Stack Overflow reputation API

Question

I am creating one wordpress widget plugin that display different types of social media fans and followers counts. After that I feel that i also include Stack Overflow reputation for specific users. How can i get the Stack Overflow reputation for any user? is there any api for that ?

Answer 1

Yes, there is. The method you're looking for is /users/{ID}. Example:

http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/1

Which returns JSON data looking like this:

{
  "users": [
    {
      "reputation": 17246,
      ...
    }
}

Keep in mind that if you are using JavaScript to access the API, you will need to use JSONP.

Answer 2

Since now 1.1 is deprecated the following url is to be used to get the reputation score:

/2.2/users/{id}?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=stackoverflow

See the docs for /users/{ids}/reputation.