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Stackexchange Api V2 3 Badge Structure

A badge definition.

Type: object Properties: 8

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Badge is a JSON Structure definition published by Stack Exchange, describing 8 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

badge_id name description rank badge_type award_count link user

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "name": "Badge",
  "description": "A badge definition.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stackexchange/refs/heads/main/json-structure/stackexchange-api-v2-3-badge-structure.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "badge_id": {
      "type": "int32",
      "example": 23
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Nice Question"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "example": "Question score of 10 or more."
    },
    "rank": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "bronze",
        "silver",
        "gold"
      ],
      "example": "bronze"
    },
    "badge_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "named",
        "tag_based"
      ],
      "example": "named"
    },
    "award_count": {
      "type": "int32",
      "example": 500000
    },
    "link": {
      "type": "uri",
      "example": "https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/23/nice-question"
    },
    "user": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Lightweight user reference embedded in posts and comments.",
      "properties": {
        "user_id": {
          "type": "int64",
          "example": 22656
        },
        "user_type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "unregistered",
            "registered",
            "moderator",
            "team_admin",
            "does_not_exist"
          ],
          "example": "registered"
        },
        "display_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "example": "Jon Skeet"
        },
        "reputation": {
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 1500000
        },
        "profile_image": {
          "type": "uri",
          "example": "https://i.sstatic.net/lLZAr.jpg?s=128"
        },
        "link": {
          "type": "uri",
          "example": "https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet"
        },
        "accept_rate": {
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 92
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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