Stack Exchange Connector
Intro
Stack Exchange is a network of question and answer websites on diverse topics in many different fields, each site covering a specific topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a reputation award process. Use Domo's Stack Exchange connector to retrieve lists of questions and answers; user reputation information; earned badges; and so on. To learn more about the Stack Exchange API, visit their page (http://api.stackexchange.com/docs).
You connect to your Stack Exchange account in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Stack Exchange connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Prerequisites
To connect to your Stack Exchange account and create a DataSet, you must have credentials from one of the following social media networks:
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Stack Exchange
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Google
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Facebook
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Yahoo
Connecting to Your Stack Exchange Account
This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Stack Exchange Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Credentials Pane
The Domo Stack Exchange connector uses OAuth to connect, so there is no need to enter credentials within Domo. Click Connect (or select Add Account if you have existing Stack Exchange accounts in Domo) to open the Stack Exchange OAuth screen where you can enter credentials from Stack Exchange, Google, Facebook, or Yahoo. Once you have entered valid credentials and connected to Stack Exchange, you can use the same account any time you go to create a new Stack Exchange DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.
Details Pane
This pane contains a primary Reports menu, along with various other menus which may or may not appear depending on the report type you select.
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Description |
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Report |
Select the Stack Exchange report you want to run. The following reports are available:
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Site |
Enter the site you want to retrieve information for. For example: stackoverflow.com, superuser.com |
Other Panes
For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.