The API supports two methods for continuing action=query when more results
are available, the simple method[1] and the raw method.[2] The raw method
is currently the default for historical reasons, but as the simple method
is much easier for new users to use *correctly* that really should be the
default.
To make this transition easy for clients, the current plan is to make the
change on the following timetable:
* Starting with 1.24wmf22,[3][4] action=query will recognize a
"rawcontinue" boolean input parameter. Clients that wish to continue using
the raw method for continuation should begin supplying this parameter with
all action=query queries.
* Sometime during the MediaWiki 1.25 development cycle, the API will begin
reporting warnings when neither "continue" nor "rawcontinue" are
supplied
with action=query.[5]
* Sometime during the MediaWiki 1.26 development cycle, simplified
continuation will become the default.[6]
Note this is also documented at <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_roadmap#Simplified_…gt;.
See other sections on that page for additional planned API changes.
[1]:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries
[2]:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Raw_Query_Continue
[3]:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/154092/
[4]: See
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap for the
schedule of deployments to WMF wikis.
[5]:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/160222/
[6]:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/160223/
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Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation