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Get Stack Overflow questions with Stacky API
I want to get the most current questions from Stack Overflow using the Stacky C# library for the Stack Exchange API.
I took the example code and tried to run it but it hangs when it comes to returning data from the Stack Exchange website.…

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Stack Overflow API: get the user's "new mail!" notification?
When someone replies to your question (or for many other actions on the site) you get a little "new mail!" type icon in your "StackExchange" menu in the top left of the site.
Checking out the API docs here:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage
I…

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Unparseable StackExchange API response
I've written a small program to analyze my profile data from the StackExchange API, but the api returns unparse-/unreadable data to me.
Data received: (self downloaded using…

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Accessing StackExchange API from Emacs
I am trying to access the StackExchange API from Emacs' elisp:
(require 'url)
(require 'json)
(defvar url-http-end-of-headers)
(defun read-json ()
(interactive)
(with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously…

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Retrieve JSON with StackOverflow API
I want to retrieve information from my Stack Overflow profile as JSON using the API.
So I use this link http:/api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/401025/.
But when I make the request I get a file containing the JSON data.
How do I deal with that file…

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How to use oauth2 to access StackExchange API?
I'm following the instructions mentioned here: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication
But since there is no code provided, I'm not able to understand the flow correctly.
I've been trying to get the authentication part done using two…

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How to get the Stack Overflow reputation of a specific user?
I am trying to display the Stack Overflow reputation of an user in my project. I have the user email. So with user email as input can i get the user's Stack Overflow reputation?
Now i tried using Javascript SDK. Used authenticate method of Stack…

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Using OpenID to prove Stackoverflow membership
Here's the deal:
-Flair pretty much demands a Facebook app
-I'm working on learning the Facebook platform
Therefore, I've written a dinky little Facebook app to embed your Flair into a box on the side of your profile. If you're interested and on…

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Stack Exchange API to get the Impact/ Number of People Reached
I searched the entire documentation for the Stack Exchange API v2.2, but could not find any API to get the data about the Impact section on the user page.
I am interested in the Impact/Number of People Reached data for a specific user.
One way to…

Deepak Tatyaji Ahire
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NodeJs: Getting paginated get requests
When requesting Q&As from stackexchange API, the JSON response has a has_more (Boolean) argument and when it is true that means there are more requests possible with…

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stackoverflow api - get number of answers and questions per user
Is it possible to get the number of answers and questions the a user has made through the stack overflow api?
Currently, I have found a hacky way. It consists of getting the json response for user questions (or answers) and then counting the number…

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Displaying Stackoverflow rating/ reputation/ badges in website
Earning reputation in Stackoverfow is a hard job, and somewhere i'll feel happy if i can get the Reputations Displayed in my website. Is it possible?
Does stackoverflow exposes any API with respect to user?
[UPDATE]
When i simply type in…

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stackoverflow search api
I would like to use the search method of stackoverflow API to return the json structure of results based on a search keyword and then display those results (title, description and the url) in the SearchResults div.
I am new to C# and my first…

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Date format in the Stack Exchange API
When I query Stack Overflow (using it's API) to get some data (questions/answers/etc) I get the following JSON response:
"down_vote_count": 0,
"last_activity_date": 1300830790,
"creation_date": 1300829790,
The last_activity_date is a 10…

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Getting access to a Stack Exchange user's `about_me` data via API?
I'm trying to get the about_me data on Stack Exchange profiles via the API provided by Stack Overflow using: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/users-by-ids.
Example:
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users/3029?&site=bitcoin
The API doesn't…

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