Hi Kelly, On 7/27/07, Kelly Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a FAQ or more docs on MediaWiki's API? The info I found: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php > > seems minimal? My questions:
Yes, that is everything we have so far. You are more than welcome to edit http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API and make it better :) > > % I use snownews and need a single URL to see my watchlist on my > favorite MediaWiki, but this fails w/ an "internal server error": > > http://wiki.lspace.org/api.php?action=login&lgname=kellyterryjones&lgpassword=thisisnotreallymypassword&action=feedwatchlist > > I can get to my watchlist using: > > curl -c cookies.txt -O > 'http://wiki.lspace.org/api.php?action=login&lgname=kellyterryjones&lgpassword=stillnotmypassword > > curl -b cookies.txt -O 'http://wiki.lspace.org/api.php?action=feedwatchlist' > > but it's a two-step process, and that won't work w/ snownews. > We should at some point add an ability to login and get a watchlist in one call. My biggest concern is that is not very secure - passing your password in the url instead of the post. > % Can I edit pages w/ the MediaWiki API or is it for queries only? Not at present, working on that. > > % Is /query.php dead on newer Wikis? These URLs gives me 404 errors: > > http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/query.php?what=allpages > http://wiki.lspace.org/query.php?what=allpages > > even though the equivalent works on Wikipedia: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/query.php?what=allpages > query.php is an extension - it is up to the site to enable that extension. All mediawiki sites have it enabled. > % How do I convice a MediaWiki that I'm a bot (and thus increase my aplimit)? > Your account must get a bot flag on that wiki. > -- > We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying > to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to > new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
