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What's the next Script/App/Library of the Month?
Now that we have a Community Bulletin, we use it to highlight questions (more precisely scripts/apps/libraries) which deserve to be highlighted. All we ♦ moderators need to do is slap a featured tag ...
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Obtaining all tagIds given a list of tag names in API v3
I am a Stack Overflow for Teams app developer, and given this recent announcement that API v3 is being extended to the public platform, I am hoping we can start asking API v3 questions here.
Given a ...
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Why is /questions API returning deleted questions?
In last few days I have noticed that questions API returns questions that where deleted hours before the API call.
This is a short example, if more logs are need to pin point the problem, please ...
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Redirect URI for a chrome extension using StackExchange API Oauth
I'm working on a developing a browser extension which uses StackExchange API authentication. I was able to successfully implement the authentication for Microsoft edge/Chrome when I added chromiumapp....
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Is there a difference between the API search and the search from within the site?
I'm curious if the search results from the API is calculated the same way as the searches from within the sites themselves?
Is there a difference between the two? If so, what are the differences?
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PLACEHOLDER - Yandex Map Apps and Libraries
App Name: Yandex Map
Description: The App is for providing support for Yandex Map apps and libs. Our company provides an API for working with our maps, which helps to automate business processes in ...
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PLACEHOLDER: Interaction between user on LLM and Online Knowledge Community
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This application is a research project exploring more effective ways to discover and interact with knowledge on Stack Overflow. It provides a unified interface for searching for content and ...
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Select Code Block Buttons Script
Shows a select-button on mouse over on code-blocks to select the whole block for easier copying.
Sorry to not provide a file for download but i am sure you will manage somehow, adjust includes as ...
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Copy code-blocks from Stack Exchange websites
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Highlighting and copying code from questions/answers is not as straightforward as one hopes it'd be. Throughout the years, there were (at least) a couple of userscripts/extensions to address ...
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Does Stack Overflow have an MCP server?
Does Stack Overflow have an MCP (model context protocol) server?
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API KEY for download [duplicate]
How do I generate a API key to connect?
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PLACEHOLDER - MCP Bundles: Stack Exchange Integration
MCP Bundles is a cloud-hosted platform that connects your tools to AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Perplexity) via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). We provide 4,000+ tools in MCP-ready ...
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The /questions endpoint only returns around 30,000 items where 400,000 are expected
I used the stackr library and I registered for an API key as the library mentions that "it increases your daily quota of queries from 300 to 10,000." So I used the following code, which ...
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Get favorited tags of user
This was requested in 1 and declined because of a missing authentication method.
Now that authentication is in place, is there a way to retrieve the favorited tags of a user (myself)?
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Toasty: A better chat antifreeze bot
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Toasty is an antifreeze bot for the Stack Exchange chat system. It automatically sends messages in low-activity rooms to keep the system from freezing them for inactivity. Toasty is usable by ...
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Stack Exchange One-Click Reviews
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The new UI for reviews introduced in early 2021 requires two clicks to submit reviews for an item: once to select the action, and a second time to submit the review. By contrast, the previous UI ...
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How to Resolve "Applications must have a registered Stack Apps post to write" Error when Requesting Write Access via OAuth?
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I am developing an application that integrates with Stack Overflow’s API, and I need to enable write access for it. I’ve successfully registered my application on the Stack Apps ...
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'Saviour' of Lost Souls
'Saviour' of Lost Souls
Meta sites, but especially Meta Stack Exchange, see a lot of 'lost souls', users who have no idea that they're on Meta (e.g. because of a suboptimal email or a Stack Overflow ...
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Less underlines in chat
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The underlines in the Stack Exchange chat can be too much in some cases. This is an attempt to reduce them to reasonable levels.
Installation
This is available as both a userstyle and a ...
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Stack Overflow Extras (SOX)
SOX v2.9.0
Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) is a project that stemmed from the Stack Overflow Optional Features (SOOF) project.
The SOX userscript adds a bunch of optional features to all sites in the ...
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What are the mechanics of private API beta badge/reputation rewards?
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George Edisons comments appear to explain most issues raised here (if not all), so I reformulated the question to reduce the noise and allow for an answer accordingly. I have considered to ...
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PLACEHOLDER: Stack Overflow Answer Assistant
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Stack Overflow Answer Assistant is a lightweight tool designed to help developers manage and organize their questions and answers on Stack Overflow.
It can assist in quickly referencing relevant ...
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Error calling Stack Overflow Teams API using Python requests library
I'm trying to call a PUT/DELETE request using the Stack Overflow Teams API in Python, but I'm encountering errors. As an FYI, I have a working PAT that allows me to make get requests for articles and ...
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Navigate through Challenges
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Stack Overflow's Challenges can quickly become overwhelming when trying to track which posts you've already read or navigate back to someone's post. There are no pagination and posts are usually ...
