Fetches a set of posts by ids.
This method is meant for grabbing an object when unsure whether an id identifies a question or an answer. This is most common with user entered data.
{ids} can contain up to 100 semicolon delimited ids, to find ids programatically look for post_id, answer_id, or question_id on post, answer, and question objects respectively.
The sorts accepted by this method operate on the follow fields of the post 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 posts.