Operations for managing answers to questions in a Teams workspace.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Stack Overflow Answers API
version: '1.0'
description: 'Operations tagged Answers across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: stack-overflow-for-teams-openapi.yml, stack-overflow-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3
description: Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
- url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
description: Stack Exchange API v2.3
tags:
- name: Answers
description: Operations for managing answers to questions in a Teams workspace.
paths:
/teams/{team}/questions/{id}/answers:
get:
operationId: getTeamAnswers
summary: Get Answers for a Team Question
description: Returns all answers to a specific question in a Stack Overflow for Teams workspace.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/team'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
responses:
'200':
description: Answers for the specified question
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswersResponse'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
post:
operationId: createTeamAnswer
summary: Create an Answer for a Team Question
description: Creates a new answer to a question in a Stack Overflow for Teams workspace. Requires write access.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/team'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAnswerRequest'
responses:
'201':
description: Answer created successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Answer'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
servers:
- url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3
description: Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
/questions/{ids}/answers:
get:
operationId: getAnswersForQuestion
summary: Get Answers for Questions
description: Returns the answers for the questions identified by a semicolon- delimited list of question IDs.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- name: ids
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited list of question IDs
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/site'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagesize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/order'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
responses:
'200':
description: Answers for the specified questions
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswersResponse_2'
security:
- oauth2: []
- {}
servers:
- url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
description: Stack Exchange API v2.3
/answers:
get:
operationId: getAnswers
summary: Get All Answers
description: Returns all answers on Stack Overflow sorted by creation date, activity, or vote score.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/site'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagesize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromdate'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/todate'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/order'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
responses:
'200':
description: A list of answers
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswersResponse_2'
security:
- oauth2: []
- {}
servers:
- url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
description: Stack Exchange API v2.3
/answers/{ids}:
get:
operationId: getAnswersByIds
summary: Get Answers by IDs
description: Returns the answers identified by a semicolon-delimited list of answer IDs.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- name: ids
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited list of answer IDs
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/site'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
responses:
'200':
description: Answers matching the provided IDs
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswersResponse_2'
security:
- oauth2: []
- {}
servers:
- url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
description: Stack Exchange API v2.3
/users/{ids}/answers:
get:
operationId: getAnswersByUser
summary: Get Answers by User
description: Returns answers posted by users identified by a semicolon-delimited list of user IDs.
tags:
- Answers
parameters:
- name: ids
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Semicolon-delimited list of user IDs
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/site'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagesize'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/order'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
responses:
'200':
description: Answers posted by the specified users
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswersResponse_2'
security:
- oauth2: []
- {}
servers:
- url: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
description: Stack Exchange API v2.3
components:
schemas:
Answer:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
description: Unique identifier of the answer
question_id:
type: integer
description: ID of the question this answer belongs to
body:
type: string
description: The HTML body of the answer
score:
type: integer
description: Net vote score
is_accepted:
type: boolean
description: Whether this is the accepted answer
creation_date:
type: string
format: date-time
owner:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UserRef'
ErrorResponse:
type: object
properties:
error_id:
type: integer
error_message:
type: string
error_name:
type: string
UserRef:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
display_name:
type: string
profile_image:
type: string
format: uri
CreateAnswerRequest:
type: object
required:
- body
properties:
body:
type: string
description: Answer body in Markdown
AnswersResponse:
type: object
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Answer'
has_more:
type: boolean
total:
type: integer
Answer_2:
type: object
properties:
answer_id:
type: integer
question_id:
type: integer
body:
type: string
score:
type: integer
is_accepted:
type: boolean
creation_date:
type: integer
last_activity_date:
type: integer
owner:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ShallowUser'
link:
type: string
format: uri
ShallowUser:
type: object
properties:
user_id:
type: integer
display_name:
type: string
reputation:
type: integer
user_type:
type: string
enum:
- unregistered
- registered
- moderator
profile_image:
type: string
format: uri
link:
type: string
format: uri
Wrapper:
type: object
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
type: object
has_more:
type: boolean
quota_max:
type: integer
quota_remaining:
type: integer
backoff:
type: integer
total:
type: integer
AnswersResponse_2:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Wrapper'
- type: object
properties:
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Answer_2'
parameters:
filter:
name: filter
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Filter to control which fields are returned
id:
name: id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: integer
description: The unique identifier of the resource
team:
name: team
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: The slug of the Stack Overflow for Teams workspace. If your team lives at stackoverflowteams.com/c/my-team, the slug is my-team.
example: my-team
order:
name: order
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- asc
- desc
default: desc
description: Sort order
pagesize:
name: pagesize
in: query
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 0
maximum: 100
default: 30
description: Number of results per page (max 100)
page:
name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
default: 1
description: Page number (1-indexed)
todate:
name: todate
in: query
schema:
type: integer
description: Unix timestamp for maximum creation date
site:
name: site
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
default: stackoverflow
description: Stack Exchange site identifier (use stackoverflow for Stack Overflow)
sort:
name: sort
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Field to sort results by
fromdate:
name: fromdate
in: query
schema:
type: integer
description: Unix timestamp for minimum creation date
responses:
Forbidden:
description: Insufficient permissions (requires write access or Business tier)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication. Pass your PAT as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Generate tokens from your Stack Overflow for Teams account settings.
oauth2:
type: oauth2
description: OAuth 2.0 authentication. Register an application at http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth to obtain credentials.
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://stackoverflow.com/oauth
tokenUrl: https://stackoverflow.com/oauth/access_token/json
scopes:
no_expiry: Issues an access token that does not expire
write_access: Allows write access to a user's data
private_info: Access a user's private information
x-refined-from:
- stack-overflow-for-teams-openapi.yml
- stack-overflow-openapi.yml