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Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.
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Ever wish you could simply clear all of the messages from the chat window (similar to a terminal)? Well now you can with this UserScript! Simply install it using the link below and ...
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Stack.JS - Powerful Event-driven Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API in JavaScript.
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Stack.JS is the JavaScript equivalent of Stack.PHP and aims to replicate the request structure of that library as much as possible. The library is still a long ways from being complete but is ...
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Stack Search Chrome Extension
Stack Search
A Google Chrome Context Menu Extension
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This is a simple context menu extension that adds an option for selected text on a page to be searched on your favourite Stack ...
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2.0 API get votes
I've been searching the 2.0 API for a list of my own (up and down) votes. I don't see them in the API.
I don't think this is a prohibitively resource intensive query or that it can be used to ...
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StackO: A Windows Phone 7 StackExchange App
EDIT
STACKO is now available for download from the Marketplace.
For features/suggestions please visit http://stacko.uservoice.com/
StackO is a StackExchange browser allowing you to search the whole ...
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Could we please have election data added to the API?
It would be great if the election data were available from the API.
Use cases:
Applications can display notifications when certain events happen in the election.
A user might want to check their ...
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Timeline: Inline view of question revision history
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Timeline lets you navigate through revision history for a question and updates the page in real time. This app can be activated by clicking a bookmarklet while viewing an individual question.
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API V2 Musings: What would you like to see
Answers should take the form of feature requests/modifications that are either obviously beyond the scope of v1 and or have been status-declined or status-deferred
They will be indexed here in the Q.
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How to get data related to Winter Bash?
I was thinking of creating a nice question on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf related to Winter Bash 2014, but I need some specific data for that question - The number of hats of each user.
Is ...
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Can the redirect_uri contain port number?
Is it possible to have the redirect_uri contain a specific port?
For example: example.com:8080
Assuming that example.com is my registered domain, is the 8080 allowed? I have tried to put it as part ...
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OBSOLETE - StackBerry application for BlackBerry
OBSOLETE - website and source code repository are down
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(source: livinloud.ca)
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I created this app because I always wanted to create an open source application. But I ...
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Detecting StackExchanges with non-standard "plugins" (e.g. MathJax)
Some recent StackExchanges are starting to include site specific 3rd party JavaScripts - for example, cstheory.stackexchange.com (and math.stackexchange.com) both use what I think is MathJax to render ...
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Add close-vote information to the questions object
Would it be possible to add close/reopen vote information to the questions object?
For example, you usually see something along the lines of:
close (3)
when a question has three (current) close-...
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Rep Compare - Utility for Comparing Reputation - Version 0.8
New version! Includes a view of the posts similar to the Stack Exchange Reputation view. Just click and drag to select a region of ansers. (Note, still kind of buggy. Doesn't seem to exactly match ...
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StackExchange Simulator
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Have you thought that most Questions were too boring or made too much sense?
Then this is perfect for you: Nonsense Questions and Answers based on every Stack Exchange site.
How ...
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Why does this Stack Overflow API query return binary data?
The Stack Overflow API query
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/search?tagged=javascript&intitle=%3Cdiv%3E
returns what appears to be binary data:
���I�%&/m�{J�J��t��$ؐ@�������iG#)�*��eVe]f@�...
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Optionally Anonymised Short Links
Description
This is a resurrection of the (now no longer accessible) UserScript Anonymize short links.
Specifically, this script implements this proposal by adding a checkbox (toggle switch) to each ...
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Flagging Assistant - tweaks for frequent flaggers
About:
Adds several nifty tools/features to assist in tracking your flags:
Adds a shortcut link to the top of every page.
Summarizes flags by resolution ("helpful", "declined", etc.) and provides ...
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OBSOLETE - Review Stalker user script
Update: I don't have time to fix it at the moment and have also come to doubt the sustainability of this approach since putting it online, so I tagged it as obsolete.
This is a very basic user script ...
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Is it safe to assume the API will be at api.<DOMAIN>?
I'm writing an application that will eventually allow you to use it for any StackExchange site. Thus, I'm allowing users to input the domains of the sites they want to use (e.g. stackoverflow.com). I'...
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OBSOLETE - See the SOX post -- Side By Side Editing [duplicate]
This script no longer works and is no longer supported. See the Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) for this functionality.
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This userscript adds a button to the editor toolbar ('Toggle Side-...
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Sanction - An OAuth 2.0 implementation
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from sanction.client import Client
from sanction.adapters.google import Google
client = Client(Google, {
"google.client_id": "myclientid",
"google.client_secret": "...
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How the /sites method is meant to be used
The /sites method is used to enumerate all sites in the network. If your [app] is meant to run against more than a single site (and many are) this method is how you should be discovering new sites in ...
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Stack Exchange Improvements - Sticky top bar, new text editor, and more
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This chrome extension replaces the text editor with a much better one that supports markdown, indentation, code formatting, and more! Also provides options for making the top bar sticky, and ...
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ThirdPlace JavaScript chat library
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var room = ThirdPlace.Room.GetCurrentRoom();
var message = new ThirdPlace.Message;
message.room_id = room.id;
message.content = "ThirdPlace.js is a library which abstracts ...
