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Questions about API methods that add or modify content on Stack Exchange sites. These methods must be invoked via HTTP POST.

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"access_denied" error in the write answer at stackoverflow

You have to create a post describing your application, and edit it into your application's registration. Basically, the first arrow needs a value; and you can set it when you edit (with the second …
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Write comment API failing with error_id: 500

You should be POST'ing your parameters, form encoded, rather than putting them on the Url. GET'ing should fail more gracefully than that though, I'll get a better error message in there in the next d …
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Once authorized, is there a way to auto-login with a browser?

This has been completed for rather a while now. When authorizing a user via OAuth, we attach a global auth session. If a user is subsequently directed to a site, they should automatically log in wit …
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Announcing API version 1.1 and Roadmap

As has been announced on the blog, we're rolling out a minor revision of our existing read-only API. While the blog post gives some high level details, I figured [app] developers would appreciate some …
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Will the API support the chat system?

Its too early to call this, as the chat system is still evolving. However, exposing the inbox is planned and since some chat events are published to the inbox there will be at least some exposure of …
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