Searches Stack Overflow questions. Each question carries id, title, link, tags, score, view count, answer and comment counts, accepted answer id, closed reason, bounty, ISO 8601 dates, owner with reputation and profile link, the HTML body, a plain-text body and the license. Pass q, tagged or both. Page N returns page N. Costs 1 credit per successful request.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
This endpoint has no required query parameters.
6 optional filters available.
string
Optional
Search text. Required unless tagged is set.
laravel queue
string
Optional
Only questions with all these tags, comma or semicolon separated, e.g. php,laravel.
php
string
Optional
activity, votes, creation or relevance. Defaults to relevance with q, otherwise activity.
votes
string
Optional
asc or desc. Defaults to desc.
example
integer
Optional
1-based page, 1-25. Defaults to 1.
1
integer
Optional
Items per page, 1-100. Defaults to 30.
10
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/stackoverflow/search?q=laravel+queue&tagged=php&sort=votes")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
success
data
meta
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"search_parameters": {
"q": "laravel queue",
"tagged": "php",
"sort": "votes",
"order": "desc"
},
"questions": [
{
"question_id": 25877752,
"title": "Laravel queue process timeout error",
"link": "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25877752/laravel-queue-process-timeout-error",
"tags": [
"php"
],
"score": 82,
"view_count": 112267,
"answer_count": 4,
"comment_count": 5,
"is_answered": true,
"accepted_answer_id": 26238686,
"created_at": "2014-09-16T20:21:27Z",
"last_activity_at": "2022-12-24T01:39:22Z",
"owner": {
"user_id": 1512641,
"display_name": "Will Durney",
"reputation": 1258,
"user_type": "registered",
"accept_rate": 86,
"link": "https://stackoverflow.com/users/1512641/will-durney",
"profile_image": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/76b63456d16d4c9877f9c590487fc755?s=256&d=identicon&r=PG"
},
"body": "<p>I'm on Laravel using <code>php artisan queue:listen</code> to run queued jobs. One of these jobs is fairly involved and takes a long time, and so I...",
"body_text": "I'm on Laravel using php artisan queue:listen to run queued jobs. One of these jobs is fairly involved and takes a long time, and so I'm getting the f..."
}
],
"page": 1,
"pagesize": 2,
"has_more": true
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "search",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Upstream Unavailable
The source could not be fetched after the attempt budget. Never charged. Safe to retry.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The source is temporarily unavailable."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true
}
}Parser Drift
The source returned a shape this parser does not recognise. The incident is reported. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "The source response shape changed unexpectedly. The incident has been reported."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
}Invalid Parameter
A value in this request is invalid or the requested page is out of range. Never charged.
{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_PARAMETER",
"message": "A value in this request is invalid. Check the parameters before retrying."
},
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false
}
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