Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] [Pywikipedia-l] Fwd: API BREAKING CHANGE: Default continuation mode for action=query will change at the end of this month

This is something that the pywiki devs need to fix in compat. Please dont give me shit about moving to core. I have yet to have it not fatally

out in less than 10 minutes of using it. There are still a lot of

that core doesnt have, or that are poorly implemented. On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Pine W &lt;wiki.pine(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Forwarding because of the significance of the change for bots. My > understanding is that this affects all wikis, so please get this > information out to relevant bot operators on all wikis. Translated > messages > may be very much appreciated. > > Pine > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Brad Jorsch (Anomie)" &lt;bjorsch(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > Date: Jun 2, 2015 1:43 PM > Subject: [Wikitech-l] API BREAKING CHANGE: Default continuation mode for > action=query will change at the end of this month > To: "Wikimedia developers" &lt;wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;rg>, < > mediawiki-api-announce(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; > Cc: > > As has been announced several times (most recently at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-April/081559.html

> the default continuation mode for action=query requests to api.php will

> changing to be easier for new coders to use correctly. > > *The date is now set:* we intend to merge the change to ride the > deployment > train at the end of June. That should be 1.26wmf12, to be deployed to

> wikis on June 30, non-Wikipedias on July 1, and Wikipedias on July 2. > > If your bot or script is receiving the warning about this upcoming

> (as seen here > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages>, for > example), it's time to fix your code! > > - The simple solution is to simply include the "rawcontinue"

> with your request to continue receiving the raw continuation data ( > example > < > >

> >). > No other code changes should be necessary. > - Or you could update your code to use the simplified continuation > documented at > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries > (example > < >

> >), > which is much easier for clients to implement correctly. > > Either of the above solutions may be tested immediately, you'll know it > works because you stop seeing the warning. > > I've compiled a list of bots that have hit the deprecation warning more > than 10000 times over the course of the week May 23-29. If you are > responsible for any of these bots, please fix them. If you know who is, > please make sure they've seen this notification. Thanks. > > AAlertBot > AboHeidiBot > AbshirBot > Acebot > Ameenbot > ArnauBot > Beau.bot > Begemot-Bot > BeneBot* > BeriBot > BOT-Superzerocool > CalakBot > CamelBot > CandalBot > CategorizationBot > CatWatchBot > ClueBot_III > ClueBot_NG > CobainBot > CorenSearchBot > Cyberbot_I > Cyberbot_II > DanmicholoBot > DeltaQuadBot > Dexbot > Dibot > EdinBot > ElphiBot > ErfgoedBot > Faebot > Fatemibot > FawikiPatroller > HAL > HasteurBot > HerculeBot > Hexabot > HRoestBot > IluvatarBot > Invadibot > Irclogbot > Irfan-bot > Jimmy-abot > JYBot > Krdbot > Legobot > Lowercase_sigmabot_III > MahdiBot > MalarzBOT > MastiBot > Merge_bot > NaggoBot > NasirkhanBot > NirvanaBot > Obaid-bot > PatruBOT > PBot > Phe-bot > Rezabot > RMCD_bot > Shuaib-bot > SineBot > SteinsplitterBot > SvickBOT > TaxonBot > Theo's_Little_Bot > W2Bot > WLE-SpainBot > Xqbot > YaCBot > ZedlikBot > ZkBot > > > -- > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > Software Engineer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <

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