https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55024
Web browser: --- Bug ID: 55024 Summary: Support of preload param in page.get() Product: Pywikibot Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: ---
Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/feature-requests/320/ Reported by: Anonymous user Created on: 2012-11-17 21:33:36 Subject: Support of preload param in page.get() Original description: Would it be nice to support 'inprop': 'preload' for 'prop': 'info' when calling query GetData() to get text even if page is does not exist.
It could be added as argument to page.get(..., preload = False) and used to return data['query']['pages']["-1"]['preload'] with something like: if data['query']['pages'].keys()[0] == "-1": if 'missing' in pageInfo: if preload: ....
That would be useful when trying to get text in still not created page. This kind of pages are quite common on en:Wikisource, due text layer being already present in used djvu files.
E.g. [Page:Debates in the Several State Conventions, v1.djvu/189].
Thanks and bye