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I would like to learn how to build a background running program that
track all questions of ruby related questions on Stack Overflow
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions?tagged=ruby and alert to me
somehow.

But the question is how do I know when new questions has asked on Stack
Overflow and get only those?

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On 15.09.2011 11:39, Samnang C. wrote:

I would like to learn how to build a background running program that
track all questions of ruby related questions on Stack Overflow
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions?tagged=ruby and alert to me
somehow.

But the question is how do I know when new questions has asked on Stack
Overflow and get only those?

You fetch it regularely (but don’t abuse the service) and diff what has
changed; you could use the “creation_date”, “last_edit_date” or
“last_activity_date” to figure out which ones you want to see.

HTH

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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Markus F. [email protected]
wrote:

You fetch it regularely (but don’t abuse the service) and diff what has
changed; you could use the “creation_date”, “last_edit_date” or
“last_activity_date” to figure out which ones you want to see.

Save the date (“last_activity_date”, or “creation_date” are good
candidates, depending on the definition of “new”) of the last seen
item, and compare it to the dates in the re-fetched feed. Any thing
that’s newer than the date saved is new.

No diffing necessary. :slight_smile:

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A method of solution is perfect if we can forsee from the start,
and even prove, that following that method we shall attain our aim.
– Leibniz

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On Sep 15, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Samnang C. wrote:

I would like to learn how to build a background running program that
track all questions of ruby related questions on Stack Overflow
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions?tagged=ruby and alert to me
somehow.

But the question is how do I know when new questions has asked on Stack
Overflow and get only those?

Just in case you didn’t know:

  • There is already an RSS feed for these:
    feed://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/ruby
  • If you hover the “ruby” tag on the site, the box that comes up has a
    “subscribe” link at the top that emails you new questions daily.

Not that I’m trying to dissuade you from some good Ruby programming fun,
mind you. :slight_smile:

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Gavin K. wrote in post #1022144:

Not that I’m trying to dissuade you from some good Ruby programming fun,
mind you. :slight_smile:

Yes, that’s just for fun :slight_smile:

Thank everyone, it’s very helpful information.