# Stack Overflow (`jupri/stackexchange`) Actor
- **URL**: https://apify.com/jupri/stackexchange.md
- **Developed by:** [cat](https://apify.com/jupri) (community)
- **Categories:** News
- **Stats:** 48 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per usage
This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.
Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage
## What's an Apify Actor?
An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.
## How to integrate an Actor?
If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.
For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.
Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).
# README
### Welcome to Stack Overflow Scraper
#### About Stack Overflow
**Stack Overflow** is a [question-and-answer website](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question-and-answer_site "Question-and-answer site") for [computer programmers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programmers "Computer programmers"). It is the flagship site of the [Stack Exchange Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Exchange "Stack Exchange").[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-growthmodel-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-Legal-3)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-stackapps_legal-4) It was created in 2008 by [Jeff Atwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Atwood "Jeff Atwood") and [Joel Spolsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky "Joel Spolsky").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-introducing-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-6) It features questions and answers on certain [computer programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming "Computer programming") topics.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-secrets-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-slashdot-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-google-tech-talks-9) It was created to be a more open alternative to earlier question and answer websites such as [Experts-Exchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange "Experts-Exchange"). Stack Overflow was sold to [Prosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosus "Prosus"), a Netherlands-based consumer internet conglomerate, on 2 June 2021 for $1.8 billion.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow#cite_note-10)
#### About This Actor
A **stack overflow** occurs if the [call stack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_stack "Call stack") pointer exceeds the [stack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_\(abstract_data_type\) "Stack (abstract data type)") bound. The call stack may consist of a limited amount of [address space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space "Address space"), often determined at the start of the program. The size of the call stack depends on many factors, including the programming language, machine architecture, multi-threading, and amount of available memory. When a program attempts to use more space than is available on the call stack (that is, when it attempts to access memory beyond the call stack's bounds, which is essentially a [buffer overflow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow "Buffer overflow")), the stack is said to *overflow*, typically resulting in a program [crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_\(computing\) "Crash (computing)").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_overflow#cite_note-fortran1-1)
# Actor input Schema
## `site` (type: `string`):
No description
## `sort` (type: `string`):
No description
## `order` (type: `string`):
No description
## `limit` (type: `integer`):
No description
## `title` (type: `string`):
Text which must appear in returned questions titles
## `question` (type: `string`):
A free form text parameter, will match all question properties based on an undocumented algorithm
## `body` (type: `string`):
Text which must appear in returned questions bodies
## `tags` (type: `string`):
A semicolon delimited list of tags, of which at least one will be present on all returned questions
## `fromdate` (type: `string`):
No description
## `todate` (type: `string`):
No description
## `answers` (type: `integer`):
The minimum number of answers returned questions must have
## `views` (type: `integer`):
The minimum number of views returned questions must have
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
}
```
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jupri/stackexchange").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python",
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jupri/stackexchange").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{
"limit": 10,
"tags": "apify;python"
}' |
apify call jupri/stackexchange --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jupri/stackexchange"
}
}
}
```
The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).
## OpenAPI specification
Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/OhqsMYuD6MVNDTatD/builds/vR3mrmRe7B8BZc8ub/openapi.json