Author: burobjorn
Description:
Request:
In order to request photo's or other media from the mediawiki API we would like to have the ability to search for media items in for instance Wikimedia Commons.
The results would be returned preferably as JSON with the metadata such as the author, dimensions, filesize and off course the uri to the media file itself.
Preferably the results could be filtered based on metadata and limited. Similar API's exists already for services such as Yahoo's Flickr. Perhaps that API can be used as an example.
Why?
Extending the API in this manner allows other parties to benefit from the media available on the Wikimedia Commons. In our case we would like to offer a WordPress plugin which allows WordPress user to search and download Wikimedia Commons Media files for their WordPress installation and insert these in their blog posts including important metadata such as the author and license.
Version: 1.16.x
Severity: enhancement