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== README ==
We want to be able to retrieve this data, and then import it into our [[CiviCRM]] databaseWe also want to be able to create a nice public-facing reporting tool that we can use to do one-off reports, or to show to site owners.== MediaWiki ==
So We're using the MediaWiki API for a couple different purposes.Most obviously we'll develop it re using the API, which is available in 3 phases:<ol><li> The public-facing reporting tool will be developed first<li> The conduit every MediaWiki installation, to read query that installation's exact setup, statistics and write data to the CiviCRM system<li> Publicize extensions. Secondly, we're using the reporting tool <br /> <ol> <li>through campaigns MediaWiki API to the people we have in the database <li>through social and other networks <li>possibly re-use content. We're showing an example of using MediaWiki as a case study or info example back-end content editing platform, while the '''Wiki Report''' project publishes that content with 5 simple lines of code on how to make APIs work for you and talk to each othera completely different website. </ol></ol>The goal of publicizing Through the reporting tool is to make it an inbound marketing toolIf we can collect information about wikis that we don't know aboutAPI, then we can market to those peoplecould re-use any MediaWiki content on any other project or platform.
To create The free '''Wiki Report''' generates a lot of data about wikis across the UI, we'll use Bootstrap * see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap_%28front-end_framework%29* see http://getbootstrapInternet.com/getting-started We collect and/#examples* see https://freephileor report on this data by storing it in a CiviCRM database.org/wiki/Bootstrap
For some wikis, we may need to determine the api URL when we only have the "wiki" URL.Using the common setup where the code is hosted at w/ and the pretty URLs are at wiki/, we find this in the source of the Main_Page:<nowiki><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" hrefBootstrap ="https://freephile.org/w/api.php?action=rsd" /></nowiki>
The MediaWiki API supports many formatsWe're using Bootstrap for building a nice HTML5, with json responsive and jsonfm the most usefulmobile-first website. json is what you think it is,and jsonfm is formatted for viewing in the browser (good for development only)
The API has many possible parameters. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:SiteinfoThe default is 'general', and you should combine as many as you want. So, to getall the info that we're after, we would compose a query like so:<nowiki>https://freephile.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&formatDevelopment =jsonfm&siprop=general|extensions|statistics</nowiki>
== General Info ==From 'General' we're interested in * "base" (which we already have? chicken/egg)* "sitename"* "logo"* "generator"* "phpversion"* "phpsapi"* "dbtype"* "dbversion" * "lang" --just in case it's not 'en'* "timezone"* "time"* "favicon" I've found that there can be empty values; and which ones are empty depend on the instanceFor details, so we won't hard-code what is in the report... we'll just report on what we find. Likewise, we'll endeavor to collect all the infothat is useful, but there will be information that is unavailable in some cases. == Exensions == After the general info, we are especially interested in extensions. Again, the info available for any given extension is going to vary, so we'll report on what's available,and likewise we will record what we can find. Extensions is an array of items. An extension item will look like this:<source lang=javascript>{ "query": { "extensions": [ { "type": "other", "name": "Html2Wiki", "descriptionmsg": "html2wiki-desc", "author": "Greg Rundlett", "url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Html2Wiki", "version": "2015.02", "vcs-system": "git", "vcs-version": "c24896064a6a604f71f7e3253373a59d04fe19bc", "vcs-url": false, "vcs-date": "2015-04-28T17:41:26Z", "license-name": "GPL-2.0+", "license": "/wiki/Special:Version/License/Html2Wiki" } ] }} </source> Do we timestamp in the CiviCRM database? The "profile" will change over time, and so do we care about what it used to be? == Other Siprops ==siprop=statistics is included in the report<source lang="javascript"> { "query": { "statistics": { "pages": 1363, "articles": 198, "edits": 5459, "images": 963, "users": 6, "activeusers": 1, "admins": 2, "jobs": 3660 } }}</source> <code>siprop=usergroups</code> is interesting if a wiki is doing anything with groups <code>api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=jsonfm&siprop=rightsinfo</code>gives the copyright url and text <code>api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=jsonfm&siprop=namespaces|namespacealiases</code>gives the namespaces and aliases, which can reveal 'private' namespaces <code>api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=jsonfm&siprop=fileextensions</code>shows you the file extensions allows for file upload. <code>siprop=libraries</code> is kind of interesting in that you probably didn't know you ran that in your