Last modified: 2009-11-19 17:58:45 UTC
There is no way to tell if a title is being watched, via the API. This is ubiquitous in the UI so should have some API vector. If a bit expensive it should probably be a non-default prop=info parameter like &inprop=watched returning watched="". If not expensive, this could be generated (optionally optionally) for all logged-in queries using &titles= and/or a list module? Ref: <Reedy> and we had it setup to work out if the page was currently watched, to set a button to watch/unwatch as appropriate... <Reedy> So was after a way to move that accross <Reedy> We pull action=query&prop=info|revisions&intoken=edit&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content currently.. So if it was in there somewhere without pulling more/an extra query, that'd be nice
Yup, something like that. As with everything, if we moved AWB to full Api editing losing functionality, users would complain ;)
This sounds feasible, and should be done as an optional inprop=watched. I have no time to do this, but patches are welcome :)
Could be implemented as a LEFT JOIN against the watchlist table or as a separate query. I would opt for the latter option.
(In reply to comment #3) > Could be implemented as a LEFT JOIN against the watchlist table or as a > separate query. I would opt for the latter option. > I don't think it makes much of a difference: MySQL optimized LEFT JOINs when it notices you use something like WHERE wl_user IS NULL. Keeping everything in one query is cleaner.
I'm having a go at trying to implement this.. Just having to get used to the code and whats going on.. We shall see ;)
Fixed in r59258
