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+exports = async function(arg){
+  const url = "https://api.stackexchange.com/2.3/answers?key=U4DMV*8nvpm3EOpvf69Rxw((&site=stackoverflow&page=1&pagesize=10&order=desc&sort=activity&filter=default";
+
+  const response = await context.http.get({ url: url })
+  // The response body is a BSON.Binary object, so parse it:
+  const result = EJSON.parse(response.body.text())
+  // console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
+  return result;
+}
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