On 08/03/12 03:09, Timothy Helck wrote:
Gentlemen,
Thanks for your previous suggestions.Unfortunately I've been busy with other things and I am just getting back to this.
I think I have found a reasonable strategy for searching images. I can use this query (siilar to what was suggested by Platonides): https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srn...
Then I can parse the result set and create another query which gets me the urls: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=File:Chartre...
No need to perform two requests. The MediaWiki API generators can combine them for you: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&am...
However, I am still encountering a problem -- commons.wikimedia.org http://commons.wikimedia.org doesn't like requests that don't come from a browser. When I put these queries into php I get a 403 error. Is there a url where I can search wikimedia programatically?
regards,
Tim
You need to use an User-Agent which identifies your tool.