Tech:Mediawiki API Disabled - Revision history

EmmaGoldman: /* How to fix it */

2012-09-07T03:24:38Z

‎How to fix it

68.103.99.253: /* Additional comments */

2012-08-30T18:14:11Z

‎Additional comments

IBobi: /* What happens */

2012-08-10T22:29:40Z

‎What happens

IBobi: /* What happens */

2012-08-10T17:29:23Z

‎What happens

Wrh2: Created page with "== What happens == Apparently today the Mediawiki API was disabled on English Wikitravel. See for example [http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/api.php?format=xml&action=query&meta=si..."

2012-08-10T03:59:31Z

Created page with "== What happens == Apparently today the Mediawiki API was disabled on English Wikitravel. See for example [http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/api.php?format=xml&action=query&meta=si..."

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== What happens ==

Apparently today the Mediawiki API was disabled on English Wikitravel. See for example [http://wikitravel.org/wiki/en/api.php?format=xml&action=query&meta=siteinfo] which returns:

<pre>
MediaWiki API is not enabled for this site. Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php
$wgEnableAPI=true;
</pre>

I assume this was done to combat spambot issues. Will it be re-enabled?

== When it happens ==

== What should happen ==

== How to fix it ==

== Additional comments ==

== Sign below, please ==

[[User:Wrh2|Ryan]] 23:59, 9 August 2012 (EDT)

[[Category:Open bug reports]]

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	== How to fix it ==		== How to fix it ==
		+	If you want the API enabled in read-only mode (so that it is impossible for spambots or anyone else to edit pages with it), just add the following to your configuration:
		+	$wgEnableAPI = true;
		+	$wgEnableWriteAPI = false;

	== Additional comments ==		== Additional comments ==

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	== Additional comments ==		== Additional comments ==
		+	Is thee any further word on the enabling of the API? My site made us of the API and is down until I can get access back to the API (readonly).

	== Sign below, please ==		== Sign below, please ==

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	:Checking. I know they are trying different approaches, so that may be the case.--[[User:IBobi\|IBobi]] [[User talk:IBobi\|talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/IBobi\|email]] 13:29, 10 August 2012 (EDT)		:Checking. I know they are trying different approaches, so that may be the case.--[[User:IBobi\|IBobi]] [[User talk:IBobi\|talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/IBobi\|email]] 13:29, 10 August 2012 (EDT)
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		+	::I have no indication that this is a permanent change. They're just trying to lighten the spam load and investigate a solution to the possible spoofing issue. It's possible that making it read-only could work, I don't know.--[[User:IBobi\|IBobi]] [[User talk:IBobi\|talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/IBobi\|email]] 18:29, 10 August 2012 (EDT)

	== When it happens ==		== When it happens ==

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	I assume this was done to combat spambot issues. Will it be re-enabled?		I assume this was done to combat spambot issues. Will it be re-enabled?
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		+	:Checking. I know they are trying different approaches, so that may be the case.--[[User:IBobi\|IBobi]] [[User talk:IBobi\|talk]] [[Special:EmailUser/IBobi\|email]] 13:29, 10 August 2012 (EDT)

	== When it happens ==		== When it happens ==