Extension:ApiFeatureUsage
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Special page , API |
Description | Access API feature usage log summaries |
Author(s) | Brad Jorsch (Anomietalk) |
Latest version | 1.0 (2016-12-07) |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | 1.25+ |
PHP | 5.5.9+ |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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Quarterly downloads | 7 (Ranked 133rd) |
Public wikis using | 847 (Ranked 303rd) |
Translate the ApiFeatureUsage extension | |
Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The ApiFeatureUsage extension adds a special page and an API module to fetch summaries of data logged by ApiBase::logFeatureUsage(), which is typically an indication of use of deprecated API features.
Dependencies
editLog data must be added to some sort of storage system. Currently Elasticsearch is supported via Extension:Elastica .
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
ApiFeatureUsage
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ApiFeatureUsage - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'ApiFeatureUsage' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
edit- Parameters
Name | Description |
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$wgApiFeatureUsageQueryEngineConf
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Configuration array for accessing the log storage backend.
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- Elastica backend (
ApiFeatureUsageQueryEngineElastica
)
Additional configuration values in $wgApiFeatureUsageQueryEngineConf
:
serverList
- Array of Elasticsearch servers. Required.
maxConnectionAttempts
- Maximum connection attempts, default 1.
indexPrefix
- Prefix for the indexes to use. Default "
apifeatureusage-
". indexFormat
- Date formatting for the indexes to use, see the PHP manual. Default "
Y.m.d
". type
- Elasticsearch type to query. Default "
api-feature-usage-sanitized
". featureField
- Field name for the logged value of $feature. Default "
feature
". timestampField
- Field name for the logged timestamp. Default "
@timestamp
". agentField
- Field name for the logged user agent. Default "
agent
".
Usage
editThe extension adds a new special page, Special:ApiFeatureUsage, with a simple form to request a summary of feature usage logs for a user agent and date range.
The extension also adds an API query submodule, meta=featureusage
.
See the auto-generated API documentation for details.
See also
editThis extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |