Stack Overflow Answers API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Stack Overflow for Teams Answers API
  description: The Stack Overflow for Teams API v3 provides read and write access to private team knowledge bases hosted on Stack Overflow for Teams. It supports managing questions, answers, articles, user groups, subject matter experts (SMEs), tags, and team members. The API uses Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication via the Authorization Bearer header. Business tier subscriptions have read/write access; Basic tier has read-only access.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Stack Overflow for Teams Support
    url: https://stackoverflow.com/teams
  termsOfService: https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
security:
- bearerAuth: []
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'
    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'
  /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'
  /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'
  /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'
  /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'
components:
  parameters:
    order:
      name: order
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - asc
        - desc
        default: desc
      description: Sort order
    page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number (1-indexed)
    pagesize:
      name: pagesize
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        maximum: 100
        default: 30
      description: Number of results per page (max 100)
    sort:
      name: sort
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Field to sort results by
    site:
      name: site
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        default: stackoverflow
      description: Stack Exchange site identifier (use stackoverflow for Stack Overflow)
    fromdate:
      name: fromdate
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Unix timestamp for minimum creation date
    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
    todate:
      name: todate
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Unix timestamp for maximum creation date
    filter:
      name: filter
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Filter to control which fields are returned
  schemas:
    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
    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
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error_id:
          type: integer
        error_message:
          type: string
        error_name:
          type: string
    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'
    AnswersResponse_2:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Wrapper'
      - type: object
        properties:
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Answer_2'
    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
    UserRef:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        display_name:
          type: string
        profile_image:
          type: string
          format: uri
  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.
externalDocs:
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API Documentation
  url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/docs