[Mediawiki-api] New API is live, status update

[Yuri Astrakhan]

On 7/10/07, Daniel Cannon <cannon.danielc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've no problem deprecating the title parameter, but must we disable it?
>  I see no problem with leaving it enabled, though discouraged, and
> having it function as it does now with all queries on which it
> previously worked. You know me and my backwards-compatibility nazism;
> the suggestion of removing the titles param altogether, one that is
> widely used by a multitude of bots and other client software, just sends
> shivers up my spine.
>

The shared parameter "titles=" is not being removed! It is the
backbone of all the properties (prop=...). Only the 3 lists will stop
using it (fairly soon), because it was done by accident - all lists
must use their own, non-shared parameters so as not to interfere with
properties.

> > == Current Efforts ==
> > * Some core code has been updated to allow Rollback implementation
> > (thanks Roan).
>
> For the sake of clarity, this functionality is *not* included as part of
> the update on Wikimedia.
>
The rollback changes to the Article.php have been checked in and are
now (presumably) live. There is no API action to let clients perform
this action yet.

> > * API home page needs short coding examples of client access for
> > Python, PHP, C#, and Java clients (or any other languages if you
> > prefer). Older examples are at
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Yurik/Query_API/User_Manual#Usage
>
> Ah, yes, I should get some of my code snippets up there ....

Please add snippets to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_Code

Thanks!