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 > > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
