SemanticMediaWiki / SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticExternalQueryLookup

Use with private wikis

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enhancement
Dominant language
PHP
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Description

This very interesting extension works only with public wiki's. For a query to work on a private wiki a login is needed.

On https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login this is documented.

Attached is code that creates pages in a wiki from email messages. It contains code for login as well, so it might be used as an example.

EmailBot.zip

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the MediaWiki API:Login documentation and inspect the attached EmailBot.zip for its login flow. Trace how this extension sends queries, then determine what authentication state private-wiki requests require; done means queries work against private wikis without breaking public-wiki use.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
api, authentication
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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