Priya Shah schreef: > Hello, > > I am trying to figure out the ideal solution for enabling the generation of > a User's profile without actual Wiki editing. It is easier to add forms for > various categories but User seems like a special case. If I created a Person > category, I could do a template and semantic form and programmatically > generate content based on either an html form, a semantic form, a rich > client, or even by converting from an existing information in a different > format. I am not sure how to do so with a User. It does feel like an > overkill to go to a Person category when User exists, especially since I > will either have registered users as person entities or other special types > of persons like Authors (in which case I might as well have an Author > category). > > Essentially I want to generate special content in case of registration right > in the User's page based on more questions that I'd ask them during > registration. > > What would you recommend?
I don't think you need the API for this. You could use a hook to add stuff to the registration form, and when processing that on submit, you could either throw it in the database somewhere or edit it into a wiki page using Article::doEdit(). Roan Kattouw (Catrope) _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
