2010/7/28 Nicolas Vervelle <nverve...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > A few hours ago, the following kind of API requests is producing an API > internal error. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?gbllimit=max&gbltitle=American&prop=info&action=query&generator=backlinks&format=xml > resulting in > <error code="internal_api_error_MWException" info="Exception Caught: > Internal error in ApiResult::setElement: Attempting to add element > backlinks=500, existing value is 500" xml:space="preserve"> > > If you remove the "gbllimit=max" parameter or replace it with a fixed value > (gbllimit=200), it works. > > Would it be possible to fix this bug ? > This was an embarrassing fail on my part: I realized I'd broken limit=max in some way just before going on vacation last week, but I didn't realize it was this bad (I thought it would just use too high maxima in certain situations) and I also didn't realize this code was gonna be deployed within a week of writing it, so I decided against texting a fellow developer from the airport.
Tim noticed and fixed this bug, and deployed the fix. The URL above is now working again. Sorry for all that, Roan Kattouw (Catrope) _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
