2009/11/23 Jani Patokallio <[email protected]>: > 2009/11/23 Roan Kattouw: >> You need to use action=import, not action=upload to import files. >> Uploading the file as described there does not mean uploading it with >> action=upload, but uploading/embedding it in an HTTP request to >> action=import. > > Thanks, but can you give me the exact format and preferably a sample > request for doing this? It's not clear from the documentation. > It's done the exact same way as uploading a file with action=upload, except that the name of the parameter is 'xml', not 'file'. I've updated the documentation for import [1] and upload [2] to mention this.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope) [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit_-_Import [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit_-_Uploading_files _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