wiki <code>api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=jsonfm&siprop=showhooks</code>is really interesting because it shows you what code is listening to what hooks. <code>api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=jsonfm&siprop=extensiontags</code>is useful as a documentation page that shows authors the additional tags usable on this wiki == Background == The MediaWiki <abbr title="Application Programming Interface">see [[API]]</abbr> offers great detail into what a [[MediaWiki]] wiki is running. The ApiSandbox extension offers a GUI way to explore and even operate on the API <ref>[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FApiSandbox/c69d2923bd5ff5424ce89a12b87f02708c80d487/SpecialApiSandbox.php code]</ref> The most popular data format for API communication is <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">[http://www.json.org/ JSON]</abbr>. [https://php.net/manual/en/intro.json.php PHP handles JSON] consistent with the expanded definition of "JSON text" in the newer [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc7159.html RFC 7159]. What I need to do is collect data, based on some data that I have in a CiviCRM comment (and the original csv file that was imported to CiviCRM), and re-import or add the new data to CiviCRM for market segmentation and intelligence. I want to Wiki report on that data internally to see my best potential prospects. I want to include that data in marketing to show prospects that they need to upgrade. Or that they have a number of extensions. Including large amounts of data in a marketing message would be best in the form of a "free report'. The reporting interface can also be used as an ad-hoc intelligence reporter and collector. Is there an API for inserting data into CiviCRM? (Yes CiviCRM has a full API) Or, do I need to rely on the import tools and formatting my CSV with the correct external ID so as to avoid duplicates? The basic UI for What's that Wiki Running? could be handled by [[jQuery]], but with [[Bootstrap]] added in, we get a bit more stylesheet. Still, do we need that? [https://api.jquery.com/category/ajax/global-ajax-event-handlers/ jQuery can handle the AJAXdevelopment] Simple [http://www.zachhunter.com/2010/04/json-objects-to-html-table/ JavaScript could handle the data presentation] (and jQuery probably has some useful methods) and we can add [https://jqueryui.com/ jQuery UI] for advanced interactions or widgets. To do cross-domain javascript requests, we'll need jsonp but, it turns out that you just can't make a secure AJAX UI to insecure web content (Duh!). In the jQuery <code>.ajax</code> method, there are several settings. The 'error' setting is a callback, and we could write a function there to try other variations on the domain to find the API endpoint. Interesting example: http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Version which uses [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Skin:MediaWikiBootstrap the "MediaWiki Bootstrap" skin] See http://www.mediawikibootstrapskin.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page I decided to use [[Bootstrap]] for this project. At first, I was tempted to build a fully client-side framework and JavaScript solution. Since CiviCRM has an API, I could potentially even use JavaScript for pushing data into the backend (authenticated with a secret). Ultimately, Bootstrap was used on the client-side, but PHP was used to create the backend. == Data Table systems in the UI == [https://datatables.net/examples/styling/bootstrap.html DataTables can integrate seamlessly with Bootstrap], but it's unlikely that I will need the robustness of [[Data Tables]] for this effort. If I wanted to show many records, then yes. But for now, I want to focus on showing the particular details of a specific wiki site. DynaTables is a jQuery plugin that I began prototyping with, but again, it's not something that I will need since I don't have large datasets to manipulate. I just want to focus on a single wiki at a time. [http://www.dynatable.com/#existing-json With existing JSON], you still have to know the 'layout' of your data and setup a blank table with the correct structure. I'm more interested in a generic function that you could throw any JSON at, and it would spit out a table. [https://labs.mbrooks.info/demos/Tidy-Table/ Tidy Table] is a jQuery plugin that creates HTML tables from the data that you feed into the client as JSON The only interesting thing here is the fact that I might want to have something akin to their demo for the initial form state: Allow the user to quickly/easily select which parts of the MW API they want to report on. == Code ==You can clone, fork, and send pull requests at github https://github.com/freephile/wikireport {{References}}
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Find out "What's that Wiki Running?" at https://freephile.org/wikireport
== APIs in action ==This project is about two APIs. Using them, and having them work together. We're using the MediaWiki API, we want to query a wiki installation about the site's metadata that tells us the version, and and the extensions running thereCiviCRM API.
== CiviCRM ==
