What the response contains
Fields worth checking
- Development & Data
- Stack Exchange API results
- public source
Stack Exchange API
Development & Data · Stack Exchange API results · public source
Current public response
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The list is sorted by activity, not creation
This page queries /questions on Stack Overflow with sort=activity and order=desc. The first position is the question with the latest activity in the response, which can be an edit, answer, or another change, not necessarily the most recently created question. has_more says whether another page exists; quota_remaining shows the source’s remaining quota.
- Use creation_date when the publication date is what matters.
- Use last_activity_date to follow recent movement.
- Do not conclude a question is important simply because it appears first.
How to read question fields
An item can include question_id, title, link, tags, owner, is_answered, score, view_count, answer_count, creation_date, last_edit_date, and content_license. title can contain HTML entities, and dates are Unix time. tags describe community classification; they do not replace reading the question, answers, and a technology version’s context.
- Open link to check complete text and current answers.
- Convert Unix dates before showing them to a reader.
- Use question_id to store or compare the same question across requests.
Filter a question without distorting the source
The tagged parameter accepts semicolon-separated tags and works as an “and” condition: tagged=c;java returns questions carrying both tags. More than five tags always returns zero according to the documentation. User contributions follow the licence given in content_license; retain attribution and the link when reusing content beyond a simple referral.
- Use one or a few tags to reduce noise in a broad list.
- Do not treat is_answered as a guarantee that a solution fits every project.
- Read date, version, and comments before applying a technical answer.