I am not sure meta=userinfo should have info on other users. All meta=... queries are about the state of the entire site as viewed from the currently logged in user. This is cleaner and, among other things, security is easier to maintain.
list= is much better suited for various non-current-user specific queries. list already has allusers and usercontribs - similar to getting user info. We could add some other list=... query to get user contribs and other public data in bulk (for many users). Your thoughts?
Thanks! --Yuri
On Jan 25, 2008 11:44 AM, VasilievVV vasilvv@gmail.com wrote:
Roan Kattouw writes:
Here's a list of recent changes to the API that break the old interface. I'm supposed to announce them as soon as I make them, but I forgot about that lately. Here they are:
- meta=userinfo (r30128)
** Now accepts uiuser parameter to get information on other users ** Output format has changed ** Added uiprop=editcount (r30080)
- prop=imageinfo (r29981, r30066)
** iihistory parameter replaced by iilimit, iistart and iiend ** iiurlwidth and iiurlheight parameters added
In the future, I'll post breaking changes to this list immediately after I commit them (if I remember :D).
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
You also forgot to announce action=render removal. P.S. I also recommend you to hang on IRC (do you have any another IM? ICQ, Jabber?) as much as possible, so everybody can find you :) --VasilievVV
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