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REST API Infrastructure in MediaWiki
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This is an epic for infrastructure work on the REST API.

I'm not sure it fits well together as an epic, since these user stories probably don't need to be done together. It may make sense to have different epics for clusters of user stories with a deliverable goal.

The personas for the user stories in this epic are more technical than the ones for the other epics.

Client Developer - A programmer writing software that calls the REST API.
API Developer - A MediaWiki core or extension developer writing REST API endpoints.
System Administrator - The operator of a MediaWiki installation, responsible for resource allocation and configuration.

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 InvalidNoneT237565 REST API Infrastructure in MediaWiki
 OpenNoneT236113 API developer creates automated documentation
 OpenNoneT237566 Client Developer calls sample API endpoint
 ResolvedTgrT223247 Unit or integration test for Sample REST API Handler
 ResolvedNoneT237540 Remove sample REST API handler
 OpenNoneT221162 System Adminstrator limits rate of MediaWiki REST API calls per client
 Resolved• PcheloloT237568 Deduplicate REST error messages
 DeclinedEvanProdromouT221167 REST API Client Developer uses Gzip content encoding
 ResolvedNoneT224375 REST API Developer declares JSON validation parameters
 Resolved• eprodromouT237852 System Administrator avoids CSRF attacks on MediaWiki REST API
 Resolved• eprodromouT237854 Client Developer knows semantic version of API
 OpenNoneT235298 Client Developer gets RFC7807 error response
 Resolved• eprodromouT238374 Client Developer uses client-side cache
 OpenNoneT238376 System Administrator uses object cache to lower database traffic
 OpenNoneT239752 Client Developer downloads machine-readable definition of the API
 Resolved• PcheloloT239753 Figure out a way to inject/request a current user from REST API handlers
 OpenNoneT247779 System Administrator uses caching proxy to lower resource requirements
 ResolvedBPirkleT247997 System Administrator enables or disables core development endpoints
 ResolvedBPirkleT225761 Document the REST API on mediawiki.org
 OpenNoneT234871 Add rest.php to RSD API?
 ResolvedBPirkleT221742 REST API Sandbox in MediaWiki
 ResolvedBPirkleT388399 Add translation disclaimer to REST API Sandbox

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• eprodromou created this task.Nov 6 2019, 6:38 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptNov 6 2019, 6:38 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T236113: API developer creates automated documentation.Nov 6 2019, 6:39 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T221162: System Adminstrator limits rate of MediaWiki REST API calls per client.Nov 6 2019, 6:53 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T221167: REST API Client Developer uses Gzip content encoding.Nov 6 2019, 7:25 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T224375: REST API Developer declares JSON validation parameters.Nov 6 2019, 7:49 PM
• Pchelolo closed subtask T237568: Deduplicate REST error messages as Resolved.Nov 8 2019, 8:13 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T235298: Client Developer gets RFC7807 error response.Nov 14 2019, 9:42 PM
• eprodromou closed subtask T221167: REST API Client Developer uses Gzip content encoding as Declined.
• eprodromou closed subtask T237854: Client Developer knows semantic version of API as Resolved.Mar 11 2020, 6:15 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T225761: Document the REST API on mediawiki.org.Mar 24 2020, 7:59 PM
• CCicalese_WMF moved this task from Epic Backlog to Ready for Engineering on the Platform Team Workboards (Epics) board.Apr 7 2020, 6:59 PM
Naike closed subtask T237852: System Administrator avoids CSRF attacks on MediaWiki REST API as Resolved.May 22 2020, 6:48 AM
• eprodromou closed subtask T247997: System Administrator enables or disables core development endpoints as Resolved.Jun 18 2020, 1:22 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T234871: Add rest.php to RSD API?.Sep 1 2020, 5:21 PM
• eprodromou added a subtask: T221742: REST API Sandbox in MediaWiki.Sep 1 2020, 5:24 PM
• eprodromou closed subtask T238374: Client Developer uses client-side cache as Resolved.Sep 16 2020, 2:58 PM
• Pchelolo closed subtask T239753: Figure out a way to inject/request a current user from REST API handlers as Resolved.Feb 1 2021, 6:36 PM
Aklapper removed • eprodromou as the assignee of this task.Apr 1 2021, 5:51 AM
Izno removed a parent task: T229661: Core REST API in MediaWiki.Sep 23 2025, 11:07 PM
Maintenance_bot added a project: MW-Interfaces-Team.Sep 23 2025, 11:31 PM
BPirkle closed this task as Invalid.Sep 25 2025, 5:13 PM
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This work was handled under separate tasks and is no longer relevant.

Pppery closed subtask T224375: REST API Developer declares JSON validation parameters as Resolved.Sep 25 2025, 6:12 PM
BPirkle closed subtask T225761: Document the REST API on mediawiki.org as Resolved.Sep 25 2025, 6:48 PM
BPirkle closed subtask T221742: REST API Sandbox in MediaWiki as Resolved.Sep 26 2025, 4:45 PM
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