What is stackpy?

stackpy is a simple Python wrapper for the StackExchange API v2.

It was written by Kristian Glass for StackCompare.

Currently somewhat alpha.

Getting Started

For the latest stable version:

pip install stackpy

OR for the bleeding edge:

git clone https://github.com/doismellburning/stackpy.git

Examples

Sites

>>> from stackpy import Stackpy
>>> s = Stackpy()
>>> sites = s.sites().items
>>> stackoverflow = [site for site in sites if site.name == 'Stack Overflow'][0]
>>> stackoverflow.site_url
u'http://stackoverflow.com'
>>> stackoverflow.audience
u'professional and enthusiast programmers'

Users

>>> from stackpy import Stackpy
>>> s = Stackpy()
>>> kristian = s.users([928098]).items[0]
>>> kristian.display_name
u'Kristian Glass'

Other StackExchange Sites

>>> from stackpy import Stackpy
>>> s = Stackpy()
>>> kristian = s.users([114764], site='serverfault').items[0]
>>> kristian.display_name
u'Kristian Glass'