Hi Jim, I don't see anything that would do that in the documentation for the geosearch module.[1]
Frances [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#list.3Dgeosearch On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks very much, Frances. I am receiving that info OK. I note that it does > not include the distance from the location in the query to the article’s > location. Is there a way of getting the query to return that info also? > > ja > > On Sep 15, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Jim, try this: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates|extracts&format=json&colimit=10&exchars=300&exlimit=10&exintro=&generator=geosearch&ggscoord=51.507222%7C-0.1275&ggsradius=1000&ggslimit=10 >> >> The documentation for extracts is here: >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TextExtracts#API . It is less >> resource-intensive to only fetch extracts from the introductory >> section so the limits for queries that use the exintro parameter have >> higher limits than queries that require the whole page to be parsed. >> >> -Frances >> >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:37 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks, Max. I read the URL you cited and visited the API sandbox, but I >>> don’t understand how to get an article summary. Could you please give me an >>> example URL? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jim Andrews >>> http://vispo.com >>> >>> On Sep 15, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Jim, you already can do it using geosearch as a generator[1], e.g. [2] >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Generators >>>> [2] http://tr.im/29XHc >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Do you know if there are any plans to include an article summary in the >>>> list=geosearch results? That would be terrific. I’ve been using the >>>> geonames.org API for retrieving Wikipedia articles, and it returns a >>>> brief (350-400 character?) article summary which seems to be the first >>>> 350-400 characters (or so) of the Wikipedia articles. This is very useful >>>> in search results, of course. The user can use that information to decide >>>> which of the several links to click. The title alone is often rather >>>> mysterious. It often does not provide enough info for the user to make a >>>> decision as to which link to click, if any. >>>> >>>> Currently, the info I get back from your service ( >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#API ) has these fields: >>>> <gs pageid="167267" ns="0" title="City Lights Bookstore" lat="37.7976" >>>> lon="-122.407" dist="1331" primary="" /> >>>> >>>> I’m suggesting it also include a ‘summary’ field consisting of the first >>>> 350-400 characters of the article. >>>> >>>> Is that feasible? >>>> >>>> What I currently do is use geonames as first choice and if that fails, I >>>> use your service. It would be nice to be able to use your service as first >>>> choice. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jim Andrews >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best regards, >>>> Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mediawiki-api mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
