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How to get "inbox" items

Currently, no. However, as an extension of the authentication mechanism being introduced in version 2.0 of the API you will be able to get access to the inbox data directly via the newly introduced /u …
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Any news of more write APIs?

Write methods have been added to an unreleased version of the API that's used by the official (albeit in-development) Android app, so it's expected that they'll be made available at some point after t …
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Do the questions tagged "placeholder" need it explicitly in the title?

There's no real expectation set for this, feel free to pick whichever option seems better to you. I personally feel the tag is sufficient, but I could see how having it in the title might save some p …
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Why do you need to specify a site when getting the inbox?

You should use /inbox instead, which is a network route instead of a site-specific one. As mentioned in the documentation, the site-specific route is mostly just provided for convenience of consumers …
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How to track the open/closed status over the history of a question?

You can get at this information, but it's messy. Using the /posts/{id}/revisions route you can query for the list of all revision events for a particular question, which includes close/reopen events. …
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Can I have a separate account just for testing my Stack App?

It's allowed with the caveat there's no guarantee it won't be merged, provided that you abide by the good faith criteria. If you attempt to actually run something like the script in your previous pos …
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