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Stack Overflow Questions API

Operations for managing questions in a Stack Overflow for Teams workspace.

Stack Overflow Questions API is one of 10 APIs that Stack Overflow publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Questions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and an engineering blog.

This API exposes 11 operations across 9 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3, https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3.

11 operations 9 paths 14 schemas 9 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Stack Overflow Questions API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 3 scopes.

  • bearerAuth — Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication. Pass your PAT as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Generate tokens from your Stack Overflow for Teams acc…
  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication. Register an application at http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth to obtain credentials.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 9 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Questions 11

Operations for managing questions in a Stack Overflow for Teams workspace.

GET
/teams/{team}/questions
Get Team Questions
getTeamQuestions 6 params → 200401403
POST
/teams/{team}/questions
Create a Team Question
createTeamQuestion 1 param body → 201400401403
GET
/teams/{team}/questions/{id}
Get a Team Question
getTeamQuestion 3 params → 200404
PUT
/teams/{team}/questions/{id}
Update a Team Question
updateTeamQuestion 2 params body → 200400403404
GET
/teams/{team}/questions/{id}/answers
Get Answers for a Team Question
getTeamAnswers 3 params → 200
GET
/questions
Get All Questions
getQuestions 9 params → 200400401
GET
/questions/{ids}
Get Questions by IDs
getQuestionsByIds 3 params → 200
GET
/questions/{ids}/answers
Get Answers for Questions
getAnswersForQuestion 7 params → 200
GET
/questions/unanswered
Get Unanswered Questions
getUnansweredQuestions 7 params → 200
GET
/questions/featured
Get Featured Questions
getFeaturedQuestions 5 params → 200
GET
/users/{ids}/questions
Get Questions by User
getQuestionsByUser 7 params → 200

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Question_2 (15 properties), Question (12 properties), Answer_2 (9 properties), Answer (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
Question
object
12 properties
CreateQuestionRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
Answer
object
7 properties
UserRef
object
3 properties
QuestionsResponse
object
3 properties
UpdateQuestionRequest
object
3 properties
AnswersResponse
object
3 properties
Answer_2
object
9 properties
ShallowUser
object
6 properties
Wrapper
object
6 properties
Question_2
object
15 properties
QuestionsResponse_2
AnswersResponse_2

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stack-overflow-questions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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