Stack Exchange Users API
Site users, their reputation, badges, tags, top posts, timeline, and write surfaces.
Stack Exchange Users 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 User. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 21 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Stack Exchange Users 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 11
Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 11 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Site users, their reputation, badges, tags, top posts, timeline, and write surfaces.
Schemas 21
The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (25 properties), Question (24 properties), Answer (22 properties), Comment (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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