Gets the set of answers identified by ids.
This is meant for batch fetcing of questions. A useful trick to poll for updates is to sort by activity, with a minimum date of the last time you polled.
{ids} can contain up to 100 semicolon delimited ids, to find ids programatically look for answer_id on answer objects.
The sorts accepted by this method operate on the follow fields of the answer object:
- activity - last_activity_date
- creation - creation_date
- votes - score activity is the default sort.
It is possible to create moderately complex queries using sort, min, max, fromdate, and todate.
This method returns a list of answers.