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Retrieving a user's recent information
Is there any way to get the equivalent of the user's recent information on the site? I can see it's possible with the API but would involve a lot of hammering of the API.
Edit: here's an example of ...
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How do I handle token expiration in my application?
This request is responded to with either an error (HTTP status code 400) or an access token of the form access_token=...&expires=1234. expires will only be set if scope does not include no_expiry, ...
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Getting 405 when trying to post a comment
I'm trying to post a comment to The API Sandbox, I did one using the interactive documentation, but when trying to use my own code, it doesn't work. Instead, I get status code 405 (Method not allowed)
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Specific Response attributes [duplicate]
I want to get questions related to a specific tag with the body of those questions. I have figure out this API request:
https://api.stackexchange.com/questions?site=stackoverflow&sort=votes&...
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Where is "Stack Exchange API Documentation" listed?
I have followed How to list your application/library/wrapper/script here to list my application. In https://stackapps.com/users/apps/{my-user-id} , I find that I have given it access to "Stack ...
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How to get the "People reached" stat of a user, using the API? [duplicate]
I checked the user ids and advanced search API docs, but I could not get this stat. Does Stack Exchange provide this info in the API?
/2.2/users/{ID}?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=...
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API v2.1 supports write access, but is anyone using it?
Over the weekend, I attended an NHS "Hackday" where we tried to solve a problem one of the junior doctors brought. We hacked together a stack exchange alternative for medical doctors to ask questions. ...
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Write comment API failing with error_id: 500
I am trying to test post comment with the following URL
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/posts/10305691/comments/add?key=HIDDEN&access_token=HIDDEN&site=stackoverflow&preview=true&...
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A way to mimic the "share a link to this answer" dialog from a user script?
I would like to make a browser "user script" (like Greasemonkey etc) that can pop open a window with a text field for the user to select and copy so they can paste it elsewhere.
I want to match the ...
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Is there any API to support creating a new question on stackoverflow? [duplicate]
I know there is api for stackoverflow.
It looks like the APIs are read-only, supporting the Get/Search operation.
Is there any API to support creating a new question on stackoverflow?
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400 Error when attempting to retrieve authenticated user data
I am attempting to use the /me API to retrieve an authenticated user's details but I am receiving a 400 error.
I am able to complete the OAuth2 dance and have been able to capture the access token ...
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Handling working of PHP API key on webpage
I'm building a phpapi and in this api will be giving my clients API key generated for each client.
So basically my client will be sending client id, his personal data(to be stored in DB) & an ...
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Find user using e-mail address
I'm wondering if there is a simple way of using the API to find users given their e-mail address. So far, I've found the following:
the search API only lets you search for questions
the users API lets ...
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2.0 tags API returns only created tags
Searching for tags, using the inname parameter AND a date range returns only the tags that were created in that period, not the tags that were used in that period. When searching by inname only, or ...
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Which of the Ruby libraries/wrappers for the Stack Exchange API is most complete?
There seem to be a number of Ruby libraries: Pilha or Rubyoverflow. Has anyone used either of these? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Which is more actively maintained?
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Coding error at open URL
Hi,
I have the following method to open a URL API
String c="";
URL direccionURL;
try {
direccionURL = new URL("http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/523725");
BufferedReader in = new ...
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Include tag "objects" in questions
getting a question returns among other things an array of tag names, it would be better if it return a whole tag "object" in other words: the count and fulfills_required (okay maybe not the fulfills ...
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more styling info on stackauth
Each site has it's own colour, like Stackoverflow has orange, SuperUser has blue and Serverfault has red, not entirely sure StackApps (dark orange?).
Would it be possible to provide these colours in ...
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Seamless authentication between my site and StackOverflow
I'm planning on using WS-Trust and SAML to authenticate users to my site and haven't really explored other options.
What should I learn (or do) to enable a mostly seamless end user transition from my ...
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stackauth.com/1.0/users/{id}/associated not returning display_name for some sites
The problem with email_hash seems to be fixed, but now display_name is not getting returned in some cases.
For example: This Super User /users/{id} query returns a display_name, but the corresponding ...
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Add careers link and info to StackAuth
It might be nice to have access to a user's linked careers information via StackAuth if at all possible. One use I had in mind was integration into a sidebar widget.
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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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API responses are sometimes missing fields
conclusion
never mind. the fields are marked as optional in the spec. it was late. sue me.
the q is left for reference
What is coming out:
{
"tags": [
"cakephp",
&...
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/questions/unanswered and /tags allow id parameter, but it does nothing
The /questions/unanswered and /tags queries both document (as required) and allow an "id" parameter. You can use it as /questions/unanswered?id=1;2;3, but it does nothing (that I can tell) and doesn't ...
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"Get an API key" on stackapps.com/about page is incorrect
the "Get an API key" link listed on the stackapps about page is incorrect. It points to https://stackapps.com/app/register and a lovely picture of Zardoz instead of the correct https://stackapps.com/...
