https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18180
Summary: Special:Export ignores paremeters limit, dir and offset
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.15-svn
Platform: All
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Export
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: Export/Import
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: tani.ka...@gmail.com
Contrary to the descriptions of the parameters on
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parameters_to_Special:Export, Special:Export does
not accept parameters limit, dir and offset.
When I try to get xml of limited number of revisions of specific wikipedia
page, Special:Export always sends back all the revisions in ascending order.
This cause malfunctions of receiving script due to the size of the xml.
As far as I know, this trouble appeared 25 or 26 March 2009. I was running some
scripts to obtain past revisions of wikipedia pages and until then they had no
problem.
Sample request (POST):
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Export&pages=XXXXX&dir=desc&limit=5&action=submit&history=1
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