UnicornPI (unicorn-pie) sounds good to me ;)
On 8/7/14, Brandon Harris bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
something something Unicorn.
On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) bjorsch@wikimedia.org wrote:
When api.php was basically the only API in MediaWiki, calling it "the API" worked well. But now we've got a Parsoid API, Gabriel's work on a REST content API, Gabriel's work on an internal storage API, and more on the way. So just saying "the API" is getting confusing.
So let's bikeshed a reasonably short name for it that isn't something awful like "the api.php API". I'm horrible at naming.
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Mmmm, Unicorn Pie.
Now I'm hungry.
-Chad
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Amir Ladsgroup ladsgroup@gmail.com wrote:
UnicornPI (unicorn-pie) sounds good to me ;)
On 8/7/14, Brandon Harris bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
something something Unicorn.On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) bjorsch@wikimedia.org wrote:
When api.php was basically the only API in MediaWiki, calling it "the
API"
worked well. But now we've got a Parsoid API, Gabriel's work on a REST content API, Gabriel's work on an internal storage API, and more on the way. So just saying "the API" is getting confusing.
So let's bikeshed a reasonably short name for it that isn't something awful like "the api.php API". I'm horrible at naming.
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
Mmmm, Unicorn Pie.
Now I'm hungry.
-Chad
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Amir Ladsgroup ladsgroup@gmail.com wrote:
UnicornPI (unicorn-pie) sounds good to me ;)
On 8/7/14, Brandon Harris bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
something something Unicorn.On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjorsch@wikimedia.org
wrote:
When api.php was basically the only API in MediaWiki, calling it "the
API"
worked well. But now we've got a Parsoid API, Gabriel's work on a REST content API, Gabriel's work on an internal storage API, and more on the way. So just saying "the API" is getting confusing.
So let's bikeshed a reasonably short name for it that isn't something awful like "the api.php API". I'm horrible at naming.
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While I appreciate the jokes, they're not really helping.
So far I think Tim's suggestion is winning, because "MediaWiki API" is too vague as James said, "Web API" isn't really accurate and is also vague when the proposed REST content API is considered, and asserting that it should be the default assumption when someone says "the API" is IMO true but doesn't actually work in practice or I wouldn't have started this discussion.
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Siebrand Mazeland siebrand@kitano.nl wrote:
TIM, The Immaculate Mess
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Chad innocentkiller@gmail.com wrote:
Mmmm, Unicorn Pie.
Now I'm hungry.
-Chad
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Amir Ladsgroup ladsgroup@gmail.com wrote:
UnicornPI (unicorn-pie) sounds good to me ;)
On 8/7/14, Brandon Harris bharris@wikimedia.org wrote:
something something Unicorn.On Aug 6, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <
bjorsch@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
When api.php was basically the only API in MediaWiki, calling it "the
API"
worked well. But now we've got a Parsoid API, Gabriel's work on a REST content API, Gabriel's work on an internal storage API, and more on
the
way. So just saying "the API" is getting confusing.
So let's bikeshed a reasonably short name for it that isn't something awful like "the api.php API". I'm horrible at naming.
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