Stack Exchange
api.stackexchange.com
Questions, answers and tags across Stack Overflow and every Stack Exchange site.
GET /v1/data/stackexchange/answer1Request
Numeric answer id. Semicolon-separated ids are accepted, up to 100.
Use withbody to include the rendered HTML answer body.
curl "https://api.fastcrw.com/v1/data/stackexchange/answer?id=11227902" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FASTCRW_API_KEY"
2Response example
A sample shape. Press Run to see live data from Stack Exchange.
| owner | is_accepted | score | last_activity_date | last_edit_date | creation_date | answer_id | question_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {"account_id":559988,"reputation":473503,"user_id":922184,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://i.sstatic.net/h7WDB.jpg?s=256","display_name":"Mysticial","link":"https://stackoverflow.com/users/922184/mysticial"} | true | 35296 | 1709573833 | 1709573833 | 1340805402 | 11227902 | 11227809 |
1 more column in JSON.
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Ask with this source
A prompt for your agent that names this source and how to call it through the crw MCP.
Answer by ID
Use Stack Exchange (stackexchange) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Answer by ID" (answer). You have an answer id, for example from a permalink ending in #<id>, and want that answer alone. Example options: id=11227902, filter=withbody. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "stackexchange" and capability "answer". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Answers to a question
Use Stack Exchange (stackexchange) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Answers to a question" (answers). You have a question id and want the actual answers, for example to read the accepted solution. Example options: id=11227809, filter=withbody, sort=votes. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "stackexchange" and capability "answers". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Comments on a question
Use Stack Exchange (stackexchange) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Comments on a question" (comments). The answers did not settle it and you need the clarifications and caveats people left in the comment thread. Example options: id=11227809, sort=votes. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "stackexchange" and capability "comments". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>
Questions linking to this one
Use Stack Exchange (stackexchange) from fastCRW Pergamon, capability "Questions linking to this one" (linked). You want to see where a canonical question is cited from, to gauge its reach or find adjacent problems. Example options: id=11227809, sort=votes. Use the crw MCP tools: crw_find_data to confirm the source and its options, then crw_get_data with provider "stackexchange" and capability "linked". Tell me the credits used and cite the licence from the response. If the crw MCP tools are missing, install them with: npx -y crw-mcp install --api-key <your fastCRW API key>