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This tag indicates a proposal for a new feature for the Stack Exchange API, or a change to an existing feature.

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How to use the stackapps API from JavaScript with XMLHttpRequest or XDomainRequest?

JSONP support was recently added to the API ( See this question ). The name of the parameter to trigger padding is jsonp: http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/tags?jsonp=blah
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Can we not limit requests based on the first one?

Completely agree. It seems this could be implemented as a simple check for the key: if (keyispresent && keyisvalid && currentlimit < keylimit) currentlimit = keylimit; I don't think this woul …
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Is there a way to discover what versions are available?

Currently there is only one version alive at a time (0.8). While in beta, I'm guessing this will be the norm. Once out of beta, there will probably be an upgrade period for minor versions ("1.1 is r …
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Feature Request to Include Gravatar URL for Users API

The gravatar url can be calculated from the email hash. string gravatarUrl = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/" + emailHash + "?d=identicon&r=PG"; More gravatar info.
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Verifying and linking SE users from external sites.

v2 is supposed to support user authentication. There are no plans to support that in v1 (the team has said). For now, you'll need to do your own user verification: User enters his ID, You provide …
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API key limit increase support

It strikes me this might be a possible revenue stream for the team. (Don't everyone downvote at once.)
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