StackOverflow

Overview

Developer Q&A platform. Public REST API (Stack Exchange API v2.3) for searching questions, reading answers, browsing user profiles, and exploring tags.

Workflows

Find answers to a programming question

1. searchQuestions(q, site) → question_id, title, score, owner.user_id
2. getQuestion(id, site) → body, tags, answer_count
3. getAnswers(id, site) → body, score, is_accepted

Research a user's expertise

1. searchQuestions(q, site) → owner.user_id from any result
2. getUser(id=owner.user_id, site) → reputation, badge_counts, display_name

Explore a technology's ecosystem

1. searchTags(inname, site) → name, count
2. searchQuestions(q, tagged=name, site) → question_id, title, score

Operations

Quick Start

# Search for questions
openweb stackoverflow exec searchQuestions '{"q": "async await javascript", "site": "stackoverflow"}'

# Get question details
openweb stackoverflow exec getQuestion '{"id": 11227809, "site": "stackoverflow"}'

# Get answers for a question
openweb stackoverflow exec getAnswers '{"id": 11227809, "site": "stackoverflow"}'

# Get user profile
openweb stackoverflow exec getUser '{"id": 22656, "site": "stackoverflow"}'

# Search tags
openweb stackoverflow exec searchTags '{"inname": "javascript", "site": "stackoverflow"}'