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A tip for developers working with the Stack Exchange API.
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How to format time since xxx e.g. "4 minutes ago" similar to Stack Exchange sites
Here is a similar function in PHP:
function Pluralize($amount, $unit)
{
if($amount == 1)
return "$amount $unit ago";
else
return "$amount {$unit}s ago";
}
function RelativeTi …
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How to format time since xxx e.g. "4 minutes ago" similar to Stack Exchange sites
Looks good. I did a very similar thing for stack.PHP, but it wasn't as elagant.
Is this code public domain?
P.S. On SO, it would look something like this:
0 sec. ago - 59 sec. ago
1 min. ago - 59 …
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How to format an url-friendly slug for question urls
Can't this easily be constructed by appending a '/' and the title from the question?
In PHP:
$question_url .= '/' . preg_replace('/[^\w_]/','',str_replace(' ','_'$question->title));
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2
votes
How to format reputation numbers similar to Stack Exchange sites
Good ole' PHP:
// Any number larger than 1000 gets returned like '4.5k'
function Numberify($num)
{
if($num > 1000)
return (floor($num / 100) / 10) . 'k';
return $num
}
Do you like …
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How to order /sites result in a user friendly way to use it in our apps.
Okay, here is sort of what happens with StackMobile:
The list of sites is retrieved and stored in an associative array with the name of the site as the key.
A new list is created by enumerating over …
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votes
1
answer
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How to retrieve notifications for a given user.
There seems to be a few of these "dev-tips" so I'll share a problem I have.
To notify a user of comments directed to them, we use the users/{id}/mentioned method.
However, notifying a user of answer …
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votes
0
answers
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Announcement: StackExchange API Development Wiki
RIP August 24, 2010 - April 26, 2013
Due to lack of interest and the increasing burden of maintenance, I have decided to close down this wiki. Most of the information that it contains is eithe …
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