Last modified: 2012-04-26 16:37:11 UTC
The diff explains the problem. Another page in the docs says "ask the wiki owner": seriously? The endpoint URL must be added in some place where you'll be able to find it even if you don't know the script path or the index.php URL. It should be very easy to put it in a comment somewhere in [[Special:Version]], for instance. Note that of course if you know the API endpoint you can get the index.php URL via the API itself.
We have RSD discovery for the api, so in the source it is: <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="http://192.168.0.190/w/api.php?action=rsd" /> Which then has the content: <?xml version="1.0"?><rsd version="1.0" xmlns="http://archipelago.phrasewise.com/rsd"><service><apis><api name="MediaWiki" preferred="true" apiLink="http://192.168.0.190/w/api.php" blogID=""><settings><docs xml:space="preserve">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API</docs><setting name="OAuth" xml:space="preserve">false</setting></settings></api></apis><engineName xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</engineName><engineLink xml:space="preserve">https://www.mediawiki.org/</engineLink><homePageLink xml:space="preserve">http://192.168.0.190/wiki/Main_Page</homePageLink></service></rsd>
I guess this is enough. I must have been unlucky with the wikis I looked into (they didn't have it): when was it added? I'll add the info to the docs.
(In reply to comment #2) > I guess this is enough. > I must have been unlucky with the wikis I looked into (they didn't have it): > when was it added? I'll add the info to the docs. r75621 So should be in 1.17 onwards I could see reason to put this somewhere more user visible too
(In reply to comment #3) > I could see reason to put this somewhere more user visible too Agreed. I'll write a patch adding a link to Special:Version
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/4797
I don't think those paths are appropiate to be listed in Special:Version They are just configuration settings. It's fine to expose them in the API, but not in Special:Version, at least not by default.
