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=== Main Wikipedia API === | === Main Wikipedia API === | ||
* explain [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page MediaWiki], exists on other wikis | * explain [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page MediaWiki], exists on other wikis | ||
* navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the | * navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the documentation, point out examples | ||
* introduce the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API sandbox] as a tool for building queries | * introduce the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API sandbox] as a tool for building queries | ||
* looking at the images within a page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Seattle&prop=images&imlimit=20&format=jsonfm | * looking at the images within a page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Seattle&prop=images&imlimit=20&format=jsonfm | ||
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=== Page View API === | === Page View API === | ||
* Use [https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Pageviews_data the | * Use [https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Pageviews_data the experimental API] | ||
* Explain that this API is a little different because it uses relative paths instead of parameters. | * Explain that this API is a little different because it uses relative paths instead of parameters. | ||
* Also note that this API is case-sensitive. | * Also note that this API is case-sensitive. | ||
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<li>When was the article about the Panama Papers created? (i.e., when was the first edit to the article made)</li> | <li>When was the article about the Panama Papers created? (i.e., when was the first edit to the article made)</li> | ||
<li>When was the most recent edit to the Panama Papers article?</li> | <li>When was the most recent edit to the Panama Papers article?</li> | ||
<li>Think of two articles that interest you. Which ones were created first?</li> | <li>Think of one or two articles that interest you. Which ones were created first?</li> | ||
<li>Which have been edited most recently?</li> | <li>Which have been edited most recently?</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
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Medium Difficulty Questions: | Medium Difficulty Questions: | ||
<ol start="5"> | <ol start="5"> | ||
<li> Print the users who made revisions | <li> Print the list of users who made revisions in the last day </li> | ||
<li> How many edits did user " | <li> How many edits did user "Elinruby" make in the last day? </li> | ||
<li> How many total edits did user " | <li> How many total edits did user "Elinruby" make?"</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
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How many edits did it get in… | How many edits did it get in… | ||
<ol start=" | <ol start="12"> | ||
<li> the first 24 hours? </li> | <li> the first 24 hours? </li> | ||
<li> the first week? </li> | <li> the first week? </li> | ||
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More difficult questions: | More difficult questions: | ||
<ol start=" | <ol start="15"> | ||
<li>Who made the total most edits to the article?</li> | <li>Who made the total most edits to the article?</li> | ||
<li>What’s the number of edits per day in the first two weeks of the article?</li> | <li>What’s the number of edits per day in the first two weeks of the article?</li> |