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Questions about the Stack Exchange API *only*. If your question concerns any other API, do not use this tag. For bugs, please (also) use the version tag, EG [api-v2.2], that the bug applies to.

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Is there a glossary of the properties returned in response to the Stack Exchange API?

There is no such glossary in the official API documentation. … Not all fields are documented there, but because that Q&A is publicly editable (unlike the API documentation), we (the Stack Exchange community) can easily add some clarification if necessary. …
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How to use date parameters in the /questions API?

This is documented in the API as well: All dates in the API are in unix epoch time, which is the number of seconds since midnight UTC January 1st, 1970. …
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How are API changes announced?

We regularly discuss the API on Meta Stack Exchange as an often-forgotten part when new changes are being rolled out (e.g. the new close reasons or the renaming of favorites to bookmarks) but those are …
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How to revoke an access token generated for my application?

I assume you generated it with your own Stack Exchange credentials; in that case, you can find it in your Stack Overflow profile: https://stackoverflow.com/users/apps/21670823 There should be an entry …
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I am unable to get the desired response through Stack Exchange API, using Postman

Nope, that's the URL to the documentation, not the API endpoint itself. The correct one is https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/answers? …
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Receive latest questions with certain tag

You should use /questions, it provides an option to filter on tags. You'll also need to set the sort parameter to creation instead of the default, activity. This will be the URL you're looking for: h …
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How to get "usage guidance" for a tag from the Stack Exchange API?

You need the /tags/{tags}/wikis method for this. Here is a link to the documentation page, including the necessary parameters for the JavaScript tag. By default, the body of the tag wiki isn't returne …
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Is there a way to fetch my flag quota?

It's hard to prove a negative, but there's no way to get the number of flags remaining for your account via the API. … The API will simply not allow you to flag anything if you're out of flags (or flag-banned). …
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Stack Exchange API - What does "site_state" mean?

This is related to the lifecycle of a Stack Exchange site; most new sites start as private betas, become public betas and eventually graduate to a regular site. There's also a value closed_beta, as d …
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Where do I get the user impact?

I think those fields have been added after the API was created, and they simply didn't bother to update. …
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What does it mean when a revision number is missing?

You can compare that with the API results, and you'll see the revision number is missing for events like (un)protecting the question closing/reopening the question (un)locking the question making the … question community wiki posting a bounty Those events will never get a revision number in the future (unless the API somehow changes, I guess, but that's not likely) and you'll need another way to sort …
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Take the right filter for favourite count

I assume you're doing this call: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/questions#order=desc&sort=activity&filter=!GeD4JB*YQqe2L&site=stackoverflow&run=true which indeed returns an empty object, since you …
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How to get statistic data for specific tags which belong to a specific team?

You might need to build some pagination logic, as the API will only return up to 100 results at a time (if you specify that as your pagesize). …
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Using API to collect tag information - data differences

You're basically asking the API "what are the most popular tags created in the last 30 days", and the answer is [wikidata-query-service], [bonferroni], ... … I don't think it's (easily) possible to get a list of 'recently popular' tags from the API. You should try the Stack Exchange Data Explorer instead. …
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How can I write (edit) one of my answers?

You'll need an API token with write access, which is only available for registered Stack Apps. …
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