I should clarify since I now realize that the wikitext on the page (http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sidney_Crosby.jpg&ac...) contains attribution info in the Flickr template, which is good enough. However, I can't seem to get this info when using the prop=revisions query I've been using and works most of the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&prop...

Notice the first few images have no revisions returned, while the last three have revisions returned. If I go straight to the image file and try prop=revisions, I get the info back. What am I doing wrong with my query above that's causing some images to return revision wikitext, while others to not return it?

Thanks.

shafqat wrote:

That is a good suggestion, and using the wikitext via the prop=revisions parameter worked for the example given before. However, it does not always work and I was wondering if there is a consistent rule or way to get this info.

For example, for this image page (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sidney_Crosby.jpg), I can see the 'Author' field on screen. But in the wikitext here (http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sidney_Crosby.jpg&ac...), there is no 'Author' field. Nor does it appear if I use the prop=revisions API parameter.

Is there no consistent rule to get the author for images? Sorry if I am missing something obvious but I'm fairly new to this.

Roan Kattouw-2 wrote:

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2009/7/2 shafqat shafqat@newscred.com:

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I have spent a lot of time in the forum and now have a working query that gets me all the information I need (a list of images plus other info). However, I need to also get the image author so that I can have the proper attribution. Have tried everything but cannot get that piece of data. Am I missing something?

This is the query that I am using to get the images:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=images&...

As an example, for this file http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BarackObama2005portrait.jpg, I would want to get back the text "United States Senate", which is listed right next to the Author field.

It's right there in the wikitext: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BarackObama2005portrait.... . Grab the wikitext of the file description page through prop=revisions and find the attribution in it.

Roan Kattouw (Catrope)

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