old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  from __future__ import print_function
  
  # Same directory hack
  import sys
  sys.path.append('.')
  sys.path.append('..')
  
  try:
      get_input = raw_input
  except NameError:
      get_input = input
  
  user_api_key = get_input("Please enter an API key if you have one (Return for none):")
  if not user_api_key: user_api_key = None
  
  import stackexchange, thread
  so = stackexchange.Site(stackexchange.StackOverflow, app_key=user_api_key, impose_throttling=True)
  so.be_inclusive()
  
  sys.stdout.write('Loading...')
  sys.stdout.flush()
  
  questions = so.recent_questions(pagesize=10, filter='_b')
  print('\r #  vote ans view')
  
  cur = 1
  for question in questions:
      print('%2d %3d  %3d  %3d \t%s' % (cur, question.score, len(question.answers), question.view_count, question.title))
      cur += 1
  
  num = int(get_input('Question no.: '))
  qu  = questions[num - 1]
  print('--- %s' % qu.title)
  print('%d votes, %d answers, %d views.' % (qu.score, len(qu.answers), qu.view_count))
  print('Tagged: ' + ', '.join(qu.tags))
  print()
  print(qu.body[:250] + ('...' if len(qu.body) > 250 else ''))
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  from __future__ import print_function
  from six.moves import input
  
  # Same directory hack
  import sys
  sys.path.append('.')
  sys.path.append('..')
  
  user_api_key = input("Please enter an API key if you have one (Return for none):")
  if not user_api_key: user_api_key = None
  
  import stackexchange, thread
  so = stackexchange.Site(stackexchange.StackOverflow, app_key=user_api_key, impose_throttling=True)
  so.be_inclusive()
  
  sys.stdout.write('Loading...')
  sys.stdout.flush()
  
  questions = so.recent_questions(pagesize=10, filter='_b')
  print('\r #  vote ans view')
  
  cur = 1
  for question in questions:
      print('%2d %3d  %3d  %3d \t%s' % (cur, question.score, len(question.answers), question.view_count, question.title))
      cur += 1
  
  num = int(get_input('Question no.: '))
  qu  = questions[num - 1]
  print('--- %s' % qu.title)
  print('%d votes, %d answers, %d views.' % (qu.score, len(qu.answers), qu.view_count))
  print('Tagged: ' + ', '.join(qu.tags))
  print()
  print(qu.body[:250] + ('...' if len(qu.body) > 250 else ''))
  
subject: Use six function for input() in recent questions demo