prop=imageinfo: give empty tag for files without metadata
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	duplicatebug
	Dec 17 2011, 8:43 PM

Description

For files without metadata the api shows:

<imageinfo>
  <ii metadata="" />
</imageinfo>

It is possible to change this to

<imageinfo>
  <ii>
    <metadata />
  </ii>
</imageinfo>

Or an other style? The current is wrong and bad to detect.

Thanks.

Version: 1.20.x
Severity: normal
URL: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=imageinfo&titles=File%3AThe%20Sundeck%20On%20L'art%20de%20Vivre%20Hotel%20Barge.jpg%7CFile%3APoweredby%20mediawiki%2088x31.png&iiprop=metadata

Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open	Feature	None	T40891 MediaWiki API 2.0 (tracking)
Open		None	T35226 prop=imageinfo: give empty tag for files without metadata
Open		None	T89971 ApiQueryImageInfo is crufty, needs rewrite
Open		None	T132947 Make it possible for extensions to add additional info to the fileinfo/imageinfo response.
Declined		None	T134641 Make TextHandler use the timedtext videoinfo api for remoteDB sources
Open		None	T187759 API is returning 500 status code
Open		None	T201205 Bad metadata for a single file errors out the complete imageinfo prop request
Open		None	T235011 API query times out

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 22 2014, 12:09 AM

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Change 116291 had a related patch set uploaded by Umherirrender:
return array on prop=imageinfo for empty metadata

Change 116291 abandoned by Umherirrender:
return array on prop=imageinfo for empty metadata

Reason:
Backward compatibility issue

Seems to be unfixable without versioned api (see blocking bug 38891), setting Importance to Lowest to avoid a WONTFIX.

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