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HamStare: Basic automation for chat
Get it from Github!
HamStare is the last word in disapproving stares. Now, roll your own! Out of the box is how it is configured for me, but if you have a little knowledge of Javascript (or not), it ...
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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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Python library for the StackExchange v2 API? [duplicate]
So I'm aware of Py-StackExchange and pyso.py, but neither covers the v2.0 API. Does anyone know of a Python library for the 2.0 API?
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davidism's sandbox and misc apps
This app registration supports development environments for the following projects by enabling OAuth and API access locally:
sopython (GitHub) is the official website of the Python chat on Stack ...
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Localhost test Stack App authentication: error 'redirect_uri' does not match
I tried the answer at "Can the redirect_uri contain port number"?
But I am getting the following error:
Provided redirect_uri does not match the redirect_uri this code was created with
My access ...
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Searching on Stack Overflow and using the API give different results?
I am trying to use the Stack Exchange API to see the trends on different topics.
Looking at the API documentation, I see that I could do this using the /search path (it's documented that this method ...
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Will the new traffic measuring formula be available via the API as well?
From this MSO answer:
stackexchange.com/sites was just updated today to use a new formula for traffic. Area 51 is still using the old formula, but will be updated soon to use the new formula.
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Can we get write access to user favorites?
I'd like users of my app to be able to add questions to their favourites.
Will this be added to the API as an authenticated call?
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Add information to badges/{id} method.
Currently, there is no practical way to retrieve badge information given its ID. I would like to see title and description added at the very least.
Current method for retrieving the data:
call the /...
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PLACEHOLDER - Export to Google Docs™
Export posts to Google Drive™
Initially, the idea was to use Google Apps Script to export a Stack Exchange post to Google Docs. Currently, the app can export to plain text, HTML and Google Document ...
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Encoding problem while accessing the API using Java
Trying to call an API URL from a Java application, I'm having problems accessing the contents of the URL.
I can access other sites through my program but not the Stack Exchange site.
But I can call ...
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How to format an url-friendly slug for question urls
I would like to construct a slug starting from the question title.
It would be useful to apps that want to show the original link to the question in a human readable way.
On StackPrinter i have this ...
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How do I add newlines when editing a post body via the API?
I am editing the tags of a question via the API, and to do that you have to pass the body and title etc.
I can get the Markdown or HTML from the API but I can't see how to send it back formatted ...
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Permission request form is broken, approve button is hidden, css variables are missing
You can check that form doesn't work with this link https://stackoverflow.com/oauth?client_id=17581&scope=no_expiry&redirect_uri=http://functional.localdomain:3449/login/github
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Inbox item not marked as read after viewing [duplicate]
Accessing inbox items using the following url:
/me/inbox
Unread inbox items remain unread (is_unread = true) even after that specific item has been read using the API (v2.1).
The items are marked ...
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Getting global information (Stack Exchange) about a list of users
I'm working with the API for several weeks (see my app here) and I'm trying to get the username of a particular user from its Stack Exchange ID.
It's possible by querying /users/{ids} but it returns ...
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Stack Bridge Application
Screenshot / Code Snippet
SB For Windows
About
From This Application you can see all your account, see new Questions and Answer. You will receive a message every time you get a badge etc.
License
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Is there an api to post questions without using the websites interface?
I wanted to post questions after a proper user authentication explained here. Is there anyway I can do this?
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Why is "body" missing from certain inbox items?
I have run into some confusion over the presence of the body attribute in an inbox-item returned by the /inbox method.
When item_type is set to "careers_invitations", the body attribute appears to be ...
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Is dev.meta.stackoverflow.com gone?
Sorry If I am posting in wrong place, but when I try to login to dev.meta.stackoverflow.com today, I got password protected page and looks like previous password is not valid anymore.
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/associated should include user's display name and the api_site_parameter
/associated should include api_site_parameter
The /associated routes return the site_name and site_url but not the api_site_parameter.
It would be useful if it did because api_site_parameter is ...
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What are the mechanics of private API beta badge/reputation rewards?
Update:
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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MahTweets - Social Media Client
About
MahTweets is Yet Another .NET Twitter Client, that has expanded to include functionality for other social media sites including Facebook, Yammer, Foursquare, Tumblr, and that's just the start.
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iOS Client for stackoverflow always throws redirect_uri not a valid uri
I tried to use the Stack Exchange API to authenticate the user.
I have registered my app with redirect_uri as stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success.
But it always throws "redirect_uri is not a valid ...
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Why do you need to specify a site when getting the inbox?
I'm getting a user's inbox via /me/inbox. I am forced to specify a site with this, so I'm setting it to Stack Overflow. However, it still gets all my notifications, including those from other sites. ...
