And thats not an option, I dont use chrome, and thus a chrome extension does me no good. Why cant we stick to KISS? JSON is a very basic format, that is really easy to read. If I wanted an acid trip, I would take acid. Trying to work with an API that gives you a headache due to the visual "improvements" reminds me of the old blink HTML, or the red/blue fad of the early internet ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Blue_red.svg ). Getting a basic plain implementation of JSON shouldn't be as hard as a root canal, but it seems that people are pushing progress for the sake of progress regardless of the side effects.
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would actually suggest you use POSTman chrome extension > <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-rest-client/fdmmgilgnpjigdojojpjoooidkmcomcm?hl=en>, > which makes testing API much easier than using format=jsonfm. > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Betacommand <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Im not sure who you polled, but the red/blue disaster that that is the >> current format is about 100x harder for me to read than the old version. If >> reverting isnt an option can we get something like jsontxt added where we >> can get the un-prettifed version? Adding coloring may help for some users, >> but for many you will find it problematic. Basic Pretty-Print JSON makes >> for a simple rendering of information. when you end up with strings one >> color numeric values a second, add in a blue background, the result feels >> like a bad acid trip. >> >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri Dec 12 2014 at 3:42:22 PM John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> why cant I get a simple pretty print version of the json format via the >>>> new API? >>>> >>>> With the old API (example: >>>> http://gameshub.wikia.com/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&format=jsonfm >>>> ) you got a basic text output. Nice clean and simple. >>>> >>>> With the recent API rewrite, someone decided to really screw with the >>>> look. Now you get a color coded, HTML rich, text on a Blue background >>>> (Example: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&format=jsonfm >>>> ). Where did the basic simple clean output go? and how do I get it back? >>>> >>>> >>> You can't. The pretty one is so humans can read it better. >>> >>> Or maybe you can disable CSS. >>> >>> -Chad >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >
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