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How to retrieve stackoverflow tag usage count via stackexchange api call?

I want to retrieve the 'tag usage count' of a language like Ruby or Java via the StackExchange API.

Basically I want to retrieve these numbers via API call: https://stackoverflow.com/tags

e.g. how do I get the 780k for Java as seen in the link via StackExchange API call?

Does anyone know?

I tried this: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/search/advanced?order=desc&sort=activity&tagged=java&site=stackoverflow

but that doesn't give me the total count

It seems to be easy with the Stack Exchange Data Explorer https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/229727

But how to retrieve these counts via API?

Solution

  • ok found the answer myself:

    https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/tags?order=desc&sort=popular&inname=java&site=stackoverflow

    just replace java with whatever tag you need.

    The Tag count then is included in the json response.