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  • The issue with this is that the scrapes are not interval specific. Say for instance a user clicks on a question from a list of the current questions. I would now need to scrape for the current question/responses. The requests would be driven by what a user wants and when they want it. Based on this information, it seems to allude that this is not exactly something you would prefer? Even though if the user weren't using the app they would be making the requests directly from the site. Commented Jun 29, 2009 at 3:53
  • With the speed at which SO is growing you have highlighted the potential for creating an API for this purpose. We played around with the idea of building a WPF application to do the same thing recently and the screen scrape was just a bit to much dependancy for us. An API solves the problem Commented Jun 29, 2009 at 6:54
  • For the last point, what kind of things can we request, exactly? Commented Aug 20, 2009 at 4:08
  • #4 - You have to pull the front page every 5 minutes or more during busy times to avoid missing changes. The other parts of the trilogy are fine for now, but stackoverflow at least needs an API just to keep up with it. Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 20:24
  • "Our email is linked at the bottom of every single page on every SO family site" Not any more. How do I get in touch? Commented Mar 22, 2018 at 9:28
  • Hi. Can anyone please elaborate 2nd point a bit? An example please? Commented Jun 12, 2021 at 7:39