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Pagination of users ordered by reputation
I know I can retrieve a page of users ordered by reputation using these apis:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/?sort=reputation&order=desc&page=1
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/...
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Wrong error message when attempting to edit a locked answer
When attempting to edit a locked answer like this one via the /answers/{id}/edit API method, I get an error message:
Account is not allowed to suggest edits
I have the privilege to edit the post, ...
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the stack exchange javascript library is 404
the library listed on the doc page for Authentication
https://api.stackexchange.com/js/2.0/all.js
ultimately redirects to
https://api-v2cdn.sstatic.net/js/all.js
which results in varying degrees ...
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Can we have maximum length of string in API help pages?
For the type "string", I think there is some upper limit of character count.
For example,
post title : 200 characters
post body : 30000 characters
In the help page, currently like this
"body": {
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questions/{id} help page sort parameter description is inconsistence with others
The description of the Sort parameter in questions/{id} help page is inconsistent with those of other pages.
On the questions/{id} help page:
sort (optional):
How a collection
should be ...
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How to get (unread) achievements?
Is there an API call where you can get all achievements and all unread achievements?
Like this:
Update
Thanks to the answer of Glorfindel, I use the following methods to calculate the unread ...
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Can I fetch Stack Overflow users by location in Stack Exchange API
I read the documentation and I know that I can get users' locations but I have not seen anywhere about querying by location. Does that mean that it is not possible? If it is possible, how?
As an ...
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Sorting the event stream
It seems like the data returned from the /events endpoint is flawed by being returned in descending order. For example:
{
"items": [
{
"event_type": "comment_posted",
"event_id": ...
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display_name isn't always there (should have OpenID name if needed)
usually in the owner dictionary there is a display_name value to give the username. But in a few questions it simply doesn't exist and I can't see why only those questions: eg, this excerpt from the 0....
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Stackoverflow Monitor - A Blue Prism Utility
About
An RPA utility for the Blue Prism Connected RPA solution, configured to search Stackoverflow content for product-specific questions and for posting relevant answers from the Blue Prism ...
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After which time span can my vote no longer change?
I came across a toast that appears when I try to change my vote that I made a few days ago.
Is it documented somewhere after which time span you can no longer change your vote? Or does the API ...
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StackExchange – Expand Hidden Comments
In principle that what Expand all comments script does, but with two major differences:
Scrolls the page back to the initial target of the corresponding link you selected (i.e. to question, question ...
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What's the best way to get all available data related to a user's reputation?
I'm looking for the best way to get a full list of every event which has caused a user's reputation to change, It could look like:
timestamp,reputation_change,object_uri
2011-01-25 14:58:27Z,10,/ajax/...
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Request for user script to calculate Wilson confidence ratings for posts
I came across the following blog post on the Internet recently: How Not to Sort by Average Rating:
PROBLEM: You are a web programmer. You have users. Your users rate stuff on your site. You want to ...
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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.
Github repo
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Can the API Edit a Question, changing only one field?
The documentation for the edit question method (/questions/{id}/edit) is somewhat vague.
Are all of the parameters required?
For example, if the only field I want to change in the question is tags, ...
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How to get up_vote_count and down_vote_count for a user?
I'm testing the following command:
$ curl -s "http://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/users/55075?&site=stackoverflow" | gunzip -d | python -m json.tool
However it doesn't return up_vote_count and ...
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Title Case All Question Titles Everywhere!
Because some like it like that:
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document regexp("*.stackexchange.com|superuser.com|askubuntu.com|serverfault.com|mathoverflow.com|stackapps.com|...
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Can i make an internal Q&A site like StackExchange?
I'm looking forward to develop a Q&A site that was requested to be private for my company, and as my boss talked it looked like he was describing StackOverflow, what i want to know is, is it ...
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"client_id rejected" error when retrieving the access_token
I'm developing an application in C# and I to post questions, so I need an access token.
I registered my application and I have received a client ID. Then I get the following query-string to get the ...
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Update Teams API documentation to reflect dependency on tier
The documentation says (emphasis mine):
Starting with the release of Stack Overflow For Teams, the Stack Exchange API exposes read-only access to data stored in private Teams.
This is slightly ...
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Can I see my past upvoted questions in handset APP?
It's not hard to dig out questions upvoted by myself through the PC website. But I cannot find any access to them in the ios app. I guess neither does android app. Did I miss something or is it a ...
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OAuth2 Authentication Redirection error in PHP
I'm trying to authenticate into Stack Exchange's API with the following URL:
https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=3535&scope=write_access&redirect_uri=https://stackexchange.com/...
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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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Should HTML or Markdown be passed to /questions/{id}/edit?
I'm making an app that supports editing questions. Should HTML or Markdown source be passed to the body parameter of /questions/{id}/edit?
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