Core code will need to be changed for both limit and the CLI:

1) limits -- just change the apiBase to check if the $this->getMain()->isInternalMode() is false before checking the limits. That function needs to be created in the ApiMain to return the value of $this->mInternalMode

2) You do not really need a CLIApiMain object - just use the $api = new ApiMain($params); $api->execute(); directly.

There probably should be an extra function in main to generate output for a given format in addition to $api->getResultData() : $api->getFormattedResult($format)

3) Sometimes the parameter string is very long. For example when you try to get data for a long list of titles. The command line is not going to be enough.

On 7/11/07, Jim Wilson wilson.jim.r@gmail.com wrote:

In your response to the bug, you mentioned that:

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It is fairly simple to remove maximum limit checks when processing an

internal query.

Can you expand on this? I'm in the process of creating my own cliApi.php - the meat of which is this:

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parse_str($argv[0], $params); $request = new FauxRequest($params); $processor = new CLIApiMain($request, $wgEnableWriteAPI); $processor->execute();

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I was hoping to extend ApiMain, but because of all the private "modules" and such, it's non-trivial to simply "override" the limit check. Could you provide some suggestions on how to easily abolish all checks? Does this require changing core code? I was hoping it wouldn't - thanks in advance.

-- Jim

On 7/11/07, Yuri Astrakhan yuriastrakhan@gmail.com wrote:

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Sounds like a reasonable request. API can already be used internally - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Calling_internally ,

but it

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currently checks the user limits.

Please file a bug and I will fix it to allow any limit value for internal calls (the limits will still be there, just won't be checked against the maximum allowed).

On 7/11/07, Jim Wilson < wilson.jim.r@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hi all,

I'd really like to see a CLI version of the api.php that doesn't have

any

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limits on volume of output (since it's CLI, it's assumed to be trusted).

This would be incredibly useful for various types of dumps and

statistics

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gathering. Your thoughts?

-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)

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