As a developer,
When I query the api for a user's watchlist (action=query&list=watchlist)
I want to be able to know if those watchlist entries will expire (and if so, when)
Use case: T263665: Add handling for expiring watchlist items on Special:GlobalWatchlist
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Feature | DannyS712 | T263665 Add handling for expiring watchlist items on Special:GlobalWatchlist | ||
| Resolved | DannyS712 | T263796 Watchlist query api should report time remaining |
@Expiring-Watchlist-Items team if this is approved from a product point of view, I can write the code for it; just wanted to make sure first.
@DannyS712 We have discussed this as a team, and you can go ahead with the work. Thank you so much!
I plan to implement this as a separately requested prop - is that okay, or should it be included in the default?
wlprop, I assume you mean? I guess that makes the most sense. Performance-wise it's fine if we always show it (behind the scenes we JOIN on watchlist_expiry regardless), but I suppose most consumers won't care about expiries so maybe best to only show it when requested so as to reduce clutter.
Change 642096 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: DannyS712):
[mediawiki/core@master] ApiQueryWatchlist: Allow requesting expiry
Okay, thanks. Patch is ready for review: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/642096
Change 642096 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] ApiQueryWatchlist: Allow requesting expiry
Change 643158 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: DannyS712):
[mediawiki/core@master] WatchedItemQueryService: Add expiry to items
Patch didn't actually work, since the watched item objects never had the expiry to provide. Fix at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/643158
Change 643158 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] WatchedItemQueryService: Add expiry to items