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Return formatted permanent links via an API request
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This task involves the work with making it possible for the apps to make an API request that will return them the permanent link for any arbitrary comment/topic someone is attempting to generate a permanent link to.

Note: this work also ensures the Editing Team has the flexibility to iterate upon the permanent URL structure (T302012) needing to worry about breaking the permanent link experiences the Android and iOS apps may be offering.

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TODO: Android, Editing, and iOS engineering teams to converge on requirements

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ppelberg created this task.Aug 17 2022, 11:43 PM
ppelberg moved this task from Backlog to Triaged on the DiscussionTools board.
LGoto edited projects, added Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog; removed Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2023-24).Aug 18 2022, 4:22 PM
ppelberg merged a task: T315505: Create a way for apps to determine whether a permanent link exists for arbitrary comments/topics.Aug 18 2022, 5:24 PM
DLynch subscribed.Aug 18 2022, 5:27 PM

The idea is to return a link, not necessarily the new permalink that'll work through archival. If the permalink isn't yet available for the comment we'll provide one of the existing page+fragment links.

I'm not clear on whether it's set up to check for permalink-existence for a pageful of comments at once, which is going to affect whether we just add a url field to the existing API or need a new API to request a link for a specific comment. @matmarex?

matmarex added a comment.Aug 19 2022, 12:23 AM

We could add it to the existing API.

JTannerWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Tracking on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Aug 22 2022, 4:26 PM
• JMinor moved this task from Needs Triage to Tracking on the Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog board.Aug 22 2022, 6:45 PM
Esanders added a comment.Aug 22 2022, 9:11 PM

I think if we ensure that all comments have permalinks, and that any future changes to the canonical permalink structure leave behind redirects, then providing the whole URL via the API seems like a waste. If we don't want to hard-code "Special:GoToComment/%" in a bunch of repos, we can add it to the site config API, but that may be excessive?

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