https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67054
Bug ID: 67054
Summary: API mobileview "protection" sometimes returns object,
sometimes returns empty array in JSON output
Product: MobileFrontend
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: br...@wikimedia.org
CC: aricha...@wikimedia.org, jrob...@wikimedia.org,
kw...@wikimedia.org, maxsem.w...@gmail.com,
rkald...@wikimedia.org
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
A protected page returns an object/map/dictionary/associative array for the
'protection' property:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Barack_Obama&prop=protection|editable&format=json
{"mobileview":{"sections":[],"protection":{"edit":["autoconfirmed"],"move":["sysop"]},"editable":false}}
But an unprotected page seems to return an empty array instead of an object:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=mobileview&page=Katakana&prop=protection|editable&format=json
{"mobileview":{"sections":[],"protection":[],"editable":true}}
PHP may consider those the same type, but JSON/JavaScript, Java, Objective-C,
etc consider them distinct types and we should be consistent in output to avoid
surprises in the clients.
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