FYI, Firefox has similar <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restclient/> extension. I guess we could make format=jsonfm and format=jsonfm2 or something like that, where jsonfm2 is non-color-coded. In any case, we might want to use <pre wrapped> style to make it better styled.
On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Betacommand <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > >
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