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API Documentation

Most APIs don't require authentication e.g. reading questions.

https://api.stackexchange.com/docs

Examples

$ okurl 'https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?order=desc&sort=activity&tagged=okhttp&site=stackoverflow&pagesize=3' | jq .items[].title
"Handling third party logins with okhttp's Authenticator interface"
"NodeMCU server bad response, when sending GET request from Android app"
"How to properly parse JSON Array in Android"

Authentication

Either use an existing granted token, or visit stackapps and register an app.

okurl --authorize stackexchange

Authorising StackExchange API
StackExchange Client Id: 7186
StackExchange Client Secret: 
Scopes: read_inbox,no_expiry,write_access,private_info

Scripted Example

https://github.com/yschimke/okurl/blob/master/commands/sorecent

#!/usr/bin/env okscript

import com.baulsupp.okurl.kotlin.*
import kotlinx.coroutines.experimental.runBlocking

data class Question(val tags: List<String>, val title: String, val answer_count: Int, val link: String, val creation_date: Long)

data class Questions(val items: List<Question>, val has_more: Boolean, val quota_max: Int, val quota_remaining: Int)

var questions = runBlocking {
  client.query<Questions>("https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions/unanswered/my-tags?order=desc&sort=creation&site=stackoverflow");
}

val titleWidth = Math.max(50, terminalWidth - 80);
for (q in questions.items) {
  val time = epochSecondsToDate(q.creation_date)
  val url = q.link.replace("(.*)/.*".toRegex(), "$1");
  println("%${titleWidth}.${titleWidth}s %-18.18s %4.4s %-10s %s".format(q.title, q.tags.joinToString(), q.answer_count, time, url));
}

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