https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55100
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Bug ID: 55100
Summary: Use API module 'parse' for retrieving interwiki links
Product: Pywikibot
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: interwiki.py
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/feature-requests/151/
Reported by: melancholie
Created on: 2008-06-13 14:47:11
Subject: Use API module 'parse' for retrieving interwiki links
Original description:
Currently pages are retrieved in a batch by using Special:Export.
Although being fast \(as only one request is done\), there is a huge data
overhead with this method\!
Why not use the API with its 'parse' module? Only interwiki links can be
fetched with that, reducing traffic \(overhead\) a lot\!
See:
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=xml&page=Test&prop=langlinks
Outputs could be downloaded in parallel to virtualize a batch \(faster\).
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At least make this method optional \(config.py\) for being able of reducing
data traffic, if wanted. API is just more efficient.
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