[15:24:37] <jesopo>	 is this a good place to ask questions about wikimedia API
[15:24:40] <jesopo>	 the wikimedia API*
[15:25:09] <MatmaRex>	 sure
[15:36:07] <andre__>	 jesopo, just ask
[15:37:04] <jesopo>	 soz
[15:37:09] <jesopo>	 just gathering the needed into
[15:37:12] <jesopo>	 info*
[15:38:25] <jesopo>	 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&titles=VMX&exintro=&explaintext=&exchars=500&redirects=&format=json
[15:38:53] <jesopo>	 this is a very not-useful output
[15:39:41] <andre__>	 Right. And what's your question? :)
[15:40:00] <jesopo>	 how can i either detect this scenario or how can i show the disambig options?
[15:42:13] <jesopo>	 removing `exintro` seems useful.
[15:43:35] <jesopo>	 but still not something i can machine-parse
[15:48:18] <andre__>	 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=VMX&prop=wikitext&format=json probably won't help either with that, it's just a bit different.
[15:49:34] <jesopo>	 the usecase I'm working with here is an IRC bot
[15:49:39] <jesopo>	 just fy
[15:49:41] <jesopo>	 fyi*
[17:21:30] <quiddity>	 jesopo, have you already seen https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Creating_a_bot#Python
[17:22:05] <jesopo>	 i have not
[17:22:21] <jesopo>	 I've already written my irc bot
[17:22:26] <jesopo>	 https://github.com/jesopo/bitbot
[17:22:38] <jesopo>	 I'm just looking at integration with the wikimedia (specifically, wikipedia) API
[17:22:50] <quiddity>	 yupyup, i searched, hence I knew which subsection to link you ;)
[17:23:01] <jesopo>	 oh i see
[17:23:09] <quiddity>	 (I am not a dev, cannot help beyond that, sorry)
[17:24:36] <jesopo>	 doesn't look like any of these will help me with my scenario
[17:24:38] <jesopo>	 not sure though
[17:24:40] <jesopo>	 will look further. thanks
[17:24:45] <quiddity>	 :)
[17:27:19] <MatmaRex>	 jesopo: if you only need to detect disambig pages, you can do it like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&format=json&prop=extracts%7Cpageprops&titles=VMX%7CDog&redirects=1&exchars=500&exintro=1&explaintext=1&ppprop=disambiguation
[17:27:21] <quiddity>	 jesopo, oh, also: On English Wikipedia (and some others), disambiguation pages are using this feature. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Disambiguator -- So IIUC, your question is: When my bot detects a disambig page, how can i have the API extract the links on that page
[17:27:33] <quiddity>	 heh, or that. :)
[17:28:08] <MatmaRex>	 jesopo: showing the options is more difficult, i don't think we have a convenient way to get that. the best you can do is get a list of *all* links on the page, or parse the wikitext yourself to extract what you want
[17:28:30] <jesopo>	 ouch.
[17:28:31] <MatmaRex>	 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&format=json&prop=extracts%7Cpageprops%7Clinks&titles=VMX&redirects=1&exchars=500&exintro=1&explaintext=1&ppprop=disambiguation
[17:29:36] <MatmaRex>	 (or parse the HTML to extract them… that might be easier, depending on what kind of tools you're more familiar with :) )
[17:29:54] <jesopo>	 parsing HTML instead of using an API is a terrible idea
[17:55:36] <bd808>	 jesopo: the problem is that these things are not "structured data" in MediaWiki. They are just conventions that various wiki communities use in organizing their pages.
[17:56:53] <bd808>	 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Disambiguator is a fix for that and does add some API options (see that page for details)
[18:51:44] <halfak>	 o/ tgr_ 
[18:51:55] <halfak>	 Do you have a minute to look at https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/operations/mediawiki-config/+/419499/ with me? 
[18:52:22] <halfak>	 I'm curious how to interpret "// verylikelybad uses default"
[18:52:25] <halfak>	 And similar lines.