Tracking: API/backend issues blocking Wikipedia app development
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	• Deskana
	Nov 19 2014, 6:39 PM

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This is a tracking bug for any issues with the API or backend that are blocking, or causing undue difficulties to, the Mobile Apps Team from developing the Wikipedia app.

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Status	Assigned	Task
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Resolved	• Deskana	T75616 Tracking: API/backend issues blocking Wikipedia app development
Open	None	T74387 "createaccount" action failure should return the name of the extension that caused it to fail.
Resolved	Tobi_WMDE_SW	T74729 Add Wikibase API module that is usable from client wikis and available as a generator & prop module
Resolved	• demon	T75522 PrefixSearch should support paging
Resolved	• Deskana	T75623 Inconsistent search results when combining list=search and generator=search
Resolved	None	T75636 CirrusSearch: In prefix search redirects shouldn't be ranked as highly as titles
Resolved	• demon	T75673 both the search term that redirects and redirected page are included in the search results
Resolved	Anomie	T76103 Createaccount API should support username validation without having to try to create an account
Declined	None	T86982 Create a search API that can return both search suggestions (like list=search) and extra article data from other API modules (like generator=search)
Resolved	ovasileva	T87336 PageImages shouldn't return images that are not in the lead section
Resolved	Tgr	T86955 Images in the image viewer in the Android app shouldn't display out of date descriptions
Resolved	Anomie	T32788 Allow triggering of user password reset email via the API
Resolved	• GWicke	T87824 Create specialised content API for mobile apps
Open	None	T30085 RFC: Allow user login with email address in addition to username
Declined	None	T88083 Mobile apps users should not be shown captchas when creating accounts
Resolved	Krenair	T95072 API blocked error should give details - blocker, target (IP, range, user), expiry, reason, etc.
Resolved	• Deskana	T95378 Add support to PageImages for finding a freely licensed page image
Duplicate	None	T96956 AbuseFilter should not let users specify arbitrary error codes which are then emitted over the API
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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:54 AM

• bzimport added a project: Wikipedia-App-General-or-Unknown.

• bzimport set Reference to bz73616.

• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

• Deskana created this task.Nov 19 2014, 6:39 PM

Tobi_WMDE_SW closed subtask T74729: Add Wikibase API module that is usable from client wikis and available as a generator & prop module as Resolved.Nov 26 2014, 10:03 AM

• Deskana added a subtask: T76103: Createaccount API should support username validation without having to try to create an account.Nov 26 2014, 10:53 PM

• demon closed subtask T75522: PrefixSearch should support paging as Resolved.Dec 2 2014, 8:07 PM

• Deskana closed subtask T75623: Inconsistent search results when combining list=search and generator=search as Resolved.Dec 4 2014, 12:19 AM

• demon closed subtask T75673: both the search term that redirects and redirected page are included in the search results as Resolved.Jan 5 2015, 7:12 PM

• Deskana added a subtask: T86982: Create a search API that can return both search suggestions (like list=search) and extra article data from other API modules (like generator=search).Jan 16 2015, 12:20 AM

This is probably stalled by definition, right? :-)

• Deskana claimed this task.Jan 21 2015, 4:28 PM

• Deskana triaged this task as Medium priority.

• Deskana set Security to None.

• Deskana added a subtask: T86955: Images in the image viewer in the Android app shouldn't display out of date descriptions.

• Deskana added a subtask: T32788: Allow triggering of user password reset email via the API.Jan 26 2015, 7:57 PM

Reedy added a project: MediaWiki-Action-API.Jan 26 2015, 7:58 PM

Hi Bryan -- here's a ticket that mobile app team has been using to tracking platform requests.

-Toby

• Deskana renamed this task from Tracking: API issues blocking Wikipedia app development to Tracking: API/backend issues blocking Wikipedia app development.Jan 28 2015, 11:59 PM

• Deskana updated the task description. (Show Details)

• Deskana added a subtask: T87824: Create specialised content API for mobile apps.Jan 29 2015, 12:05 AM

• Deskana added a subtask: T88046: Support login with email address as well as with username.Jan 30 2015, 1:39 AM

• Deskana edited subtasks, added: T30085: RFC: Allow user login with email address in addition to username; removed: T88046: Support login with email address as well as with username.Jan 30 2015, 1:43 AM

• Deskana added a subtask: T88083: Mobile apps users should not be shown captchas when creating accounts.Jan 30 2015, 5:14 AM

Can we prioritize these? What's blocking near term releases/features?

@Eloquence Nothing in this list is blocking feature development right now. Mostly these are either causing performance issues or are areas where features are working suboptimally as a result of the issue. The three highest priority for us in the short term are:

T87824 - Specialised content API for apps
T86955 - Descriptions out of date in image viewer
T87336 - PageImages returning images way below the fold

All of the account creation and login ones are not a priority in the short term, but in the mid term where we're imagining Collections being on the apps then those bubble up in priority because the account creation and login workflow become much more important.

Does that answer your question or do you need more information?

Anomie closed subtask T86982: Create a search API that can return both search suggestions (like list=search) and extra article data from other API modules (like generator=search) as Declined.Feb 11 2015, 6:05 PM

Anomie moved this task from Unsorted to Non-Code on the MediaWiki-Action-API board.Feb 19 2015, 6:04 PM

Tgr closed subtask T86955: Images in the image viewer in the Android app shouldn't display out of date descriptions as Resolved.Apr 3 2015, 6:28 AM

Liuxinyu970226 subscribed.Apr 3 2015, 9:46 AM

Krenair added a subtask: T95072: API blocked error should give details - blocker, target (IP, range, user), expiry, reason, etc..Apr 4 2015, 1:45 AM

• Deskana added a subtask: T95378: Add support to PageImages for finding a freely licensed page image.Apr 23 2015, 4:38 AM

• Deskana added a subtask: T96956: AbuseFilter should not let users specify arbitrary error codes which are then emitted over the API.Apr 23 2015, 4:48 AM

• Mholloway subscribed.Apr 23 2015, 5:37 AM

Anomie closed subtask T95072: API blocked error should give details - blocker, target (IP, range, user), expiry, reason, etc. as Resolved.Jun 17 2015, 7:56 PM

This comment was left on the wrong task, so I deleted it. :-)

• Deskana removed • Deskana as the assignee of this task.Jul 27 2015, 6:08 PM

• GWicke subscribed.Sep 9 2015, 7:57 PM

• GWicke closed subtask T87824: Create specialised content API for mobile apps as Resolved.Oct 4 2015, 4:23 AM

• Deskana reopened subtask T95378: Add support to PageImages for finding a freely licensed page image as Open.Jan 22 2016, 12:41 AM

@JMinor @Dbrant Is this task still useful to you two? I created it back when I was the product owner for the apps as a tracking mechanism, so if it's not useful to either of you any more then we can just close it.