Many people on these lists design and use tools that depend on action=query (beyond bots). If you do, please read the following:
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Brad Jorsch (Anomie)" <bjor...@wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikitech-l] API BREAKING CHANGE: Default continuation mode for > action=query will change at the end of this month > Date: June 2, 2015 at 10:42:47 PM GMT+2 > To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org>, > mediawiki-api-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org > Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > As has been announced several times (most recently at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2015-April/081559.html), > the default continuation mode for action=query requests to api.php will be > changing to be easier for new coders to use correctly. > > *The date is now set:* we intend to merge the change to ride the deployment > train at the end of June. That should be 1.26wmf12, to be deployed to test > wikis on June 30, non-Wikipedias on July 1, and Wikipedias on July 2. > > If your bot or script is receiving the warning about this upcoming change > (as seen here > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages>, for > example), it's time to fix your code! > > - The simple solution is to simply include the "rawcontinue" parameter > with your request to continue receiving the raw continuation data ( > example > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&rawcontinue=1>). > No other code changes should be necessary. > - Or you could update your code to use the simplified continuation > documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries > (example > <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allpages&continue=>), > which is much easier for clients to implement correctly. > > Either of the above solutions may be tested immediately, you'll know it > works because you stop seeing the warning. > > I've compiled a list of bots that have hit the deprecation warning more > than 10000 times over the course of the week May 23–29. If you are > responsible for any of these bots, please fix them. If you know who is, > please make sure they've seen this notification. Thanks. > > AAlertBot > AboHeidiBot > AbshirBot > Acebot > Ameenbot > ArnauBot > Beau.bot > Begemot-Bot > BeneBot* > BeriBot > BOT-Superzerocool > CalakBot > CamelBot > CandalBot > CategorizationBot > CatWatchBot > ClueBot_III > ClueBot_NG > CobainBot > CorenSearchBot > Cyberbot_I > Cyberbot_II > DanmicholoBot > DeltaQuadBot > Dexbot > Dibot > EdinBot > ElphiBot > ErfgoedBot > Faebot > Fatemibot > FawikiPatroller > HAL > HasteurBot > HerculeBot > Hexabot > HRoestBot > IluvatarBot > Invadibot > Irclogbot > Irfan-bot > Jimmy-abot > JYBot > Krdbot > Legobot > Lowercase_sigmabot_III > MahdiBot > MalarzBOT > MastiBot > Merge_bot > NaggoBot > NasirkhanBot > NirvanaBot > Obaid-bot > PatruBOT > PBot > Phe-bot > Rezabot > RMCD_bot > Shuaib-bot > SineBot > SteinsplitterBot > SvickBOT > TaxonBot > Theo's_Little_Bot > W2Bot > WLE-SpainBot > Xqbot > YaCBot > ZedlikBot > ZkBot > > > -- > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > Software Engineer > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Analytics mailing list Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics
