[15:32:30] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Opinions requested: is this page accurate in 2026?
[15:32:31] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:API
[15:32:32] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> It has not had any meaningful update in more than 10 years, and it points to Magnus's toolforge implementation as the recommended API. 
[15:32:34] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> https://magnus-toolserver.toolforge.org/commonsapi.php
[16:43:57] <wm-bb>	 <malyacko> I'd generally point folks to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs these days. Though that's not Commons specific, of course.
[17:28:27] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Agree. Or the REST API here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:RestSandbox#/
[17:28:28] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> I don't think in 2026 we should recommend that old API (re @malyacko: I'd generally point folks to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs these days. Though that's not Commons specific, of co...)
[17:34:18] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> I don’t see a file upload endpoint in the REST Sandbox
[17:34:29] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> but sure, let’s stop recommending the Action API because it’s old…
[17:38:26] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> I figured old is toolforge not action (re @lucaswerkmeister: but sure, let’s stop recommending the Action API because it’s old…)
[17:38:38] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> No, not action! The Magnus one! (re @lucaswerkmeister: but sure, let’s stop recommending the Action API because it’s old…)
[17:38:43] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> ah, okay ^^
[17:38:50] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> I haven’t looked at commonsapi.php
[17:38:52] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> THIS: https://magnus-toolserver.toolforge.org/commonsapi.php (re @lucaswerkmeister: but sure, let’s stop recommending the Action API because it’s old…)
[17:39:41] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> yeah I agree at least the definitive tone “this is all irrelevant because [toolserver link]” is not very appropriate
[17:41:03] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> As an aside, we have a very weird chain of "use that" pointing to something that says "don't use me, use that" which then points to another "don't use me, use that"... :-\
[17:42:34] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> although judging by https://toolviews.toolforge.org/api/v1/tool/magnus-toolserver/daily/2026-04-01/2026-04-30 it gets a fair amount of usage (more than I expected, at least), generally in the hundreds of thousands per day (but fluctuating quite a bit)
[17:42:45] <wm-bb>	 <lucaswerkmeister> so it’s not like this is a dead thing nobody is even using anymore
[17:44:28] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Yeah, given the advice on that c:Commons:API, it's what we have been publicly declaring as the preferred API... even if that's not quite the case (re @lucaswerkmeister: so it’s not like this is a dead thing nobody is even using anymore)
[17:49:42] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> made an edit (re @fuzheado: Opinions requested: is this page accurate in 2026?
[17:49:43] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:API
[17:49:44] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> It has not had any meaningful...)
[17:50:52] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Thanks! Part of me was kind of in disbelief it was in that state for more than a decade :-O (re @jeremy_b: made an edit)
[17:52:16] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Other funsies:
[17:52:17] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> api.wikimedia.org (closing soon) says that "Core REST API" is stable.
[17:52:19] <wm-bb>	 <fuzheado> Follow link to wikitech:API_Portal/Deprecation#Core_API - "The Core API is scheduled for gradual deprecation starting in July 2026"
[18:28:31] <wm-bb>	 <tehreedy> naming things is hard