On 16/01/2008, Markos Gogoulos <mgogoulos@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using the API and so far I'm very pleased! I would like to know if
> it is possible to get the HTML version of an article directly , or if I have
> to get the wiki markup and convert it (which is what i am doing).

You don't need the API to get the HTML version of an article. You can just
use action=render

> Second question is if the API can return the 'search' results of a keyword
> that doesn't exist (when you enter a word for which there isn't an article
> yet, wikipedia returns a page with possible articles). Can the API provide
> me with the list? I've tried most things on the manual but none worked for
> me (so please don't respond rtfm :) )

Sadly, the search API is not yet supported by the Lucerne search
backend currently
in place on Wikipedia et al.

Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)

> Thanks for the great work to everyone involved with the API or reading the
> list,
>
> Markos
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