On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Parsa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Members,
>
> I'm using mediawiki API to get a result with the following code:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=pc&limit=20&format=xml
>
> But if you look at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC
> there is description like this:
>    PC most commonly refers to:
>     * Personal computer, a computer whose original sales price, size, and
> capabilities make it useful  for individuals
>     * Political correctness, language or behavior that appears calculated to
> provide a minimum of offense
>
> but with my API, I cannot get such a result. Please help me, how can i
> change my API to get a result like above.
>
> Actually, I want to send an acronym word (e.g. PC) via API and get the
> suggestions. (e.g: Personal computer, Political Correctness)
>
> Please help me to find a solution for that, I searched a lot and I could not
> find any solution for that.
>
The opensearch API does title matches *only*. If you want to search in
the content of pages as well, you should use list=search.

Roan

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