@Yuri, will this new "continue" solve this bug: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24782 ?
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <[email protected]>wrote: > == *Changes* == > * list=watchlist now returns user id in properly named tag in addition to > "user". In the case of wlprop=user|userid, the "user" will be the name, not > the id as before.(patch <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/49390/> by Petr > Onderka) > * meta=allmessages&lang= will now return "aminvalidlang" error in case > "lang" contains invalid characters > (patch<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/53362/> by > Anomie) > > == *New functionality* == > * There is now a > new<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries>, > simplified way to iterate through the query results. The new feature will > make it much less likely to accidentally skip any data, and will greatly > simplify client code. It will be made default in API > 2.0<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_Future>, but > for now has to be explicitly enabled with a "*continue=*" parameter. See > sample > code <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries> how to > use the new continue. Please consider using it in all new development. ( > patch <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/50930/> by yurik) > > == *See also* == > * API roadmap<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_Future> > > * API > cleanup<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/API_roadmap/Naming_Cleanup> > > > *== Important reminder to API users ==* > Please ensure you set the user agent string to contain both the name of > your tool, the framework it uses, and a way to contact you. See User-Agent > policy <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-Agent_policy>. API users that > do not follow this policy may be banned at any moment. > Example:* MyCoolTool/1.1 (http://example.com/MyCoolTool/; > [email protected]) BasedOnSuperLib/1.4* > ** > > --yurik > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api-announce mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > > -- Jiang BIAN This email may be confidential or privileged. If you received this communication by mistake, please don't forward it to anyone else, please erase all copies and attachments, and please let me know that it went to the wrong person. Thanks.
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