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the original question was apparently for V1. in V2 we now have https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/required-tags the request: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/tags/required?order=desc&sort=popular&s …

First step: read the FAQ FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ

If you're application is making identical requests more than once a minute it is probably going to be considered abusive see Conscientious use of the API for more info.

Look to your right------> (where it says Get Started) Api is a REST implementation and as such has no 'download' You may access it right from your browser address bar or leverage one of the many cl …

As I was answering this question, https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/66403/find-answers-with-max-upvotes, I found myself wondering, quite late in the game, why there is not an /answers route tha …

Will stackauth ever show a site as closed_beta? private beta data is available via API, the last time I checked. Is there much point if it's closed? depends on whether that data is of value …

First step - check the docs but to answer your question, use the page parameter http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/113124/favorites?page=2 ok, http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/help/method?met …

The data is gzipped. Will link to related questions. Possible Gzip or data format problems when trying to read JSON. Strange encoding for JSON output Odd String Format Result from API Call item 1 …

With the available data points, how would you rank users, both on a site basis as well as globally? Right now I am simply sorting on reputation desc, creation_date, user_id, display_name. This close …

Yes. A list of libraries can be found here: List of API client libraries grouped by programming language. Someone suggested that link be placed in the side bar, but apparently no one with the juice t …

You may not post data to the api but retrieving data in c# is quite simple. Create a project and get an api key. To get started, just make use your project's name, whatever it is and your profile ur …

The name 'key' is a bit misleading. It is not your 'license', it is simply a means of controlling anonymous access to the api and to gather usage metrics. So, while there is no value in advertising …

Is this what you mean? http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions?sort=Hot I don't see why you would need to pull RSS and API when you can get all information with params. e.g. http://api.stackover …

A possible strategy for maintaining a verified association might look something like this: Gather a reference account from the user, similar to http://soapi.info/findusers.aspx, and upon user select …

there is no concept of authentication with API 1.0. And if there were it would be applied to usage of the api. there is no, should be no, and unless there is a cold snap in hades, will never be a con …