On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:44:57PM +0300, Max Semenik wrote: > On 17.11.2010, 16:39 Raymond wrote: > > > 2) How would I know when I'm accessing the API too quickly or too > > often? I read at > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Errors_and_warnings > > that there is ratelimited error message, but so far, I've not seen that > > error myself. If I don't get a ratelimited error, does that mean I'm > > doing ok with respect to being a good API citizen. > > Rate limits are for editing and logging in only.
Also, use and handle maxlag=5 on all queries so your bot will automatically pause when the database servers are overloaded. See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maxlag_parameter _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
