How to retrieve stackoverflow tag usage count via stackexchange api call?

Question

I want to retrieve the 'tag usage count' of a language like Ruby or Java via the StackExchange API.

Basically I want to retrieve these numbers via API call: https://stackoverflow.com/tags

e.g. how do I get the 780k for Java as seen in the link via StackExchange API call?

Does anyone know?

but that doesn't give me the total count

It seems to be easy with the Stack Exchange Data Explorer https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/229727

But how to retrieve these counts via API?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '15 at 11:32

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ok found the answer myself:

just replace java with whatever tag you need.

The Tag count then is included in the json response.

answered Jan 18 '15 at 11:32

ThinkTeamwork

How often does it update? I am using https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/tags?order=desc&sort=popular&site=stackoverflow and refreshing the page several times, but the numbers never change. I guess the API does not provide a real-time count. – Jaime Montoya Nov 29 '17 at 23:20

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