Stack Exchange

aid: stack-exchange
name: Stack Exchange
description: >-
  Stack Exchange is a network of question-and-answer websites on topics in diverse fields, each site covering a specific
  topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a reputation award process. The network includes over 170
  communities including Stack Overflow (programming), Server Fault (system administration), Super User (computing), and
  many others. The Stack Exchange API v2.3 provides programmatic access to questions, answers, comments, users, tags,
  badges, and search across all sites in the network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stack-exchange/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Answers
  - Code
  - Community
  - Developer Tools
  - Knowledge Base
  - Q&A
  - Questions
  - Stack Exchange
created: '2023-11-15'
modified: '2026-05-19'
apis:
  - aid: stack-exchange:stack-exchange-api
    name: Stack Exchange API
    tags:
      - Answers
      - Badges
      - Comments
      - Community
      - Q&A
      - Questions
      - Stack Exchange
      - Users
    image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    baseURL: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3
    contact:
      - FN: Stack Exchange
        url: http://stackapps.com/
        email: team+api@stackexchange.com
    humanURL: https://api.stackexchange.com/
    description: >-
      The Stack Exchange API v2.3 provides programmatic access to the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. It supports
      reading and writing questions, answers, comments, tags, users, and badges across all network sites including Stack
      Overflow. Authentication is via OAuth 2.0 with support for both read and write access. All responses are
      JSON-encoded and support GZIP compression and field-level filtering.
    properties:
      - url: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs
        type: Documentation
      - url: https://stackexchange.com/legal/api-terms-of-use
        type: TermsOfService
      - url: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/throttle
        type: RateLimits
      - url: http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register
        type: SignUp
      - url: http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth
        type: Applications
      - url: openapi/stack-exchange-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
common:
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stack-exchange
  - url: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication
    type: Authentication
  - url: https://stackoverflow.blog/
    type: Blog
  - url: https://stackexchange.com/legal/api-terms-of-use
    type: TermsOfService
  - url: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/throttle
    type: RateLimits
  - url: http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register
    type: SignUp
  - url: http://stackapps.com/apps/oauth
    type: Applications
  - url: https://github.com/topics/stackexchange-api
    type: GitHub Topics
  - url: json-ld/stack-exchange-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLD
  - url: json-schema/stack-exchange-question-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: vocabulary/stack-exchange-vocabulary.yml
    type: Vocabulary
  - url: rules/stack-exchange-rules.yml
    type: SpectralRules