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This tag is for questions about the Stack Exchange API version 2. First released Feb 2012.

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OBSOLETE - New Q! - Google Chrome Extension notifies you of new questions of interest and in...

Here is a screenshot on Ubuntu, as requested: Looks pretty similar to Windows :)
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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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Stack.JS - Powerful Event-driven Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API in JavaScript.

About Stack.JS is the JavaScript equivalent of Stack.PHP and aims to replicate the request structure of that library as much as possible. The library is still a long ways from being complete bu …
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Stack.PHP - Powerful and Extensive Library for Accessing the Stack Exchange API - Including ...

Don't know where to start? Begin by checking out the Stack.PHP website. Then head over here for a quick tutorial on setting up and using Stack.PHP. About Why you should use Stack.PH …
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API Endpoint Changes Coming In Version 2.0

I never thought about that — that's a serious problem. I totally understand throwing option #1 and #2 out — they're either impractical or impossible. I strongly suggest going with option #3. I would …
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What sizes are the images available through the /sites endpoint?

"Are any of the fixed size?" I can't really answer that question directly, but for reference, the dimensions of the images supplied by the API for Stack Overflow are as follows: Image: …
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Is there a way (or app) to get realtime updates of new questions with a given tag?

There is an /events route that: "Returns a stream of events that have occurred on the site." Greg Hewgill has created a firehose JSON streaming event service which closely mimics the Twitter Str …
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Error when requesting the last page of results.

When I try to view the following URL: http://api.stackexchange.com/2.0/questions?page=93781&site=stackoverflow I get the error: { "error_id": 500, "error_name": "internal_error", "error_m …
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Security certificate error when logging in with myOpenID

I have written an application that embeds the WebKit rendering engine (the same rendering engine used in Safari and Chrome). This application makes use of the /inbox route and therefore requires the u …
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Implicit OAuth flow is not working when the user is not logged in.

Here is the URL I am trying to use: https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=120&scope=read_inbox,no_expiry&redirect_uri=https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success This works perfectly wh …
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Is data retrieved from /events dependent on the access token used to retrieve it?

This may seem like a bit of an unusual question at first but I'll try to explain where it's coming from. My PHP wrapper (Stack.PHP) offers a caching class that follows the guidelines in the API docs f …
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TLS security warnings from api.stackexchange.com

Each time an API request is made over HTTPS, Firefox generates the following message in the error console: Curious, I looked up RFC 5746 and the document covers the following: Transport Layer Securi …
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Increase the pagesize limit from 100

I admit that this answer is a little late in light of the fact that the API now allows an unlimited pagesize to be specified to retreive all sites. However, I had planned to create this simple little …
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Failed beta sites are showing up in the /sites method.

3D Graphics and Game of Go are both failed beta sites. I would not expect them to show up in the /sites list - but they do. Indeed, attempting to list questions on one of the sites fails: http://a …
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API is accepting requests from other OAuth domains

I've set an OAuth domain for an application (the client_id is 24) and the following link authorizes the application: https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog?client_id=24&scope=no_expiry,read_inbox& …

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