Oh, here's the query for the record: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&prop=imageinfo&format=json&iiprop=url&iiurlwidth=55&titles=File%3AWiki.png
Should see a "descriptionurl" in the results with the file page url. On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Monte Hurd <mh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Max showed me how to get the file page url from the api. So if all we have > is the image name we can get the file page url automagically. I attached a > sample query to: > https://trello.com/c/cXEMxGb3/8-5-retrieve-file-metadata-from-commonsmetadata-api-and-display-it-in-the-panel > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Brion Vibber <bvib...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Per request in meeting, thought I'd stick it on the public list for >> references. :) >> >> As I recall there should be three possible URL formats for images >> embedded in <img> tags in wiki pages or returned as thumbnails via the API: >> >> http(s)?:// >> upload.wikimedia.org/(project)/(subdomain)/(hash1)/(hash2)/(base-filename) >> ^ original-size images >> >> http(s)?:// >> upload.wikimedia.org/(project)/(subdomain)/(hash1)/(hash2)/thumb/(base-filename)/(size)px(possible-other-options)-(base-filename)(.render-extension) >> ? >> ^ thumbnails >> >> http(s)?:// >> upload.wikimedia.org/(project)/(subdomain)/(hash1)/(hash2)/thumb/(base-filename)/(size)px(possible-other-options)-thumbnail.(render-extension) >> ^ this last is used in cases where the filename is very very long and we >> can't actually prepend all the options to the filename (happens mostly in >> South Asian languages where UTF-8 is 3 bytes per letter) >> >> * project: 'wikipedia' in all cases we need to handle; local files on >> Wiktionary etc will have it separate but we don't use these. >> * subdomain: language 'en' etc for Wikipedias, subproject for >> special-case wikis like Commons/'commons' >> * hash1: first digit of md5 hash of the filename (you don't need to use >> this here, consider it opaque) >> * hash2: first 2 digits of md5 hash of the filename >> * base-filename: the base filename -- you want this! This is the raw >> filename for files served at original size; thumbnails will use it as a >> directory component. >> * render-extension: files other than PNG, GIF, and JPEG are rendered to >> one of those, usually PNG. So you'll see things like ".svg.png" at times -- >> but never ".png.png". These only appear on thumbnails. >> * size: thumbnails are always given with the pixel size. >> * possible-other-options: Note that other options may include a page >> number for PDF, DjVu, or TIFF files, or a time position for video >> thumbnails. To avoid parsing that stuff out, consider using the >> subdirectory base name on thumbnails if possible. >> >> -- brion >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> >
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