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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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Conscientious use of the API

Another good way to be conscientious to the API is think about timing. If your app has certain peaks hours, slow down on the calls after hours (If 75% of users are US, run at 1 call/min from 9-5, and …
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Is the question_id monotonically increasing?

So, basically: Questions and Answers both use the same ID count. This means that the first question on a site would be ID 1. Then, the first answer is ID 2 and the second is ID 3. Then the next quest …
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When does a rate-limit day start and end?

For the API, the day ends 24 hours after your first API call. A single IP address can only make a limited number of requests per day to the API. This limit is determined at first request tim …
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Terms of the use for the API

I can only imagine that everything released under the API is subject to the site's Terms of Use. See the footer of the page for that information.
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How to get a User Id

This is one of the fun, annoying quirks of the API. Currently there is no pragmatic way to find a user based on their name instead of ID. Furthermore, there is a better chance that Jon Skeet will be …
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What is the syntax for specifying parameters?

Like so, in the query section of the URL: http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/questions/?body=true&field=value&field1=value1 See Wikipedia.
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Is dev.meta.stackoverflow.com gone?

If you look on that password page, it says: Thank you for participating in the private API beta! We're now starting the public beta - you can find more information on http://stackapps.com. …
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