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This type represents a question on one of the Stack Exchange sites, such as this famous RegEx question.

This type is heavily inspired by the question page itself, and can optionally return comments and answers accordingly.

Fields

accepted_answer_id
integer
may be absent

answer_count
integer

answers
an array of answers
may be absent

body
string
unchanged in unsafe filters

bounty_amount
integer
may be absent

bounty_closes_date
date
may be absent

close_vote_count 2.1
integer

closed_date
date
may be absent

closed_reason
string
may be absent

comments
an array of comments
may be absent

community_owned_date
date
may be absent

creation_date
date

delete_vote_count 2.1
integer

down_vote_count
integer

favorite_count
integer

is_answered
boolean

last_activity_date
date

last_edit_date
date
may be absent

link
string
unchanged in unsafe filters

locked_date
date
may be absent

migrated_from
migration_info
may be absent

migrated_to
migration_info
may be absent

notice 2.1
notice

owner
shallow_user
may be absent

protected_date
date
may be absent

question_id
integer, refers to a question

reopen_vote_count 2.1
integer

score
integer

tags
an array of strings

title
string

up_vote_count
integer

view_count
integer

Fields marked with are included in the default filter, those marked with are excluded in the default filter.

Examples

► Typical Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Answered Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":1,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":true}

► Question With Accepted Answer

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":1,"accepted_answer_id":2,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":true}

► Closed Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"closed_date":1374621268,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"closed_reason":"not a real question","up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Locked Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"locked_date":1374624868,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Bountied Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"bounty_closes_date":1374981268,"bounty_amount":500,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Community Owned Question

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"community_owned_date":1374632068,"answer_count":0,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Question Migrated From Other Site

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"migrated_from":{"question_id":4321,"other_site":{"site_type":"main_site","name":"Example Site","logo_url":"http://sstatic.net/stackexchange/img/logo.png","api_site_parameter":"example","site_url":"http://example.stackexchange.com","audience":"example lovers","icon_url":"http://sstatic.net/stackexchange/img/apple-touch-icon.png","site_state":"normal","closed_beta_date":1374462868,"open_beta_date":1374549268,"launch_date":1374635668},"on_date":1374552868},"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

► Question Migrated To Other Site

{"question_id":1234,"last_edit_date":1374617668,"creation_date":1374549268,"last_activity_date":1374592468,"locked_date":1374621268,"score":1,"answer_count":0,"migrated_to":{"question_id":4321,"other_site":{"site_type":"main_site","name":"Example Site","logo_url":"http://sstatic.net/stackexchange/img/logo.png","api_site_parameter":"example","site_url":"http://example.stackexchange.com","audience":"example lovers","icon_url":"http://sstatic.net/stackexchange/img/apple-touch-icon.png","site_state":"normal","closed_beta_date":1374462868,"open_beta_date":1374549268,"launch_date":1374635668},"on_date":1374621268},"closed_date":1374621268,"body":"An example post body","title":"An example post title","tags":["windows","c#",".net"],"closed_reason":"off topic","up_vote_count":3,"down_vote_count":2,"favorite_count":1,"view_count":31415,"owner":{"user_id":1,"display_name":"Example User","reputation":9001,"user_type":"registered","profile_image":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a007be5a61f6aa8f3e85ae2fc18dd66e?d=identicon&r;=PG","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user","accept_rate":55},"link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1234/an-example-post-title","is_answered":false}

Methods That Return This Type

questions
questions/{ids}
questions/{ids}/linked
questions/{ids}/related
questions/unanswered
questions/no-answers
questions/featured
search/advanced 2.1
search
similar
tags/{tags}/faq
users/{ids}/favorites
users/{ids}/questions
users/{ids}/questions/no-answers
users/{ids}/questions/unaccepted
users/{ids}/questions/unanswered
users/{ids}/questions/featured
users/{id}/tags/{tags}/top-questions
me/favorites
me/questions
me/questions/no-answers
me/questions/unaccepted
me/questions/unanswered
me/questions/featured
me/tags/{tags}/top-questions

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