+ anomie he might have ideas. On 28 Apr 2015 5:32 pm, "Dan Garry" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've noticed something a little strange about the "editable" key that the > mobileview API returns. It seems it's either "true" or the empty string if > the page is editable, or either "false" or absent from the response if the > page is not editable. Whether it goes for the empty string/absent or > true/false approach seems to vary from wiki to wiki. > > Examples (make sure you're not logged in on an admin account when you > click these, because admin accounts can edit almost all pages): > > - Foo @ testwiki > > <https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Foo&prop=editable> > - > response is the empty string on an editable page > - Protected page @ testwiki > > <https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Protected_page&prop=editable> > - > response is absent on a protected page > - Manchester @ enwiki > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Manchester&prop=editable> > - > response is true on an editable page > - Barack Obama @ enwiki > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Barack%20Obama&prop=editable> > - > response is false on a protected page > > Does anyone know why this is? It'd be nice if this could be changed, > because it's a pain to deal with things like this in a strongly-typed > language like Java. > > Thanks, > Dan > > -- > Dan Garry > Product Manager, Search and Discovery > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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