When I started coding against API a few months ago it seemed to be a lot less complete than it is now.
Sometimes documentation has been added ahead of availability of the function.
Is there a current list of available features?
I am particularly interested in list=search, action=login and (most of all) editing via the API.
Currently my code is editing via html forms and scraping the result, which is less than ideal.
Last time I tried API login it returned a cookie which was rejected by the site when I tried to use it for editing, so I still use the screen scraping technique for login.
Last time I tried search it didn't work.
On 10/3/07, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
When I started coding against API a few months ago it seemed to be a lot less complete than it is now.
Sometimes documentation has been added ahead of availability of the function.
Is there a current list of available features?
The API entry point on http://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php
I am particularly interested in list=search, action=login and (most of all) editing via the API.
Search doesn't work with the lucene backend that wikimedia uses. Login works for me.
Currently my code is editing via html forms and scraping the result, which is less than ideal.
Last time I tried API login it returned a cookie which was rejected by the site when I tried to use it for editing, so I still use the screen scraping technique for login.
I already use it http://infra.ts.wikimedia.org/fisheye/browse/bryan/mwclient/trunk/client.py?r=353.
Bryan
Current work on editing is taking place in ApiEdit_Vodafone and apiedit branches. You can find a functional version of action edit is in Vodafone's branch (http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/branches/ApiEdit_Vodafone/ ), but not yet available in the trunk. Support for extensions is pending but on-going.
Raquel
-----Mensaje original----- De: mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] En nombre de Tony Sidaway Enviado el: miércoles, 03 de octubre de 2007 18:37 Para: API Asunto: [Mediawiki-api] Editing, login, search, etc When I started coding against API a few months ago it seemed to be a lot less complete than it is now.
Sometimes documentation has been added ahead of availability of the function.
Is there a current list of available features?
I am particularly interested in list=search, action=login and (most of all) editing via the API.
Currently my code is editing via html forms and scraping the result, which is less than ideal.
Last time I tried API login it returned a cookie which was rejected by the site when I tried to use it for editing, so I still use the screen scraping technique for login.
Last time I tried search it didn't work.
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