Type event
Discussion
This type describes an event that has recently occurred on a Stack Exchange site.
A minimal ammount of information is present in these events for scaling purposes. It is expected that most applications will make follow up calls to the API to "flesh out" the event objects for their own purposes.
Fields
event_id
the id of the object (answer, comment, question, or user) the event describes
event_type
one of
question_posted, answer_posted, comment_posted, post_edited, or user_created
Fields marked with are included in the default filter, those marked with are excluded in the default filter.
Examples
► Comment Posted
{"creation_date":1745721418,"event_id":1,"event_type":"comment_posted","excerpt":"part of the example comment","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1/example-title#comment1_1"}► Answer Post
{"creation_date":1745721418,"event_id":1,"event_type":"answer_posted","excerpt":"part of the example answer","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1/example-title/1#1"}► Post Edited
{"creation_date":1745721418,"event_id":1,"event_type":"post_edited","excerpt":"part of the example post","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1/example-title"}► Question Post
{"creation_date":1745721418,"event_id":1,"event_type":"question_posted","excerpt":"part of the example question","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/questions/1/example-title/1"}► User Created
{"creation_date":1745721418,"event_id":1,"event_type":"user_created","excerpt":"Example User Name","link":"http://example.stackexchange.com/users/1/example-user-name"}