Usage of /answers/{ids} GET

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Gets the set of answers identified by ids.

This is meant for batch fetching of questions. A useful trick to poll for updates is to sort by activity, with a minimum date of the last time you polled.

{ids} can contain up to 100 semicolon delimited ids. To find ids programmatically look for answer_id on answer objects.

The sorts accepted by this method operate on the following fields of the answer object:

  • activitylast_activity_date
  • creationcreation_date
  • votesscore
activity is the default sort.

It is possible to create moderately complex queries using sort, min, max, fromdate, and todate.

This method returns a list of answers.

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