Mediawiki-api April 2017

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API login (and edit) with BotPassword not possible
by Kai Sommer 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Dear list members, yesterday I fiddled around with my MW-API (v1.27.2) and a registered bot-user (Special:BotPassword) using the Httpful PHP client library [0]. My goal is to edit and create pages with my bot. [0] <https://github.com/nategood/httpful/> Making GET queries is working very well but I can’t login. − So I need some advices from you, please. Like I understood I have to make 4 requests: 1. = GET to "api.php?action=query&meta=tokens&type=login" 2. = POST to "api.php?action=login". 3. = POST to "api.php?action=query&meta=tokens&type=csrf" 4. = POST to "api.php?action=edit&[…]" I made a small code sample that you can find here [1]. [1] <https://pastebin.com/AX9fuxRX> With the 1st request I save the login-token and the cookie (from the header). − This is working well. Making the 2nd request I have to send "lgname", "lgpassword" and "lgtoken" in the body and the cookie in the header. − But then I get the API warning: "Fetching a token via action=login is deprecated. Use action=query&meta=tokens&type=login instead." The response includes the result ("NeedToken") and "token", "cookieprefix", "sessionid". If I use the body-parameters as URL-parameters I get the API warning: "The following parameters were found in the query string, but must be in the POST body: lgpassword, lgtoken". So I think I need to know: Which steps/requests I have to do − with which: HTTP method, URL and parameters, body data. (Step 3 and 4 aren’t possible for me Excuse me if that question(s) are more noobish …! − I read the documentation and some mailinglist posts. But I couldn’t find any hint of the ‚big picture‘ (of the process). Thanks a lot (in advance for a solution) and best regards Kai

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REL1_28 issue
by John 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

looks like REL1_28 is broken. When you attempt to clone the extensions directory, 2ColConflict is prompting for a password. (Ran into similar issue in REL1_27 and it was because the extension was removed without the proper backporting of removals)

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How can i learn which pages redirects to a certain page
by Furkan Gözükara 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

Hello. For example i would like to learn which pages redirects to this particular page The page is : https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkiye_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Millet_Meclisi The pages redirect that page for example : https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBMM So i want to lern via API that TBMM redirects to actually Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Which means TBMM is abbreviation of Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Also can i learn it is abbreviation or not by api?

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Re: [Mediawiki-api] Wikipedia most viewed pages data
by Michael Holloway 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Whoops! Meant to reply to list. On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Michael Holloway <mholloway(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Anand, > > It looks like the results from those two queries are from different days. > The first set is from April 5 and the second is from April 6. For the > results from April 5 in the REST API, you'll want > https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/feed/featured/2017/04/06. > > Also please note that the results from the Action API (api.php) aren't > sorted in decreasing pageview order as the REST API's are. You'll need to > sort them yourself. (Depending on the number of results you need, you > should also familiarize yourself with query continuation > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries> as well as > the result limits per request on the various modules you're using (for > instance, 20 for TextExtracts and 50 for PageImages as indicated at the > bottom of the results of your query)). > > After ensuring you have the same date and sorting the Action API results, > you should have the same or very similar results. For instance, looking at > the results from April 5, it looks like "Lake Nyos Disaster" is on top > with 497638 pageviews in both sets. You still might see slight > discrepancies between the two sources due to implementation details, > however; for instance, in the REST API endpoint we use a heuristic to > attempt to filter out pages with pageview counts likely inflated by bot > traffic, and so a few pages here and there that appear in the Action API > results wouldn't appear in the REST API list. > > Best, > Michael > > On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 6:02 AM, Anandroid Inc <anandrdinc(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Team, >> >> Thanks a lot for your support and quick responses. >> As per all the suggestions you gave for my query, I found below two apis >> which solves my purpose, >> But I see both queries ask for todays most viewed pages on wikipedia but >> they are returning different results. >> Request you to please help me on this. >> >> 1) >> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json& >> prop=extracts%7Cinfo%7Cpageimages%7Cpageviews%7Cpageterms% >> 7Cpageprops%7Crevisions&generator=mostviewed&exchars= >> 512&exlimit=max&exintro=1&explaintext=1&exsectionformat=plai >> n&inprop=url&pithumbsize=640&pilimit=max&wbptterms=descript >> ion%7Calias%7Clabel&gpvimlimit=50&pvipdays=1 >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&prop=extracts%7…> >> >> 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/feed/featured/2017/04/07 >> >> >> >> On 07-Apr-2017, at 3:43 AM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> For the action API I think you're looking for an extra property, >> *pageviews*. Maybe something like this: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=quer >> y&format=json&prop=extracts%7Cinfo%7Cpageimages%7Cpageview >> s%7Cpageterms%7Cpageprops%7Crevisions&generator=mostviewed&exchars=512& >> exlimit=max&exintro=1&explaintext=1&exsectionformat=plain& >> inprop=url&pithumbsize=640&pilimit=max&pvipdays=8&wbptter >> ms=description%7Calias%7Clabel&gpvimlimit=20 >> >> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Anandroid Inc <anandrdinc(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> ++Michael >>> >>> On 07-Apr-2017, at 3:09 AM, Anandroid Inc <anandrdinc(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> Thanks for your quick response. >>> This is very helpful, exactly what I was looking for. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Anand >>> >>> On 07-Apr-2017, at 12:08 AM, Michael Holloway <mholloway(a)wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Anand, >>> >>> It sounds like the REST API's featured feed endpoint >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Feed/aggregatedFeed> provides >>> what you're looking for. >>> >>> For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/r >>> est_v1/feed/featured/2017/04/06 (see the content under the "mostread" >>> key). >>> >>> Under the hood, titles are obtained from the Pageview API >>> <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/PageviewAPI> and then >>> supplementary information for our desired titles is obtained from the REST >>> API's page summary endpoint >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Page_content/get_page_summary_title>. >>> That would be the easiest way to go if you'd like to go in a slightly >>> different direction from what's provided in our featured feed endpoint. >>> >>> If you'd like, you can view the implementation for the "mostread" >>> section of our aggregated feed endpoint here: >>> >>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/GMOA/browse/mast >>> er/lib/feed/most-read.js >>> >>> Please note that as of now the REST API endpoints are officially >>> designated as unstable. >>> >>> Best, >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Anandroid Inc <anandrdinc(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Team, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the great api provided for all the wiki info. >>>> I am looking for a combination of right parameters which will return me >>>> most viewed pages with the page url, article snippet, thumbnail image url. >>>> Hope you can help with this. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Anand >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>> Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>> Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>> Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mediawiki-api mailing list >> Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >> >> >> >

