Hello everyone,

I'm about 2 weeks into my OPW internship, in which I'll be evaluating MediaWiki API client libraries in five languages against a standard I've written and then contributing in depth to one of them.[1] By now I have a handle on using the API and the available client libraries and I've written the standard I'll be using to evaluate these libraries.[2]

Off-wiki, I've started writing a series of posts on getting acquainted with the API[3]. A few days ago I spoke at WikiConference USA on the basics of APIs and API usage--slides are up on Commons, linked to from my conference run-down.[4]

If you have any comments on the standard, please leave them on the talk page or grab me in IRC (fhocutt).

-Frances

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Evaluating_and_Improving_MediaWiki_web_API_cl... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code/Gold_standard [3] http://franceshocutt.com/tag/api/ [4] http://franceshocutt.com/2014/06/02/wikiconference-usa-2014-rundown/