Difference between revisions of "Mobile Key"

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Mobile Key is a Wiki extension with the purpose to export wiki keys as html pages for mobile applications, using the key data harvested by the extension Template Parameter Index.

Wiki file resolver

Mediawiki stores its files inside a repository structure, that uses MD5 hashes as part of the file name. This makes direct access to a binary file (image etc.) slightly difficult if you only know the wiki-name of the file (like File:XY.jpg). However, mediawiki also may be configured to use a series of external repositories, including wikimedia commons. When resolving a file like XY.jpg, mediawiki will go through the repository definitions, and returns the file from the first repository containing a name of this file. This behavior is impossible to re-implement without detailed knowledge about the attached repositories.

As a solution, the Mobile Key extension offers a web service that may also be used independently of mobile key developing. This service resolves wiki file names (the binary files for which which may come from local or a variety of attached repositories). It offers the two functions: action=getMediaURL (return URL as string) and action=getMediaFile (directly resolve Media file).

The first returns a single string, which is the URL to the media file, setting MIME type to text, the second returns the binary media file, setting MIME type to image/xxx. Optionally a width parameter can be set for both, in which case a thumb will be dynamically rendered.

Examples:

From ForeignAPIRepo wikimediacommons:
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaURL&objectName=File:PelobatesFuscus.jpg
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaFile&objectName=File:PelobatesFuscus.jpg&width=200

From ForeignDBRepos:
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaURL&objectName=File:Blatt%20gelappt.svg&width=400
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaFile&objectName=File:Blatt%20gelappt.svg&width=400
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaURL&objectName=File:Mauerraute.jpg&width=200
http://biowikifarm.net/metawiki/index.php?title=Special:MobileKey&action=getMediaFile&objectName=File:Mauerraute.jpg