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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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Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API

Beware that you currently cannot duplicate much of the functionality of Stack Overflow, using the API. … The (public) API is mostly read-only, and none of the Review or Moderation operations are supported. Update: Many new write/post methods were added with API version 2.2. See the API Change Log. …
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My registered apps are not showing in my profile; where can I find them?

You can see your apps, that you registered with the registration page, by going to: stackapps.com/apps/oauth This page is different for every user and you will be forced to log-in to see it. Th …
Brock Adams's user avatar
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Unable to get access token

Refer to the Stack Exchange API, Authentication docs. It looks like you are trying to authenticate using either a server you do not control, or a local server that is not on the public internet. …
Brock Adams's user avatar
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What exactly is a valid OAuth domain name for registering your app?

The OAuth Domain is either: A valid domain that you own and control, and that is hosted somewhere the client can reach. Say, for example that you owned unicorns.mil. See this answer and this answer …
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How to delete apps in StackApps?

How to delete an OAuth (2.0) API key? (Theoretically, if those feature requests get enough upvotes, they might get some developer love.) …
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How do I get my total reputation score using the API?

Just use the plain /users/{ids} route. (For network-wide score, see the bottom section, below.) if you run it on your userid, it currently returns: { "items": [ { ... "reputation": 354, …
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Can the redirect_uri contain port number?

Then in your app, perform the explicit OAuth 2.0 flow with API interactions like the following example: Send the user to: https://stackexchange.com/oauth? …
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Why is /questions API returning deleted questions?

. ;) Confirmation info: You can see this behavior (for now) with this API search: /2.2/questions?fromdate=1466553600&... … According to: Enable searching with deleted:1 for 10k users 10K+ users can [still] search any user's deleted content This behavior should not be allowed as the API doesn't know that I'm 10K (I'm not …
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How to get total visited days and consecutives of an user?

You cannot get the days visited, nor consecutive, information for a user because that is private information(Poster is SE representative). Stack Exchange is supposed to be about the content, not the p …
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Access for Statistical Analysis using the Stack Exchange API

For analyzing large chunks of data, don't use the API. Use the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE), that's what it's there for. … For anything more, contact the API team and negotiate for special access. …
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API throws improper error when "date" parameters are the same

Or, more precisely: fromdate=1424131200&todate=1424217600 Additional buginess: The API erroneously gives an error (and an unhelpful one too) if fromdate and todate are the same, but it also appears …
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Is the Stack API daily quota of 10,000 a hard limit, or can it be increased?

See How API Keys Work. It's six years old, but a leading API developer said: ... If you can demonstrate a need for a higher request quota, contact us. … You can get every question asked each day on Stack Overflow with only 78 API calls‡. Polling every 10 minutes only takes 144 API calls. …
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Is it possible to access data in real-time using the Stack Exchange API?

The API developer confirms that that is about as "real time" as the API is ever going to get ("Status by design"). … The API seems to be designed around reasonable request rates and volumes of traffic. Note that that 60-second caching does not currently apply in all cases, like the /events path. …
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Possible to get a user's flag history?

(as of API version 2.2). … Flagging history is especially problematic as deleted items (The result of many successful flags) tend not to show in the API. …
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No website (yet), how to register?

Reference: Stack Exchange API Authentication Looking for a beginner's tutorial to using the API Yeah the registration form now says, "Website URL is required". …
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