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Use version 2 of APIs in FileImporter
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Description

As of now, the FileImporter codebase uses mostly legacy API requests:

  • We don't set formatversion=2, which means version 1 is used by default. The legacy format is the one with these weird * "main content" fields. And it returns only 1 error and discards the rest.
  • We don't set errorformat=plaintext, which means the default bc is used.
  • We don't set rvslots=main in the revisions query.

Proof-of-concept patch: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/603567

Acceptance criteria:

  • Update API parameters as above.
  • Log API warnings so we catch future deprecations.

Event Timeline

Change 605218 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); owner: Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE)):
[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Use formatversion=2 in ImportTitleChecker, remove unused elements

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/605218

Change 605263 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); owner: Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE)):
[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Modernize API call querying a CSRF token

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/605263

Change 605263 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Modernize API call querying a CSRF token

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/605263

Change 605218 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Use formatversion=2 in ImportTitleChecker, remove unused elements

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/605218

Here's another action we could take: pass through any API warnings to the logger. This allows us to detect future deprecations, and would have caught the ones we're fixing now.

Change 932374 had a related patch set uploaded (by Awight; author: Awight):

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] [WIP] Update the remaining API calls to newer version

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/932374

Change 934344 had a related patch set uploaded (by Awight; author: Awight):

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Update error format for all API calls

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/934344

Change 934345 had a related patch set uploaded (by Awight; author: Awight):

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Dedicated functions for revision details

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/934345

awight removed awight as the assignee of this task.Jul 3 2023, 6:14 AM

Change 934344 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Update error format for all API calls

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/934344

Change 934345 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Dedicated functions for revision details

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/934345

lilients_WMDE renamed this task from Stop using legacy APIs in FileImporter to Use version 2 of APIs in FileImporter.Sep 28 2023, 1:16 PM

Change 932374 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/FileImporter@master] Update revision details requests to formatversion=2

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/932374