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Thx.
On 10/17/07, Roan Kattouw roan.kattouw@home.nl wrote:
Frisa, Raquel, VF-ES (rfrisar) schreef:
Hi Magnus,
I'm working now in Api Random Page functionality.
This is the first version format:
api.php?action=query&prop=randompage&rpprop=timestamp|user|comment|conte nt
Parameters: rpprop - Which properties to get for page. Values (separate with '|'): ids, flags, timestamp, user, size, comment, content Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
Soon, maybe I will add a new parameter "rpns" to be able to indicate the namespace desired of the page obtained.
Wouldn't it be better to just output the name of the page, and use a generator to obtain additional information? Like:
api.php?action=query&generator=randompage&grpns=0|4&prop=info
(or &prop=revision&rvprop=flags|user|comment|content, whatever the user would like).
Also, there's no need to put it in the Vodafone branch: if it works, just commit it on trunk.
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