https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28126
Summary: Add flag to notify whether the API is enabled on
another wiki
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: SiteMatrix
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Not quite sure how we're gonna do this, or else, if this is a wontfix type of
thing...
Moved from https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16288#c2
(In reply to comment #2)
> Would be good if sitematrix not only indicated whether a wiki is readonly, but
> also whether the API is enabled at all there. Currently, trying an API call on
> a wiki where the API is disabled completely just returns a text "MediaWiki API
> is not enabled for this site. Add the following line to your
> LocalSettings.php<pre>%lt;b>$wgEnableAPI=true;</b></pre>"
> which is rather unhelpful for automated processing. For instance, when using
> dynamically generated script-elements with a callback: what we get back isn't
> even Javascript. Hence we need a way to ensure that we don't even try API
> calls
> on such wikis. Sitematrix flagging wikis with disabled APIs would be one way.
> Or is there some other way to do this already?
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