Welcome to the problem of 'there is no structured metadata for files' :) This is a garbage in, garbage out problem and probably when you start filtering you will break attribution requirements (more than the community will appreciate).
DJ On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, the example query I provided was incorrect. Use this instead: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=imageinfo&format=jsonfm&iiprop=extmetadata&iilimit=10&titles=File%3ACommon%20Kingfisher%20Alcedo%20atthis.jpg > > Thanks, > Dan > > On 8 December 2014 at 11:29, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings, Multimedia Team! >> >> *Background:* The Mobile Apps Team is working on a restyling of the way >> content the first fold of content is presented in the Wikipedia app. You >> can see this image <http://i.imgur.com/dxqfJKd.png> to see what this >> looks like. Having a high-resolution image so prominently at the top of the >> page will likely drive a lot of clicks, so we're working on a lightweight >> image viewer to deal with file pages, which are poorly styled monstrosities >> on the mobile app. We're going to use the CommonsMetadata API to help us >> out. :-) >> >> *Problem:* The CommonsMetadata API can sometimes return HTML [1]. Having >> HTML in the API response is a bit problematic for us. Native apps make next >> to no use of HTML when creating links or layouts, so we have to strip the >> HTML from every API response, lest it be displayed as plaintext to the >> user. In the short term this is fine, we can strip it and throw the >> information away. But in the long run it'd be better if the API didn't >> return HTML. >> >> *Our ask: *Can the CommonsMetadata API please not return HTML in its >> responses? :-) >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> [1]: Run this query >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=imageinfo&format=xml&iiprop=extmetadata&iilimit=10&titles=File%3ACommon%20Kingfisher%20Alcedo%20atthis.jpg.>, >> and look at "artist" key. The API response has an HTML link in it. >> >> -- >> Dan Garry >> Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps >> Wikimedia Foundation >> > > > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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