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Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write. I submited this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions for stack apps post
OAuth Domain [email protected]
Application Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECqepVphS3Dds05zUJ8l0ylkQ9X15iUZ_iqhQCM3vfY/edit?usp=sharing
Application Icon (optional): ''
Stack Apps ...
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If a client authenticates, will API requests be counted on their profile?
For example, let's say client X signs into an app that I made. My servers get an access_token which I can then use to send requests on their behalf, for example reading their reputation history. By ...
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Multiple tags come back unordered
I am using
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/wikis-by-tags#tags=c%23%3Bsql%3Bexcel%3Bphp&filter=default&site=stackoverflow
and the response is
"items": [
{
"...
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Should we add review queues to the API?
Review queues are unsupported on the Stack Exchange API, and it could be useful to write an app that would review. Should we add it to the API?
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PLACEHOLDER - Sync markdown content from GitHub repo to answers in a Stack Overflow Teams community
I think this Stack Apps post is required to gain write access to the API.
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How to search ALL sites with the advanced API?
I can make a request to Stack Overflow as follows, which searches with keywords in titles:
/2.2/search/advanced?title=vlookup%20index%20match&site=stackoverflow
My question is ...
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Can we pull posts out of Stack Overflow based on tags?
Instead of directly searching the posts and reading on the Stack Overflow website, can we pull out posts in the form of pdf/txt file?
I want to learn (say like programming: c or python) some real ...
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How to use date parameters in the /questions API? [duplicate]
When using /questions (e.g. like this)), dates are represented by a number.
I'd like to know how I can convert a number to a date. For example if I have 1293840000, what date does it represent?
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What token parameters to use for OAuth2 Authorizaton?
I'm trying to connect a piece of desktop software to the Stack Exchange web service through OAuth2. I've read the docs but the problem is that what it talks about is subtly different to what ...
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Get a great many counts of questions, by select tags for a date range?
I am trying to get the number of questions associated with a specific tag for a particular date range. I initially assumed the fromdate and todate parameters would do this. However, it appears that ...
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Get UserId by passing email ID in the Stack Exchange API? [duplicate]
The Stack Exchange API is mostly based on 'ids'. IE
/2.2/users/{ids}/top-tags?site=stackoverflow
How can we get {ids} for a particular user using his email id or name? Is there any method available ...
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How to use the API to show the user reputation? [duplicate]
How do I use the Stack Exchange API to let my users enter their Stack Overflow URL and then extract their reputation and show it in a profile controller in Rails?
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What about actually identical requests?
Now, it says here that I should not make lots of semantically equivalent requests. It also says that there is a lot of caching. So I was wondering, what about exactly identical requests. Should I wait ...
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trying to query answers for a question using the stack.php
I am trying to query stackoverflow and route it to my website via the following
<?php
require_once './stackphp_source_0.4/src/api.php';
require_once './includes/function.php';
// Begin by getting ...
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Support for OR constraint when querying questions based on tags [duplicate]
Right now, there is no way (as far as I know) to query for questions based on multiple tags using an OR constraint.
You can query for questions tagged with multiple of these tags, but not with one or ...
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Serel returns a JSON Parse error for the 'C#' tag
When I try requesting the tag c# via Serel, I get an error.
This is the error I am getting:
INFO][2013-02-25 02:06:42] Making request to /2.0/tags/c#/info?site=stackoverflow&key=mykey
JSON::...
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Can I place my Android application here?
I have an Android application, which is written by me and placed on Google Play Store, Can I place that application on stack apps site ?
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client-side extension to remember personal voting history
As far as I can reconstruct, the user profile once had a votes tab, where anyone could see their own votes. That functionality was removed at some point, and is unlikely to return.
Reference:
https://...
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Relevance value on /similar route
Given that the /similar method can be sorted by relevance there must be a numeric rank for each question.
Would it be possible to have access to the value? Off by default, but can be enabled by using ...
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Why does badges/ids/recipients return badges not users?
I can't understand why badges/{ids}/recipients returns badges and not users? You must pass the badge ID in, so it should be given that you already know what the badge is. If it returns 30 objects you ...
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Where are stackoverflow buttons/widgets?
I'm building a simple paste app for long error logs (errorpaste.appspot.com). A user can post error logs and descriptions of them.
Now I want to add a Stack Overflow button or any widget so that the ...
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How do I get a filter to let through the fields I specify?
I've created a filter based on the "none" filter with include fields for all those I will need for my application. While the filter I created looks fine to me, it doesn't appear to return any results ...
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Removing/disallowing app does nothing
I have just deleted/disallowed, the console app and the app I'm currently writing.
For the console the access token I was using before deleting the app carried on working, and when I got a new token, ...
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Same redirect URL for Approve and Reject
Why, when I'm requesting /oauth/dialog and selecting either of the options I get redirected to the same URL with different hash values? It's not a bug per-se, just an observation I made while ...
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How to get questions higher than ID
How can I get questions sorted by Question_Id in descending? (Sorted by creation is working) and how to get questions higher than given ID (or higher than last questions creation), my idea is to get ...
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