On 08/03/12 03:09, Timothy Helck wrote: > Gentlemen, > > Thanks for your previous suggestions.Unfortunately I've been busy with > other things and I am just getting back to this. > > I think I have found a reasonable strategy for searching images. I can > use this query (siilar to what was suggested by Platonides): > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srnamespace=6&srsearch=%22chartres+cathedral%22&srlimit=20&sroffset=20&prop=imageinfo > > Then I can parse the result set and create another query which gets me > the urls: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=File:Chartres%20cathedral%202881.jpg|File:Chartres%20cathedral%202880.jpg|File:Chartres%20cathedral%202879.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url
No need to perform two requests. The MediaWiki API generators can combine them for you: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrnamespace=6&gsrsearch=%22chartres+cathedral%22&gsrlimit=20&gsroffset=20&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url > However, I am still encountering a problem -- commons.wikimedia.org > <http://commons.wikimedia.org> doesn't like requests that don't come > from a browser. When I put these queries into php I get a 403 error. Is > there a url where I can search wikimedia programatically? > > regards, > > Tim You need to use an User-Agent which identifies your tool. _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
