Wait. So, sections=all is only /sometimes/ a pageview? ;) When?

On 19 March 2015 at 16:15, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 19 March 2015 at 13:11, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Note that sections=all should always be considered a pageview no matter
>> what, because that's what it is:)
>
>
> For the apps, not necessarily!
>
> The apps use a sections=all query to refresh saved pages, because that way
> we've only got the overhead of a single HTTP request per page. Since the
> user isn't actually viewing the page when it's requested, a decision was
> made not to count it as a "page view". That's the reason why we stuck to
> sections=0 for the apps, because it was a unique API signature that
> corresponded to normal browsing but not to saved pages refreshing.
>
> If you have a better suggestion for any of this, let me know and we can talk
> about that.
>
> Dan
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