Re: How does API work?

2010/2/2 Herulee <heramb.forums <at> googlemail.com>:
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> Hello,
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> Thanx for the rquick reply
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> If it is not possible to use API though another language
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It is. There's client libraries for the API in lost of languages.

> then is it better to map my contents from xml to wikitext markup language
> which is standard for wiki?
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Yes, if you wanna store stuff in a wiki it has to be in wikitext.
Doesn't matter whether you use the API or not.

> I also dot understand how would we store the pages and related data in
> databse?
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You can use either the user interface or the API for that.

To clarify: the API doesn't offer any special features. It offers
mostly the same features as the normal graphical interface, but in a
format that's more convenient for bots and other automated clients.

Roan Kattouw (Catrope)