Hey Thomas,
yes, I agree this dataset is really valuable (just looking at the sheer number of downloads [1] and requests for similar data we've received). I can see the value of making it more easily accessible via an API.
Ellery and I have been talking about the idea of – at the very least – scheduling the generation of new dumps, if not exposing the data programmatically. Right now, I am afraid this is not within my team's capacity and Analytics has a number of other high-priority areas to focus on. We were planning to talk to Joseph et al anyway and decide how to move forward (hi Joseph!), we'll report back on the lists as soon as this happens.
Dario
[1] https://figshare.altmetric.com/details/3707715
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:12 AM, Thomas Steiner tomac@google.com wrote:
Hi Dario,
This data is super interesting! How realistic is it that your team make it available through the Wikimedia REST API [1]? I would then in turn love to add it to Wikipedia Tools [2], just imagine how amazing it would be to be able to ask a spreadsheet for…
=WIKI{OUT|IN}BOUNDTRAFFIC("en:London", TODAY()-2, TODAY()-1)
…(or obviously the API respectively) and get the results back immediately without the need to download a dump first. What do you think?
Cheers, Tom
-- [1] https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?doc [2] http://bit.ly/wikipedia-tools-add-on
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