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Questions about the Stack Exchange API *only*. If your question concerns any other API, do not use this tag. For bugs, please (also) use the version tag, EG [api-v2.2], that the bug applies to.

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consistency for array parameters

It would simplify the api and consumption there of if all parameters that accept multiple items used a common delimiter. We have semicolon and space that I know of so far. … Eliminating space as a delimiter is not necessary, but adding semicolon as a valid delimiter would serve to provide a consistent api and should not break existing code as semicolon is not typically a search …
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r.e. /stats fields.

I see the api path in there, but I have to assume that it is simply part of the record that is being output and is not intended as a means of discovery. …
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The API v0.9 2010.06.24.002 as seen by SOAPI

Stack Overflow API as seen by the SOAPI parser and code generator: With the API freeze, changes to the vast API should slow to a trickle, making manual maintenance possible. … In doing so I have reduced the redundancies that are the inevitable result of code generation so the model is much cleaner and presents an accurate view of the API. …
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/users/{id}/tags - broken

looks like touching the id parameter description broke the internet. http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/users/242897/tags should/was working 6/1/2010 -1:11AM - working
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Scratch Pad Wiki Question

This q is for use by anyone who needs to modify, add or delete an answer or to modify the q to update the last_activity field. Leave this description, but otherwise have at it.
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API Parameters: Consolidated Observations

This wiki question is meant to be a central location for observations and suggestions in the interest of shaping the API meta data. … A consolidate view of the API parameters can be seen using param-exam. order parameter description is inconsistent. They could be replaced with How the current sort should be ordered. …
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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", "fileupload", "file- …
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SOAPI-REST: Complete Stack Overflow API specification in machine readable format

limit=10 API specifications The latest API specification is available in three formats. To view/download specific versions of the API see the API Status page. … format=txt JSON - a complete JavaScript serialization of the parsed API object graph. http://soapi.info/rest/api? …
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SIlverlight 3 ClientHttp vs BrowserHttp stack: no cross domain policy means no gzip for Silv...

MO'N'BETTA INFO Groggy me, making a lot of noise but saying little: The reason that I have to use the ClientHttp stack is that the api has no crossdomain policy file and the BrowserHttp stack fails. …
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What is the throttle interval or threshold?

I believe I have found some documentation on the module being used to throttle api requests on all api endpoints except api.stackoverflow.com. … NOTE: api.stackoverflow.com does not seem to apply a throttle, other than the 10,000 request rate-limit, to api requests. …
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Abstract paged results to enable cleaner libraries

It would make great sense for paged results array property to have a common name, items perhaps. For those writing in languages that support 'generic' constructs, this would simplify the code dramat …
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Guidance on usage thresholds - specifically throttling [duplicate]

I am running a lot of tests and have started to get 403 errors. I am using a key and certainly have not exceeded my quota. Am I running foul of some yet unmentioned throttling threshold and if so, w …
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Please add tags to answers

Update: This was completed as of API version 2.1. … These can subsequently be filtered/sorted without need for additional API calls if the tag data were included for each answer result. …
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