Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
- Use API via pywikibot in a way that requires continuation (via the continue parameter)
- Example script:
import pywikibot as pwb
site = pwb.Site('wikidata', 'wikidata')
cat = pwb.Category(site, 'Wikidata status updates')
payload = list(cat.articles(namespaces=4, sortby='timestamp', reverse=True))What happens?:
pywikibot.exceptions.APIError is raised
WARNING: API error badcontinue: Invalid continue param. You should pass the original value returned by the previous query.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pwb.py", line 39, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pwb.py", line 35, in main
runpy.run_path(str(path), run_name='__main__')
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 268, in run_path
return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name,
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 97, in _run_module_code
_run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py", line 516, in <module>
main()
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py", line 500, in main
if not execute():
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py", line 487, in execute
run_python_file(filename, script_args, module)
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot_scripts/../pywikibot/pywikibot/scripts/wrapper.py", line 147, in run_python_file
exec(compile(source, filename, 'exec', dont_inherit=True),
File "test.py", line 15, in <module>
main()
File "test.py", line 9, in main
ps = list(cat.articles(namespaces=4, sortby='timestamp', reverse=True))
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot/pywikibot/page/_category.py", line 183, in members
for member in self.site.categorymembers(self, total=total, **kwargs):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/_collections_abc.py", line 330, in __next__
return self.send(None)
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot/pywikibot/tools/collections.py", line 275, in send
return next(self._started_gen)
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot/pywikibot/data/api/_generators.py", line 610, in generator
self.data = self.request.submit()
File "/home/msyn/pywikibot/pywikibot/data/api/_requests.py", line 1088, in submit
raise pywikibot.exceptions.APIError(**error)
pywikibot.exceptions.APIError: badcontinue: Invalid continue param. You should pass the original value returned by the previous query.
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help: See https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-api-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.]
CRITICAL: Exiting due to uncaught exception <class 'pywikibot.exceptions.APIError'>What should have happened instead?:
- API interaction should not result in an error
Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
- Using pywikibot revision af8d9fe98 from yesterday evening
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
- Check whether this is related to https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/851144/ from T321265 since the API now requires a valid timestamp to be handed over, rather than just a string which may or may not be a valid timestamp.