Questions tagged [api]
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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What is the correct way to get the stackoverflow.com URL for an answer via the API?
A while ago I made a little "Recently answered on Stack Overflow" sidebar widget for my homepage. Currently this works by filtering answers out of the user feed however I thought I'd update it to make ...
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Deleting an application key? [duplicate]
There should be delete buttons on stackapps.com/apps https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/ so we can delete API-keys.
Or at least de-activate them? I mean, cancelled projects, etc...
A deletion button ...
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Odd String Format Result from API Call
I'm just getting started messing around with the SO API. I haven't worked with JSON before, and I am getting a strange result from a basic call (No API Key).
WebClient stackClient = new WebClient();
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Document fields that may be not be included in responses
I'd like to see documentation on what fields may not be included in responses or, alternatively, which fields are guaranteed to be included. Currently it's a little confusing because some fields may ...
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/questions/unanswered and /tags allow id parameter, but it does nothing
The /questions/unanswered and /tags queries both document (as required) and allow an "id" parameter. You can use it as /questions/unanswered?id=1;2;3, but it does nothing (that I can tell) and doesn't ...
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Method /users/{id} doesn't return "about_me" if the user has never modified it
See title. When a user never modified their "about me" section the API doesn't return that, which then causes my parser to go wild returning errors. However, when a user has modified their "about me"...
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When does a rate-limit day start and end?
After reading the docs/faqs, I couldn't help but wonder...
What exactly is a day?
When does it start?
When does it end?
What timezone are you using?
In other words, when my app runs out of requests ...
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Should there be a discovery API?
It would seem to me that a simple API that return an array of the API base URL and perhaps the common name of the sites that support the API would be valuable. Is this sensible?
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This is what I ...
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