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Duplicate manager with automatic closure and duplicate list editing
Description
This is a userscript partly inspired by Aran Fey's Duplicate Target Manager and responds to this meta question (by myself) API to programmatically close questions as duplicate with ...
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OBSOLETE - Restore syntax highlighting on review and revision pages
Obsolete
This script is now obsolete; a permanent fix has been implemented by Stack Exchange.
About
Some time ago, Stack Exchange moved to highlight.js v11. One of the breaking changes of this ...
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Stack Exchange Global Types - a type declaration package for global objects exposed by Stack Exchange
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Stack Exchange global types is a type declaration package adding or augmenting type definitions for global objects exposed by Stack Exchange for client-side ...
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so: A terminal interface for Stack Overflow
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This is a simple terminal interface to the Stack Exchange network. I created it as an exercise in learning Rust but also because I think it could be useful. It's for ...
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Wilson confidence rating calculator
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The Wilson confidence rating provides an alternative way to rate answers and questions, which may be more meaningful than just the number of upvotes minus the number ...
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Open Source Chat Android Application for StackExchange/StackOverflow
A while back a fellow member of Room 15 (Android) started creating an Android application for the StackOverflow/StackExchange chat. I recently picked it up and revived it and it is open to community ...
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Stack Exchange References
Stack Exchange References
What is it?
Stack Exchange References is a userscript for easily putting in references in answers and questions.
Description
In the top bar of any answer or question on SE,...
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RPG.SE Chat Fudge dice: a userscript for Fate & Fudge games
RPG.SE's chat rooms support dice rolls as an easter egg. This script will convert d6 rolls that you see into Fudge dice, using the ordinary conversion rules: 1–2 = minus, 3–4 = blank, 5–6 = plus.
You ...
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Blaze: For finding and flagging low-quality posts
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Simple webapp to check the API for new content (answers / questions), and display it in a scannable format. flag button posts to Charcoal HQ, can be expanded to other rooms.
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MIT ...
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StackBrowser for Ubuntu Touch
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StackBrowser allows you to explore the StackExchange network natively on Ubuntu Touch. Written in QML and JavaScript, it is mostly an excuse to play with the new Ubuntu SDK.
Currently you can:
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Auto-Add A Comment When Closing
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Automatically adds a comment when closing a question, with the text taken directly from the close reason you chose, so that the OP can see why their question may be being downvoted, and improve ...
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OBSOLETE - StackX - Android application for Stack Exchange (Free) (UI and optimization upgrade)
Update: 4/15/2013: Screenshots updated according to latest layout
An android application that will allow the user to browse through all of stack exchange websites using API v2.1.
Browse any of the ...
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API V2.0 Public Beta Begins
As has been announced, we're starting the public beta and spinning up a contest (as we did with V1.0).
As such, some of the guidelines for the private beta no longer apply.
The api-v2-beta tag no ...
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No Answering: prevent answering questions
Do you answer too many questions on stack sites? Does answering questions put you into a cycle of debating with people you'd rather not be spending time on? Then this app is for you.
It does one ...
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StackTagz - Track the topics you are interested in over time
StackTagz
http://stacktagz.com
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StackTagz analyses your participation in StackExchange sites by looking at which tags you are active in. A question, an answer or a ...
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How to call the API via JSONP in Plain Old JavaScript
This tips demonstrates how to call the API in JavaScript without the need of jQuery or other frameworks.
In a lot of cases you will find that the JSONP implementations provided in various frameworks ...
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Is there a limit of API requests?
Our development community wants to use Stackoverflow: http://www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8R4ABK
We used the Stackoverflow REST APIs to display the most recent requests on http://...
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Deprecating API V1.x
API V2.0 has been out and pretty stable for about 3 months now, and we've become pretty confident in it.
Additionally, API V2.0 consumption has now grown past the V1.x family. Now seems like a good ...
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View Post Timeline
Inspired by this MSO question.
This tiny userscript will add a link to the timeline for any post, just below the "favorite question" star button.
Example image:
This is the code:
// ==UserScript==
/...
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What ideas do you have for the API?
Having created 3 applications and a wrapper for the API, I am beginning to run out of ideas for things to create. So here is where you come in...
If you can come up with a good idea for an app (and I ...
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Should we add a "this site is not affiliated to Stack Overflow.." disclaimer to our website app?
I've checked legal section but it does not say anything specific of this aspect apart from:
Do feel free to explain that your product is built on the Stack Exchange platform so people understand your ...
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Request Throttling Limits
What are permissible requests "speeds?"
The API will cut you off if you make more than 30 requests over 5 seconds to any single endpoint (currently 30 requests per second, https://api....
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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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Replace badge icons with rubber ducks
The following userscript will replace the default badge icons with little rubber ducks
// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange, replace badge icons
// @match *://*.askubuntu.com/*
// @...
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"Informed" badge shown as Next badge, but doesn't exist on this site
On my profile page, the Informed badge is shown as the next badge to obtain:
Clicking it even shows a popup with a link to the Tour page, but it looks quite different from other SE sites. Looking at ...