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Wikipedia most viewed pages data
by Anandroid Inc 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Hi Team, Thanks for the great api provided for all the wiki info. I am looking for a combination of right parameters which will return me most viewed pages with the page url, article snippet, thumbnail image url. Hope you can help with this. Thanks, Anand

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[Mediawiki-api-announce] Wikimedia REST API hits v1.0
by Gabriel Wicke 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

It is official: The Wikimedia REST API <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/REST_API>, your scalable and fresh source of Wikimedia content and data in machine-readable formats, is now ready for full production use. The 1.0 release means that you can now fully rely on the stability guarantees set out in the API versioning policy <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_versioning>. Read more about the stability levels, use cases, as well as technical background on how the REST API integrates with our caching layers in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/04/06/wikimedia-rest-api/ We are looking forward to your feedback at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:REST_API, or here on-list. This release was made possible by the hard work of many. First of all, the Services team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Services> (Marko Obrovac, Petr Pchelko and Eric Evans), created the general API proxy and storage functionality, and curated the API documentation <https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/>. The actual end points are co-designed with, and largely backed, by services developed by the following WMF teams: Editing (Parsing <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsing> and citoid <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Citoid>), Reading <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading> (Infrastructure <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Reading_Infrastructure_team> and Web <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web>), and Analytics <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics>. Volunteer Moritz Schubotz and the MathJax <https://www.mathjax.org/> community contributed the math end points, and the PDF end point is powered by the open source electron-render-service <https://github.com/msokk/electron-render-service> project. Finally, the WMF techops team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Operations> runs the excellent caching infrastructure that makes this API scale so well, and have helped with many aspects from hardware procurement to firewalling. Thank you all for your hard work! We are looking forward to continuing to work with you all on making this API an even better platform for building user experiences, services, and tools. Cheers, Gabriel and the Services team -- Gabriel Wicke Principal 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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Uploading files to Commons using MediaWiki API
by Ferdinand Zippstein 05 Apr '17

05 Apr '17

Dear MediaWiki developers, I've tried to upload a picture to Commons using api.php, but the MediaWiki API help seems to be somewhat incomplete. For mass uploads I would like to use my own tools or do you recommend using Vicuna or Commonist? Yours sincerely. Fred Zippstein

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Hello. Can i parse somehow wiki pages via API?
by Furkan Gözükara 04 Apr '17

04 Apr '17

For example can i parse this page via an API call? https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/gitmek

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