https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31901
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Bug #: 31901
Summary: missing "query"-element when no titles specified
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: API
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
When I try to get info for a set of pages specified by a generator and that
generator returns nothing, I'd expect to get an empty set. But you just get no
set!
Example:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apprefix=DoesNotExist
<api>
<query>
<allpages />
</query>
</api>
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&generator=allpages&gapprefix=DoesNotExist
Actual result:
<api />
But Expected:
<api>
<query>
<pages />
</query>
</api>
Or is it a feature? I think its hard to detect when parsing the result, because
you usually step through these elements when trying to get your pageset. Then
you never know whether its an error in your request, an server error (api
error) or its just empty results.
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