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See the code segment under "Given" (the URL to the right). It shows a localhost URL which should be changed to https://www.biostars.org/api.... Also, the path to the tags.txt file specified is on Natay's Desktop, which should be masked/redacted. Third, the API doc says there's a parameter called months but the code block shows trange, not months. Fourth, showing the contents of tags.txt might be helpful.
MAJOR: The tags API does not work as advertised. The months parameter is useless and the trange parameter shown doesn't seem to acknowledge any value either. See demo below:
I see two issues with the API for tags. One is minor/cosmetic and the other seems to be major.
MINOR: Documentation on API page is problematic:
See the code segment under "Given" (the URL to the right). It shows a localhost URL which should be changed to
https://www.biostars.org/api...
. Also, the path to thetags.txt
file specified is on Natay's Desktop, which should be masked/redacted. Third, the API doc says there's a parameter calledmonths
but the code block showstrange
, notmonths
. Fourth, showing the contents oftags.txt
might be helpful.MAJOR: The tags API does not work as advertised. The
months
parameter is useless and thetrange
parameter shown doesn't seem to acknowledge any value either. See demo below:The counts do not change, so the parameter is either not checked or not used.
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