Extension:AkAPI

MediaWiki extensions manual

AkAPI Release status: beta
Implementation	API, Search
Description	Extends the SMW (Semantic MediaWiki) API with support for #ak queries
Author(s)	Hermann S. (Pixilabtalk)
Latest version	1.0 (2012-07-12)
License	GPLv3
Download	AkAPI_1.0.zip
Parameters $wgAkAPI_ActionName
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The AkAPI extension allows you to retrieve information from SMW in XML-Format such as:

• 1. A list of Attributes used in a Wiki-Category
• 2. A list of Attributes used on a Wiki-Page
• 3. A list of Attribute-Values for a certain Attribute
• 4. Possibility to search for pages using attributes and attribute-values.

Usage

Please read the explanation in your API-description.

Usage-Example

• api.php?action=ak&cat=CATEGORY&get=attributes
• api.php?action=ak&sub=PAGE&get=attributes
• api.php?action=ak&get=ATTRIBUTE
• api.php?action=ak&get=[[ATTRIBUTE1::VALUE1]][[ATTRIBUTE2::VALUE2]]||[[ATTRIBUTE3::VALUE3]]

• Type cat=YOUR_CATEGORY to get all attributes for a certain category.
• Type sub=YOUR_PAGE to get all attributes for a certain page.
• Type get=ATTRIBUTE to get all attribute-values for a certain attribute.
• Type get=[[ATTRIBUTE1::VALUE1]][[ATTRIBUTE2::VALUE2]]||[[ATTRIBUTE3::VALUE3]] to start an attribute-based search.

Dependencies

This extension depends on Semantic MediaWiki to work. Versions: 1.5-1.7.1 of Semantic MediaWiki are supported.

Source Code

AkAPI can also be downloaded over a GIT-Repository at http://code.google.com/p/tk-pixilab-mediawiki-akapi