated.to_site null
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/322108?sort=activity&order=desc
{
"total": 1,
"page": 1,
"pagesize": 30,
"questions": [
{
"tags": [
"discussion",
"fun"
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Provide a unique ID for each site [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
please add a key fields to stackauth results
Would it be possible to return an Id for each site in this method that won't change and so can be used in URIs? It would be more ...
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Suddenly, some entries on /questions route are missing display_name
An odd bug has developed this morning. At the moment, api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions is returning a question of the format...
... },
{
"tags": [
"jsf-2.0"
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r.e. /stats fields.
I see we are getting some meta data in stats now. This is good.
I see the api path in there, but I have to assume that it is simply part of the record that is being output and is not intended as a ...
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last_activity_date meaning on /questions route
I would like to add a cache layer to my app for questions, answers and comments.
The last_activity_date parameter on /questions route seems a valid candidate (probably the only way available)
The help ...
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StackAuth needs crossdomain.xml and clientaccesspolicy.xml
These would be helpful to have. Absence breaks Silverlight apps.
http://stackauth.com/crossdomain.xml
http://stackauth.com/clientaccesspolicy.xml
http://stackauth.com/0.8/crossdomain.xml
http://...
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GM Script: Revert changes to Unanswered Questions Box
If you are like me and think that the new styling for unanswered question drastically hurts the site's usability, rejoice.
I've created a Greasemonkey script which will return unanswered questions to ...
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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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/users/{id}/tags - broken
looks like touching the id parameter description broke the internet.
http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/242897/tags
should/was working
6/1/2010 -1:11AM - working
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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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stackapps data corpus
Hi all,
This may be kinda naive, but is there a way to get a snapshot of StackApps' entire corpus of data? I wish to be able to query things like: "All questions, of all users"...
Thanks
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Exterminators - Bugs and Features, Present and Past and those who brought them to light.
Exterminators
About
Exterminators is a simple aggregate of bugs and feature requests with a per-user breakdown with a weighted score thrown in for fun.
Bugs and Feature requests are considered 'open' ...
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