Mediawiki-api October 2016

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MediaWiki API in specific usage
by Support Technique 19 Feb '26

19 Feb '26

Hello, I'm developing a Joomla 3! plugin based on mediawiki API. The goal is importing all datas (titles and description or definitions) from Wiki database to a Joomla website database. Cause the Joomla! website will be finally used as a dictionnary. Now can you tell me how to proceed, please? Unfortunately, the available tutorials on MediaWiki are not so clear on this usage situation. Thanks for answer me as soon as you can! -- Logo Internis Group <http://www.internis-group.com/> *Modeste EKAMBI* Senior Software Engineer - Internis Group Agence experte des projets web et IT - Développement sur mesure - Développement web et mobile, d'applications et sites internet Skype: internis.group Téléphone: 699-789-772 / 679-998-516 Mail: support(a)internis-group.com Blog: http://blog.internis-group.com Site: http://www.internis-group.com <http://internis-group.com>

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How to expand templates, but leave comments
by Kevin Dunn 20 Jan '26

20 Jan '26

Hi there, I'm using the API to extract the raw wiki text from my pages, using the "?action=query&titles=Main_Page&export&exportnowrap" syntax. That works perfectly. Now I would like to get the templates expanded out in the result, so I use: "?action=query&titles=Main_Page&prop=revisions&rvlimit=1&rvprop=content&rvexpandtemplates", which does the job, as expected, but it also strips out the comments. My problem is that the comments are meaningful to me (I use them to help process the wiki text in subsequent steps). Is there a way to expand templates with the API, but leave the comments intact? Thanks, Kevin

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Need to extract abstract of a wikipedia page
by aditya srinivas 23 Nov '23

23 Nov '23

Hello, I am writing a Java program to extract the abstract of the wikipedia page given the title of the wikipedia page. I have done some research and found out that the abstract with be in rvsection=0 So for example if I want the abstract of 'Eiffel Tower" wiki page then I am querying using the api in the following way. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Eiffel… and parse the XML data which we get and take the wikitext in the tag <rev xml:space="preserve"> which represents the abstract of the wikipedia page. But this wiki text also contains the infobox data which I do not need. I would like to know if there is anyway in which I can remove the infobox data and get only the wikitext related to the page's abstract Or if there is any alternative method by which I can get the abstract of the page directly. Looking forward to your help. Thanks in Advance Aditya Uppu

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[Mediawiki-api-announce] Deprecation of list=allusers 'recenteditcount' result property
by Brad Jorsch (Anomie) 16 Apr '19

16 Apr '19

When list=allusers is used with auactiveusers, a property 'recenteditcount' is returned in the result. In bug 67301[1] it was pointed out that this property is including various other logged actions, and so should really be named something like "recentactions". Gerrit change 130093,[2] merged today, adds the "recentactions" result property. "recenteditcount" is also returned for backwards compatability, but will be removed at some point during the MediaWiki 1.25 development cycle. Any clients using this property should be updated to use the new property name. The new property will be available on WMF wikis with 1.24wmf12, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.24/Roadmap for the schedule. [1]: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67301 [2]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/130093/ -- Brad Jorsch (Anomie) Software Engineer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api-announce mailing list Mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce

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[Mediawiki-api-announce] DEPRECATION: Use of action=purge via GET is deprecated
by Brad Jorsch (Anomie) 29 Dec '16

29 Dec '16

To operate correctly, action=purge needs to write to the database, which means it should be done using a POST rather than a GET request. As of Gerrit change 310560,[1] action=purge will begin emitting a warning when used via GET. This should be deployed to WMF wikis with 1.28.0-wmf.20, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap for the schedule. Clients that use action=paraminfo to determine whether to use GET or POST for an action should automatically switch to POST; any others should manually switch to using POST for this action as soon as possible. To check if your client's user agent is detected making such submissions, you can also use ApiFeatureUsage[2] and look for 'purge-via-GET' once 1.28.0-wmf.20 is rolled out to wikis your client is using. It is planned that this warning will be changed to an error during 1.29. Let's avoid having a repeat of T142155,[3] update your code ASAP instead of waiting until it breaks. Thanks. [1]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/310560/ [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiFeatureUsage [3]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142155 -- Brad Jorsch (Anomie) Senior Software Engineer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api-announce mailing list Mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce

