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Stack Exchange's markdown is just a variation of standard Markdown, so the MultiMarkdown editor may be enough of what you want. Other options: MarkdownPad - a "fully featured Markdown editor with l …

See the "Safety" heading in the "Custom Filters" doc. The difference between a "safe" (default) filter and an "unsafe" filter, is that the unsafe data might return data that could result in a script …

To find user_id(s) for a username, use the inname parameter of the /users query. You will have to repeat this query call for every Stack Exchange site that you are interested in. For example: /user …

JSON is faster and more compact, so it is easier on the server, and easier to parse in most application languages -- while still being human-readable. Since the API is returning data, rather than ma …

The short answer is "No". This question has 3 parts: Can the API list questions and answers about a product? Yes, if they are tagged and/or use keywords (like product numbers) that the API can se …

You don't explicitly need permission, but you must follow certain rules and legal requirements. Refer to Jeff Atwood ♦'s answer to "Etiquette of Screen-scraping Stack Overflow?": We regularly blo …

Probably the most cost-effective way is to poll /questions every minute or two. (Results are cached so, polling more than once a minute probably won't do anything but chew up your quota.) Related: P …

Yes, obsolete listings (script / app / library) should at the very least, be made obvious at a glance and ideally obvious in search results. For reference, there are currently only 754 listings that a …

Yes, stack​‌apps is different from any other StackExchange site in a variety of ways: Most "Questions" are meant to be announcement / product pages for scripts, apps, and libraries. To this end, not …

ImageShack has replaced many old images, on Stack Exchange sites, with spam like: Help us purge Stack Apps of this foul scourge! Here's how: Pick a post that needs editing: You can use SEDE qu …

That is not URL encoding, that is HTML entity encoding. By default, the API returns "safe" values; see the filters doc: Any string returned as a result of an API call with a safe filter will be …

Currently, the Stack Exchange API has nothing to do with Stack Overflow Careers. Anyway, there is no API for accessing Stack Overflow Careers job listings. Best you can do is grab the most recent 10 …

No, the WebSockets are not officially supported. They are internal to Stack Exchange, use them at your own risk. If it is at all possible to do your task with the API, use that. That's what it's ther …

See the question object. comment_count has been available since API version 2.2 but it is not returned by default. You must create and use a custom filter that includes comment_count. So:         /2 …

My opinion is that they probably do not help, but that could change if you post a large enough bounty and are somehow able to "advertise" it (maybe in chat) to enough people that can answer (or upvote …