Stack Overflow Search

Search Stack Overflow questions by keywords and tags.

GET/api/v1/stackoverflow/search

Costs 1 credit per request; failed requests are refunded. Authentication, the search_metadata envelope and error codes are the same as for every endpoint (see the API reference). Try it in the playground.

Parameters

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`page`	integer	One-based results page, from 1 to 25.Default: 1.Range: 1 to 25.
`limit`	integer	Maximum results per page, from 1 to 100.Default: 30.Range: 1 to 100.
`q`required	string	Question search terms.Up to 500 characters.
`tagged`	string	Semicolon-separated tags, such as python;pandas.Up to 200 characters.
`sort`	"relevance" \| "activity" \| "votes" \| "creation"	Question ranking.Default: relevance.

Response

A JSON object with search_metadata (request id, credits used and remaining) and the result groups the page returns. Groups and fields depend on the content of each page, so treat every field as optional.

Examples

cURL

curl "https://serpfast.com/api/v1/stackoverflow/search?q=python&limit=2" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPFAST_KEY"

Node.js 18+

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "q": "python",
  "limit": 2
});
const res = await fetch(`https://serpfast.com/api/v1/stackoverflow/search?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SERPFAST_KEY}` },
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

params = {
  "q": "python",
  "limit": 2
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://serpfast.com/api/v1/stackoverflow/search",
    params=params,
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SERPFAST_KEY']}"},
    timeout=120,
)
print(res.json())