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[Mediawiki-api-announce] DEPRECATION: Passwords and other sensitive fields for authentication must be in the POST body
by Brad Jorsch (Anomie) 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

For improved safety, passwords and other sensitive fields for authentication should not be included in the request URI during a POST. Instead, they should be in the POST body where they are less likely to be included in log files. With the merge of Gerrit change 305545,[1] the API will now produce a warning if such fields are detected in the URI. This should be deployed to WMF wikis with 1.28.0-wmf.16, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.28/Roadmap for the schedule. This affects the following modules and fields: * action=login: 'lgpassword' * action=clientlogin, action=createaccount, action=linkaccount, and action=changeauthenticationdata: Any fields reported as "sensitive" by action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo or by UI or REDIRECT responses. Currently, this affects the 'password' and 'retype' fields. The 'lgtoken' field for action=login will now also issue a warning if placed in the request URI. The error code for other tokens being in the request URI has changed from 'mustposttoken' to 'mustpostparams'. To check if your client's user agent is detected making such submissions, you can also use ApiFeatureUsage[2] and look for '<action>-params-in-query-string' once 1.28.0-wmf.16 is rolled out to wikis your client is logging in to. It is planned that these warnings will be changed to errors during 1.29. Let's avoid having a repeat of T142155,[3] update your code ASAP instead of waiting until it breaks. Thanks. [1]: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/305545/ [2]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiFeatureUsage [3]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T142155 -- Brad Jorsch (Anomie) Senior Software Engineer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api-announce mailing list Mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce

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Editor doesn't work
by Doro Erharter 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

Dear all, We are using MediaWiki Version: 1.26.3 so the WikiEditor should be preinstalled. But since it didn't even show up on the "special pages" - "version" under the section "installed extensions", I searched the internet and thought I will just install the extension myself. I followed the instructions on the extension: WikiEditor page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor but the WikiEditor still doesn't show up under "installed extensions". The LocalSettings.php had the line wfLoadExtension( 'WikiEditor' ); already included from the beginning. I tried changing it, using the configuration suggestions of the WikiEditor page, and I also tried a suggestion of the Extension_Talk, where someone used the old method: require_once "$IP/extensions/WikiEditor/WikiEditor.php"; but it didn't work with this line either. I tried clearing browser cache, too, didn't make a difference. Now I am out of guesses how we could make the extension work. Who can help me Karima & Doro -- Dipl. Ing.in Dorothea Erharter Geschäftsführerin ZIMD Zentrum für Interaktion, Medien & soziale Diversität +43 (0) 699-1136 9902 Währingerstraße 81/12 1180 Wien

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Access to MediaWiki API for Yandex bot
by Остапук Наталья 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

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Action login doesn't return a lgtoken anymore
by Nicolas Vervelle 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Hi, I haven't followed the latest modifications on action login, but users of WPCleaner have been complaining for a few days that they couldn't do any modifications through WPCleaner, getting an error message saying that they must be logged in to update pages. I was away for few days, so I didn't have a chance to look at that before now. After a quick investigation, I found that action login doesn't return a lgtoken in its answer, just a lguserid and a lgusername. Is it normal that lgtoken is not returned anymore ? What's the correct way to login through the API that won't break again in the next months ? Thanks for any help Nico

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The Wikimedia Developer Summit wants YOU!
by Srishti Sethi 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

Hello! The Wikimedia Developer Summit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit> is the annual meeting to push the evolution of MediaWiki and other technologies supporting the Wikimedia movement. The next edition will be held in San Francisco on January 9-11, 2017. We welcome all Wikimedia technical contributors, third party developers, and users of MediaWiki and the Wikimedia APIs. We specifically want to increase the participation of volunteer developers and other contributors dealing with extensions, apps, tools, bots, gadgets, and templates. Important deadlines: - Monday, October 24: This is the last day to request travel sponsorship. Applying takes less than five minutes. - Monday, October 31: This is the last day to propose an activity. Bring the topics you care about! More information: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit*https://www.media… <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit>* Subscribe to weekly updates: https://www.mediawiki.org/ wiki/Topic:Td5wfd70vptn8eu4 Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in attending! Thanks, Srishti -- Srishti Sethi ssethi(a)wikimedia.org

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