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A question about the /inbox and related Stack Exchange API methods.
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`body` of `inbox_item` returning only excerpt, not full body
An inbox message body is not the same as a post body. Inbox messages are truncated by design.
Here's a snippet of my inbox:
Notice how the "body" is truncated at 100 characters? … The results I get from /2.2/me/inbox?filter=!SmOhH2b13NujlyyXX6 are exactly the same:
"body": "Very good. I'm not an expert on user scripts after all. Good job.",
...
"body": "Aah, thnaks. …
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Inbox item not marked as read after viewing
And neither the /me/inbox, nor the /notifications/unread docs claim to alter the state of the inbox items.
And, yes, that note seems to be misleading since the API does allow modifying comments. … For now, if you wish to avoid rereading "new" inbox items, you must track them in your app. …
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Difference between `/inbox/unread` & `/me/inbox/unread`
The inbox has always been "The global inbox". Certainly for as long as the API has existed.
So any inbox route will be Stack Exchange wide, even if it accepts a site parameter. … So we have:
/inbox/unread ~==~ /users/{id}/inbox/unread by "alias"
/users/{id}/inbox/unread ~==~ /me/inbox/unread by shorthand
So, /inbox/unread ~==~ /me/inbox/unread
Irregardless, they are de facto …
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Are the inbox routes (`inbox_item`) missing some item types?
bounty_expires_in_three_days registration_reminder
bounty_grace_period_started reputation_bonus
edit_suggested substantive_edit
generic
So, you have to call both one of the /inbox … routes and one of the /notifications routes to get the same information that's in the Stack Exchange "inbox". …
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Why is "body" missing from certain inbox items?
The documentation was updated sometime in the last 2 years and the API docs (version 2.2) now state that the property may be absent: