That's doable, however it will require a little more time as I need to unearth some old code to handle multi-projects/languages
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome John! > > Now I only wish that one could specify language code also ;) > > > *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* > > Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige > <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> > 0729 - 67 29 48 > > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> > > > 2014-09-09 15:34 GMT+02:00 John <[email protected]>: > >> Per request, its no frills but what you what you asked for: >> http://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/backlinks >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Navino Evans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> That is fantastic news... I'm incredibly grateful for the help and >>> advice. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Given the overhead of the API and that he only needs a count getting >>>> that info should be fairly easy via a python cgi wrapper around an sql >>>> query. >>>> >>>> The only thing that I cannot do is #3 since the software does not >>>> differentiate between links in templates and links not in templates. Its a >>>> requested feature for years now. >>>> >>>> Give me a few hours and ill get you the tool you want. This should be >>>> less than 30 minutes work >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Related tip: In the API you can get a list of backlinks (but you have >>>>> to count them yourself) from the main namespace including all redirects by >>>>> a query like this: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&format=json&bltitle=Example&blnamespace=0&blfilterredir=all&bllimit=250&blredirect= >>>>> >>>>> More info at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Backlinks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >>>>> >>>>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige >>>>> <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> >>>>> 0729 - 67 29 48 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >>>>> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >>>>> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2014-09-09 13:41 GMT+02:00 Navino Evans <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Wow! That would be awesome :) >>>>>> >>>>>> The API we are looking for can be as simple as sending a GET request >>>>>> to a url ( >>>>>> http://www.somewhere.com/api/count?t=wikipedia_title_goes_here), >>>>>> returning a number in "text/plain" format. >>>>>> >>>>>> The actual count that we're interested is for English Wikipedia only, >>>>>> and would ideally include the following, all added up into a single >>>>>> number: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) All links from articles in Main Namespace only (for our purpose >>>>>> it would be better to not include links from User pages, Talk pages etc >>>>>> if >>>>>> possible) >>>>>> >>>>>> 2) Including links from Redirect pages (e.g. counting a link from >>>>>> "Michel Jackson" redirect as part of the count from the article "Michael >>>>>> Jackson") >>>>>> >>>>>> 3) Excluding links that are within a template transcluded in an >>>>>> article (so we don't need to count the links inside Navboxes within an >>>>>> article for example) >>>>>> >>>>>> 4) For our purpose, it doesn't really matter whether transclusions of >>>>>> the actual page that is called are included in the count (we generally >>>>>> won't be using it for checking templates, timeline and list articles). >>>>>> >>>>>> Just to give the full picture for this request - my use of this tool >>>>>> will be for a company (www.histropedia.com), so I wouldn't want to >>>>>> take up your time with this unless it's something you feel should be >>>>>> available for wider use. My plan was to get the developer working on our >>>>>> site to make this tool for the community if it didn't exist somewhere, >>>>>> but >>>>>> we would be reliant on datadumps so could not get live information (which >>>>>> would be incredibly useful for us, and I hope many others). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:10 PM, John <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What numbers/data do you want? I can whip up a replacement for it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, September 8, 2014, Navino Evans <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, does anyone know if there is a tool currently available for >>>>>>>> counting backlinks to Wikipedia articles via an API? 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