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:

Stack Exchange
Google
Facebook
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.

Note: If you are already logged into Stack Exchange, Google, Facebook, or Yahoo when you connect in Domo, you are authenticated automatically when you click Add account. If you want to connect to an account that is different from the one you are logged into, you must first log out of the social media website.

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.

Menu

Description

Report

Select the Stack Exchange report you want to run. The following reports are available:

Answers	Returns a list of answers posted by the authenticated user.
Badges	Returns a list of badges earned by the authenticated user.
Comments	Returns a list of comments posted by the authenticated user.
Favorites	Returns questions that have been favorited by the authenticated user.
Mentioned	Returns a list of the authenticated user's mentions.
Posts	Returns all posts (both questions and answers) by the authenticated user.
Privileges	Returns a list of the authenticated user's privileges.
Questions	Returns a list of questions asked by the authenticated user.
Questions Featured	Returns a list of questions with active bounties.
Questions Unaccepted	Returns a list of questions asked by the authenticated user which have not been adequately answered.
Questions Unanswered	Returns a list of questions asked by the authenticated user with no answers.
Reputation	Returns a subset of reputation changes experienced by the authenticated user.
Reputation History	Returns a history of the authenticated user's reputation, excluding private events.
Tags	Returns tags the authenticated user has been active in.
Timeline	Returns a subset of actions taken by the authenticated user.
Write Permissions	Returns the authenticated user's write access via the API.

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.