A URL param seems like a good solution to me. Would love others' thoughts - @Ramsey-WMF? @Cparle?

Nothing that this can be merged independently of the MediaSearch vue.js port (T251940).

Nothing that this can be merged independently of the MediaSearch vue.js port (T251940).

Based on conversations on July 9, we're going to stick with the existing MediaSearch autocomplete backend for this ticket, which will just focus on the UI.

Noting here that QuickView will be a separate patch and pulled out of this one; it should be tracked in T256158. Also noting that it's okay that there will be no way to play audio or video from within the search results until T256158 is complete.

I don't think showing the current user name is critical at least for MVP.

Update, based on conversations on June 29:

@Ramsey-WMF can we close this spike since we have a new ticket for the new work?

@Gilles - looks like we'll continue to work on this next quarter (Q1 2020-2021), and now we're also going to re-write the front end into vue.js (T251940). It probably doesn't make sense to do a performance review until that is done, so it's looking like we won't be ready until next quarter. I'll keep you updated!

@matthiasmullie is this ready for QA? If so, can you move it to the QA column and tag Elena and let her know? Thanks!

@matthiasmullie is this ready for QA? If so, can you tag Elena and let her know? Thanks!

Hi @Gilles - the page is now public so you don't need to log in to see it anymore.

This is blocked until T252685 is complete, which may resolve this issue. If not, we want to solve it using the new CirrusSearch backend.

Closing because the initial prototype is up and working. Further improvements have their own tickets.

@egardner, now that T228947 is complete, can you see if this still persists?

After talking with Ramsey and Keegan, we should use the Commons logo and the page title should be "Wikimedia Commons Query Service".

Here is another brief update:

@matthiasmullie, should this be merged with T252891?

@matthiasmullie, should this be merged with T252891?

Some notes/ideas from our discussion on May 12, 2020:

Blocked until parent task is completed.

@Gilles However, the team is going to overhaul the way this works after some discussions with the search team yesterday, so it may not make sense to do a performance review just yet. I'll update when I have more information on the timeline for those changes.

@Gilles added!

@Gilles Now that last week's train is once again rolling, the live version is in a good (early!) state to begin review.

@Etonkovidova if you give us your test usernames, we can add them to the whitelist so you can test in production.

@Gilles the prototype is running at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaSearch but it is currently behind a whitelist. If you give me your WMF/Commons account I can add you to the whitelist.