That is great ! I didn't find that ! thanks to you :)

And what about the frequencies of my request to keep my database up to date ? (there only will be artist/albums/image) ?

Where can I find the rules that indicates how not being ban from the server ?

Is my original idea correct ?
I would list all the data I have with the "pageid" to look for the "lastrevid", if it has changed, I will look for the page modifications.

Thank you for your help.

Cyril.


2010/6/2 Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw@gmail.com>
2010/6/2 Cyril Nicodème <cx42net@gmail.com>:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I am currently working on a project that would have the need to collect
> information about all the music artists present in the wikipedia database
> and I know it represent a lot of request to send.
>
> It's the reason why I'm calling for your help.
>
> Is this possible to do this without being blocked by the wikipedia servers ?
>
> I looked at the api page to work with, the better idea I had would be to
> list every artist page I need with the help of the query action, look for
> the "lastrevid" key, and if it has changed, request the new page.
>
> But still, the initial import would be very important.
>
> How can I do that the proper way ?
>
> I really appreciate for your help.
>
I recommend you do the initial import from a data dump instead:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dumps

Roan Kattouw (Catrope)

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