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## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/stack-overflow/users-memberid-answers>
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/stack-overflow/users-memberid-answers.mdx>

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# Stack Overflow User Answers API

Every answer one user has given, with the question title, score, accepted flag and optional answer text.

`GET /v1/stack-overflow/users/{memberId}/answers` returns a page of answers by one user. Each answer has `id`, `questionId`, `questionTitle`, `tags` (empty on this list because it does not carry the question's tags), `url`, `score`, `votes`, `isAccepted`, `author`, `lastEditor`, `license`, `commentCount` and the creation, activity and edit times.

Sort by `activity` (the default), `creation` or `votes`. Add `include=body` for `bodyHtml` and `bodyMarkdown`; with it, `limit` is at most 25. Only `creation` pages without a ceiling. A sort other than `creation` returns up to 2,500 rows and then stops with `limitReached` (625 with `include=body`); on a user with more than 2,500 answers it stops after the first 100 rows (25 with `include=body`). Rows with equal scores can repeat or skip on those sorts; use `creation` to walk the list. A user with no answers is `found` with an empty list; a user id that does not exist is `not_found`.

## Request

- **Endpoint:** `GET /v1/stack-overflow/users/{memberId}/answers`
- **Credits:** 1 credit
Failed requests are free
- **Input:** by user id
- **Full reference:** [docs](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/stack-overflow/users/memberid/answers/get)
- **Platform page:** [/platforms/stack-overflow](https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/stack-overflow)

## FAQ

### How do I get the answer text?

Add include=body. Each row then has bodyHtml and bodyMarkdown, and limit is capped at 25 rows per page.

### How many credits does a page cost?

Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged: that field is the billing source of truth. Each paginated page is a separate billed request.

### How is an empty list different from not_found?

A real user with no answers is lookupStatus found with data.answers empty. A user id that does not exist is lookupStatus not_found with the same empty list, so read the status.

### Which sort walks every answer?

sort=creation. For a user with more than 2,500 answers, activity and votes return the first 100 rows in pages of limit and then set limitReached; on smaller accounts they stop at 2,500 rows (625 with include=body). Rows with equal scores can repeat or skip on activity and votes.