Hello,

Just a reminder that this will happen on 2017-05-08. If you have code that
is using the /page/mobile-text end point, please update it this week.

Cheers,
Marko Obrovac, PhD
Senior Services Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation


On 23 February 2017 at 18:23, Marko Obrovac <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The mobile-text endpoint~[1] was introduced in the REST API as an
> experiment in the early days of the Mobile-Content-Service~[2] to provide
> page content optimised for use in very lightweight mobile clients. The
> route was an experiment towards a new-generation lite app, initially
> targeted for low-powered, older Android devices. The idea was to use native
> Android UI components to show the page contents instead of in a WebView;
> alas, it was quickly surpassed by a new set of mobile-sections
> endpoints~[3].
>
> The route is not maintained, there are no plans to use it within the WMF
> and according to our metrics the endpoint is not used by the community.
> Therefore,  as part of the effort to consolidate the useful endpoints and
> focus on new features, we have decided to deprecate the route and remove it
> on May, 1st 2017.
>
> If you’re using the endpoint, please use the alternative mobile-sections
> endpoints~[3,4,5] instead. Should you have any questions or concerns,
> please reply to this e-mail or contact the Wikimedia Services Team~[6].
>
> Cheers,
> Marko Obrovac, PhD
> Senior Services Engineer
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Mobile/get_page_
> mobile_text_title
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/
> RESTBase_services_for_apps
> [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Mobile/get_page_
> mobile_sections_title_revision
> [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Mobile/get_page_
> mobile_sections_lead_title_revision
> [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/#!/Mobile/get_page_
> mobile_sections_remaining_title_revision
> [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Services
>
>
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