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Expand Code to Fullscreen on StackExchange Site
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2025-09-18 (UTC+8), new version is released. You can get the latest script at GreasyFork.
Description
Script practice.
Toggle Fullscreen on Hover: When users hover over a code block, a '...
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API Inconsistencies
In my opinion, one of the hallmarks of a good API is that it is self-consistent. It establishes easy-to-remember conventions and then follows them.
As I'm trying to adopt the 2.0 API, I'm finding ...
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Pocket Overflow: Stack Overflow in your pocket
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This is a sample app to consult Stack Overflow and more generally Stack Exchange sites.
I was using the original site app but, after resetting my iPhone I lost it, so decided to do one by ...
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Optionally Anonymised Short Links
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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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Chatdump - a site monitor
Dump activity from a site into a chatroom. Configurable as to what to dump and with what conditions.
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PLACEHOLDER - QnA: Stack Overflow Q&A App with OAuth Login and Voting
App Name: QnA
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QnA is a web application that lets users browse and interact with Stack Overflow questions and answers. It integrates with the Stack Exchange API v2.3 and provides these ...
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Enhanced revision view
When visiting an individual post revision page, this script adds:
buttons that allow switching to a view showing how the revision differed from the previous one, just like on a full post history page;...
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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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Flag as Spam Quick Button
"Flag as Spam Quick Button" creates a button next to the Share Edit Follow Flag buttons. This is useful during spam waves where you don't have to click the flag dialog.
This is in beta stage....
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OBSOLETE - Follow your friends on StackOverflow with FriendOverflow
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0zflMRXt2c&hd=1
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I created this app because I wanted to see what my friends and co-workers were doing on StackOverflow. I ...
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Voting activity tracker v2: check your voting activity on per-site meta!
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In 2015 I built a tool to check your voting activity on meta. It was live probably for a year before my free domain was terminated.
A lot of time passed since then, and a few days ago I decided ...
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Octostack - Stack Overflow for iOS
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Octostack is the easiest way to browse and interact with the entire Stack Exchange network — all from ...
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Link Only Answer Automatic Flagging
Thank you to Manishearth for giving me the idea here
Autonavigate/autocomment "close/flag offtopic" for MSO
As a very avid user of the Stack Exchange, I try to make this place the most ...
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Following Overcharged - Various improvements to the "follow" feature
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Following Overcharged (inspired by a MSE feature request) is a userscript that provides a set of features improving the "follow" feature.
Current version includes:
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Generate StackApps - post generator for userscripts
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Generate StackApps is a post Markdown generator for userscript projects reducing the amount of busywork required to publish userscripts for the benefit of the Stack Exchange network users. The ...
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My app has to be published first? But it's still under development
Okay, I want to build an App that allows me to create questions on Stack Exchange. I registered it here on Stack Apps but now when I want to create a question I get this message:
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"error_message": ...
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StackAppsTerraformProvider (placeholder)
PLACEHOLDER for StackApps terraform provider
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OBSOLETE - Review Audit Detector
Motivated by the question Would a userscript to determine whether a review is an audit be illegal, I wrote a userscript for this purpose. The algorithm is as follows:
If the post score shown in review ...
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Review Keyboard Shortcuts
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This script aims to provide something that has been bothering me for the past 6-8 years: Fully enable keyboard shortcuts in review queues. It only provides the ones which are most ...
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Apps page blank not showing
Can anyone help me, I've tried on a new browser, turned off all extensions and even tried opening it on another device but it still doesn't work.
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Lobby Lighthouse: guiding new Chat users
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As part of a recent experiment, two new chat rooms are open to any logged-in users, regardless of reputation or privileges.
The new rooms are:
Stack Overflow Lobby
Stack Exchange Lobby
I ...
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How to get stackoverflow api key [duplicate]
How to get stackoverflow's api key?
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How do I add a comment to a post through the Stack Exchange API?
I want to add an comment to a specific post so, how do I get its ID and how do I authorize it. I want it to done through the Stack Exchange API interface.
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MyStackBot – A Simple Bot to Post and Fetch Stack Overflow Answers via API
App Name: MyStackBot
Client ID: 34374
API Key: rl_eaYQSUfy93Eei7G5Z8R8E8t9d
This app allows a user to:
Fetch their answers from Stack Overflow
Post new answers to questions using the Stack Exchange ...
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My Stack Overflow Answer Posting Bot
I’ve built a tool that allows programmatically posting answers to Stack Overflow using the StackExchange API.
🛠 What it does:
Uses the /answers/add method to post HTML-formatted answers under ...
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PLACEHOLDER - My Answer Posting App Using Stack Exchange API
This app allows automated posting of answers on Stack Overflow using the Stack Exchange API.
It uses OAuth for authorization and is built to help developers automate knowledge sharing workflows.
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