API returns empty strings for boolean fields? - Wikitech-l

28 May 2015

For example:

"mainpage" field is omitted when querying Barack Obama
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=mobileview&format=json&page=Barack_Obama&prop=pageprops&pageprops=mainpage>
:

...
  {
     "mobileview": {
         "pageprops": [],
         "sections": []
     }
 } 

But, it's present when querying Main Page
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=mobileview&format=json&page=Main_Page&prop=pageprops&pageprops=mainpage>
:

...
  {
     "mobileview": {
         "pageprops": [],
         "mainpage": "",
         "sections": [ ... ]
     }

}

Is this the desired behavior?

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