The AssertEdit extension (deployed on wikidata and other wmf wikis) adds the assert param to the api edit modules to help ensure bots do not edit logged out and other such stuff.
Wikibase api modules, however, do not recognize the assert param.
AssertEdit uses the APIEditBeforeSave hook in ApiEditPage. It also uses APIGetParamDescription and APIGetAllowedParams which are in ApiBase.
Version: master
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27841
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declined | Lydia_Pintscher | T41174 Wikidata repo MW API (tracking) | |||
| Resolved | Legoktm | T55106 Wikibase API does not integrate with AssertEdit extension |
The current implementation at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/90263/ would address this bug.
Change 90263 had a related patch set uploaded by Legoktm:
Merge AssertEdit extension into core
Reopened as although this is merged in core the wikibase api modules still appear not to use it
Ah! it just doesn't show up in the module documentation!
Of course as its now available for ALLLLL of the modules :>