Hello, Since using the server proxy pattern is a no-go for me, the only easy way (due to security constraints enforced by browsers) to obtain the JSON string is through an (X)HTML script tag. When the tag loads the JSON string, the browser evaluates it immediately and throws an "invalid label" error. This can be fixed if the JSON string is wrapped in parenthesis [1], something i am unable to do since the script is evaluated by the browser before i get access to it. So, I was wondering if you guys got any workarounds, or whether a parameter can be added to the API. Maybe format=jsonwrapped?

Hello, Since using the server proxy pattern is a no-go for me, the only easy way (due to security constraints enforced by browsers) to obtain the JSON string is through an (X)HTML script tag. When the tag loads the JSON string, the browser evaluates it immediately and throws an "invalid label" error. This can be fixed if the JSON string is wrapped in parenthesis [1], something i am unable to do since the script is evaluated by the browser before i get access to it. So, I was wondering if you guys got any workarounds, or whether a parameter can be added to the API. Maybe format=jsonwrapped? [1] http://www.bennadel.com/blog/99-JSON-Minor-But-VERY-Important-Detail-Creati… Manos _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api

Can you use callback=MyMethod JSON call parameter? Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop… <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm&callback=MyFunction>

Roan Kattouw wrote: Doing something like callback=Sarissa.test works fine; it's just a param value for the php code, dots are ok. Furthermore, i guessed some of my code may need to handle anonymous functions so, just to test the API, i tried "naming" them with the weirdest way i could think of, e.g. window["tmpFunction1"] = functionObject; And then pass that to the API like url+"&callback=" + encodeURIComponent("window['tmpFunction1']") That works as well. hth, Manos _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api