Migrate AWB to using JSON instead of XML for API requests. This should be done using the Json.NET library that has been in the AWB repo for a while now.
Going to require a lot of work
Something "isolated" like the SiteInfo or SiteMatrix code may be a good starting point.
Stuff that needs doing:
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Feature | None | T91221 Migrate AWB to using JSON instead of XML for API requests | ||
| Resolved | None | T91852 Switch to .NET >= 3.5 as minimum required version |
https://github.com/reedy/AutoWikiBrowser/compare/5eba2e5...cdfa8a6
And so it begins with SiteInfo::GetMessages(). T91852 is a semi blocker for this. Allowing us to write better code for the transition...
Tools.ExpandTemplates() done in https://github.com/reedy/AutoWikiBrowser/commit/f59ea89519fdcc8ba055ebaddd4b172591e851b0
Find all "format=xml", Subfolders, Find Results 1, Entire Solution, ""
D:\programming\autowikibrowser\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\ApiEdit.cs(329): return ApiURL + "?format=xml" + BuildQuery(request);
D:\programming\autowikibrowser\AWB\WikiFunctions\API\ApiEdit.cs(1122): string result = HttpGet(ApiURL + "?action=query&format=xml&" + queryParamters);
D:\programming\autowikibrowser\AWB\WikiFunctions\Parse\SiteMatrix.cs(117): string strMatrix = Tools.GetHTML("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=sitematrix&format=xml");
D:\programming\autowikibrowser\AWB\WikiFunctions\SiteInfo.cs(149): siteinfoOutput = Editor.HttpGet(ApiPath + "?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics|magicwords&format=xml");
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