I still need the API to easily fetch some data (links, categories etc) so if
I can get the HTML out of it it will be really nice for my application. Is
there such an option?

Thanks once again,
Markos


On Jan 16, 2008 1:18 PM, Andrew Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 16/01/2008, Markos Gogoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been using the API and so far I'm very pleased! I would like to
> know if
> > it is possible to get the HTML version of an article directly , or if I
> have
> > to get the wiki markup and convert it (which is what i am doing).
>
> You don't need the API to get the HTML version of an article. You can just
> use action=render
>
> > Second question is if the API can return the 'search' results of a
> keyword
> > that doesn't exist (when you enter a word for which there isn't an
> article
> > yet, wikipedia returns a page with possible articles). Can the API
> provide
> > me with the list? I've tried most things on the manual but none worked
> for
> > me (so please don't respond rtfm :) )
>
> Sadly, the search API is not yet supported by the Lucerne search
> backend currently
> in place on Wikipedia et al.
>
> Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
>
> > Thanks for the great work to everyone involved with the API or reading
> the
> > list,
> >
> > Markos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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