Feature request: get images from any wiki

This extension allows getting images from the wiki where the WikiBase Repository is installed. Nevertheless I think it would be useful to be able to get images from another wiki that is neither Commons, nor the local Repository. For instance, in my case, I have a MW instance acting as a Repository, and a separate MW instance with Wikibase Client: I would like to reference images in the Repo instance, but images are actually at the Client one.

Ideally, it should be possible to setup the source wiki somewhere, I assume it should be enough to have the API endpoint of a remote wiki to obtain images' information.

If any of the extension programmer could point in the right direction, I would be willing to work on this modification by myself for my own purpose and eventually release the modified code.

Thanks

Luca

Start by locating the extension’s existing handling for images from the local WikiBase Repository and Commons, then identify where configuration and MediaWiki API requests are defined. The requested behavior is a configurable remote wiki API endpoint that supplies image information for a separate Client or Repository instance; completion should include working remote-image retrieval and appropriate coverage for that configuration.