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Stack Exchange Events API

Recent network events (1.5 minute live window) for the authenticated user.

Stack Exchange Events API is one of 17 APIs that Stack Exchange publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Event. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.3
Base URL
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Stack Exchange Events API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 4 scopes. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 explicit or implicit flow. Apps register on stackapps.com. Read methods do not require auth; write methods require writeaccess. privateinfo is needed…
  • apiKey — Optional app key. Sending a key raises the daily quota from 300 to 10,000 requests per IP and is the recommended default for any non-trivial client.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Events 1

Recent network events (1.5 minute live window) for the authenticated user.

GET
/events
Stack Exchange List Events
listEvents 5 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Wrapper (11 properties), Event (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Event
object
A network event (1.5 minute live window).
5 properties
EventsResponse
Wrapper
object
Common envelope returned by every Stack Exchange API method.
11 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

stackexchange-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Stack Exchange publishes across the network.

Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
Stack Exchange Access Tokens API
Stack Exchange Answers API
Stack Exchange Badges API
Stack Exchange Comments API
Stack Exchange Filters API
Stack Exchange Info API
Stack Exchange Me API
Stack Exchange Posts API
Stack Exchange Questions API
Stack Exchange Revisions API
Stack Exchange Search API
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