2009/5/20 Randomcoder <randomcoder1(a)gmail.com>om>:
Roan Kattouw wrote:
It's possible to get them, just not in export XML format. You can get
them the 'usual' way with e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvpro…
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvpro…
(5 most recent revisions of Main Page before Jan 1, 2009).
this seems to give the 5 revisions exactly before rvstart
is this true ?
Yes, the 5 most recent revisions made before *or on* rvstart.
can you give a link to the api ?
Summary API docs guaranteed to be up to date:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
Extensive docs that may be a bit out of date:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)