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You need help with the use of the Stack Exchange API, apps built on the API, or assistance building scripts that work on Stack Exchange websites.

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Is there any Careers CV API available?

There is no Career's API, nor are there any plans for one currently. There has been something of an export capacity for awhile, in the form of the hResume microformat.
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Can I change my user profile using the API?

No. Version 1 of the API is read only.
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My App unintentionally DoSed api, and my IP got blocked across all the sites, now what shoul...

E-mail us (use the contact link) with the IP and your case details.
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What characters won't be in question->body?

Its HTML. So, those guaranteed not to be found in HTML.
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Why do some ranges have so many values?

That basically says "positive integers" It is... unlikely that anything on StackOverflow is actually 2 billion+ anything.
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Fetch questions from offset?

I assume you mean an offset into questions ordered by question_id. That begs a lot of questions, but... You can convert between question_id and creation_date given the knowledge that question_id inc …
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Announcing Apps to the Public

Yes, it is OK to announce [app]s. ... I'd hold off on tattoos personally, but they're not banned per-say... :)
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Using meta.stackoverflow.com as a support channel for a stackapp?

meta.stackoverflow is for support, discussion, etc. focused on stackoverflow.com and the StackExchange family of sites. … Not for support of third-party products, like [app]s Providing a means of reporting problems using an [app] is the responsibility of the [app] developer. …
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api performance slow

Its slow because the response is so large, and it touches a large amount of data per-question (all answers and comments, by definition). Its equivalent to visiting every question on the first couple …
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What exactly is the 'user' on a post_timeline?

user is the user responsible for the event. The user who posted, edited, etc.'d the post. It is optional for the same reason all returned user objects are, it can be missing if the user has been del …
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Which nested objects and arrays are optional?

Technically, all of them. In the event some difficulty is found in loading them, they won't be returned. The API does go to great lengths to try and guarantee most are always returned.
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StackPrinter - This IP has exceeded the request-per-day limit.

There are a number of [app]s using Google App Engine, like StackPrinter. Unfortunately, you're all using the same pool of IPs. Thus, you're all on the same quota. If you can introduce a proxy or for …
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Google App Engine [app]s - We are all on the same quota!

The proposed "solutions" to this are all terrible*. Ip+Key Trivially forged. IP+AppId Trivially forged. IP+User-Agent Trivially forged. KeyOnly Surprise surprise, trivially forged. Now, aut …
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How often should the /info route be accessed?

No more than once an hour is a decent guideline. I'll update the documentation to suggest this.
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Find user using e-mail address

This is not supported, intentionally. Email addresses are private information, only exposed to employees and moderators of Stack Exchange. If you want to identify a user using your application, you …
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