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Hi all, I am trying to get a definitive on what timeline_type actually means... I've looked at: https://stackapps.com/search?q=timeline_type but to no avail. …

The timeline_type for post timelines just says "string" for the "values". …

Take a look at the partial results of this query: { "timeline_type": "votes", "post_id": 2544061, "creation_date": 1269993600, "owner": { // omitted for brevity }, "action": "7 upvotes …

Can I get a confirmation that the response /users/{id}/timeline contains redundant information, namely: If the action is: | Then the timeline_type is always: -------------------+-------------------- … If this is true, then why have the timeline_type field at all? It seems like the action field contains more descriptive information than the timeline_type field. …

Dave, is this resolved by the timeline_type? … "timeline_type": { "description": "type of event", "values": "one of comment, askoranswered, badge, revision, or accepted", "optional": true Lets get a check and a status-complete on this …

For example, your sample question shows the following times in the API: "timeline_type": "question" => creation_date = 1442856640 (2015-09-21 17:30:40 UTC) "timeline_type": "answer" … If they had, then "timeline_type": "revision" event(s) would have appeared as well. Also, /questions/{ids}/timeline has a fromdate parameter, which theoretically would help you. …

" }, { "timeline_type": "badge", "user_id": 1367622, "badge_id": 7, "detail": "Critic" }, { "timeline_type": "badge", "user_id": 1367622, "badge_id": 8, "detail": "Citizen Patrol" }, { … "timeline_type": "badge", "user_id": 1367622, "badge_id": 9, "detail": "Autobiographer" }, { "timeline_type": "badge", "user_id": 1367622, "badge_id": 13, "detail": "Yearling" }, { "timeline_type …

(Specifically, I'm looking for the possible return values to the timeline_type and action keys) I realize that I can just make a bunch of requests and try and figure this out myself, but this should be …

I'd have to dig back into source control to find exactly why, but I vaguely remember action and timeline_type diverging late in 1.0 beta. …

Previously, timeline_type of entries in the user_timelines array used to be one of comment, askoranswered, badge, revision, or accepted. According to the documentation, it's now one of ... …

}, { "post_id": 7113, "user_id": 43099, "timeline_type": "asked", "post_type": "question", "creation_date": 1478266565, "title": "How to get notified when user ask a question or … }, { "badge_id": 9, "user_id": 43099, "timeline_type": "badge", "creation_date": 1478264868, "detail": "Autobiographer" } ] ... …

The closest relevant call I have found is /questions/{ids}/timeline, which returns a list of question_timeline, which has a timeline_type field that could be post_state_changed. …

For example, the above query returns an item: { "post_id": 2818028, "user_id": 4751173, "timeline_type": "revision", "post_type": "answer", "creation_date": 1273661209, …

| int, refers to a post (1) | question_id | int, refers to a question | revision_guid | str (1) | timeline_type … a post (1) | post_type | one of question, or answer | suggested_edit_id | int, refers to a suggested_edit (1) | timeline_type …