In the spirit of yesterday's breaking change, here's another one. As of
r35140 [1], requesting e.g. a move token while you're not allowed to
move pages* will no longer exit with an error, but throw a warning
instead and give you a result set without the move token. An example:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&intoken=edit|delete|protect|move&titles=Main_Page
(made by an anonymous user)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
<query>
<normalized>
<n from="Main_Page" to="Main Page" />
</normalized>
<pages>
<page pageid="98" ns="0" title="Main Page"
touched="2008-05-09T09:25:47Z" lastrevid="485" counter="6"
length="149" edittoken="+\" />
</pages>
</query>
<warnings>
<info>Action 'protect' is not allowed for the current user
Action 'move' is not allowed for the current user
Action 'delete' is not allowed for the current user</info>
</warnings>
</api>
* NOTE: This only applies to the 'move' permission in general, NOT to
limitations on individual pages (immobile namespace, page protected,
etc.). Because of this, the fact that prop=info gives you a move token
just means that you have the 'move' right, NOT that you'll actually be
able to move that particular page.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
[1]
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=35140