You did actually specify a thumbnail link in your previous email so I
assumed that would be okay. It should be possible to take the pageimage
value and use a query like
to get the URL you want.
On 22 January 2015 at 17:42, practikalmind <practikalmind(a)gmail.com> wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Steve%20Jobs&
*prop=pageimages*
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Steve%20Jobs&prop=pageimages>
thanks, but I get the thumbnail image
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg/50px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg>
as opposed to the bigger image on the Steve Jobs wikipedia page. Please let
me know if there is a way to get the bigger image.
"warnings": {
"query": {
"*": "Formatting of continuation data will be changing soon.
To continue using the current formatting, use the 'rawcontinue' parameter.
To begin using the new format, pass an empty string for 'continue' in the
initial query."
}
},
"query": {
"pages": {
"7412236": {
"pageid": 7412236,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Steve Jobs",
*"thumbnail": {*
* "source":
"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg/50px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg/50px-Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg>",*
"width": 50,
"height": 49
},
"pageimage": "Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg"
}
}
}
}
*From:* mediawiki-api-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
mediawiki-api-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Alex Monk
*Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 7:26 AM
*To:* MediaWiki API announcements & discussion
*Subject:* Re: [Mediawiki-api] Wikipedia image
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageImages does this
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=pageimages&tit…
On 22 January 2015 at 15:23, practikalmind <practikalmind(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi,
What is the best way to get the main image of a wiki page? For example, I
would like to retrieve
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Steve_Jobs_Headsho…
for the Steve Jobs wiki page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs>.
thanks
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