REST API Infrastructure in MediaWiki
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	• eprodromou
	Nov 6 2019, 6:38 PM

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This is an epic for infrastructure work on the REST API.

I'm not sure it fits well together as an epic, since these user stories probably don't need to be done together. It may make sense to have different epics for clusters of user stories with a deliverable goal.

The personas for the user stories in this epic are more technical than the ones for the other epics.

Client Developer - A programmer writing software that calls the REST API.
API Developer - A MediaWiki core or extension developer writing REST API endpoints.
System Administrator - The operator of a MediaWiki installation, responsible for resource allocation and configuration.

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Invalid	None	T229661 Core REST API in MediaWiki
Open	None	T237565 REST API Infrastructure in MediaWiki
Open	None	T236113 API developer creates automated documentation
Open	None	T237566 Client Developer calls sample API endpoint
Resolved	Tgr	T223247 Unit or integration test for Sample REST API Handler
Resolved	None	T237540 Remove sample REST API handler
Open	None	T221162 System Adminstrator limits rate of MediaWiki REST API calls per client
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T237568 Deduplicate REST error messages
Declined	EvanProdromou	T221167 REST API Client Developer uses Gzip content encoding
Open	None	T224375 REST API Developer declares JSON validation parameters
Resolved	• eprodromou	T237852 System Administrator avoids CSRF attacks on MediaWiki REST API
Resolved	• eprodromou	T237854 Client Developer knows semantic version of API
Open	None	T235298 Client Developer gets RFC7807 error response
Resolved	• eprodromou	T238374 Client Developer uses client-side cache
Open	None	T238376 System Administrator uses object cache to lower database traffic
Open	None	T239752 Client Developer downloads machine-readable definition of the API
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T239753 Figure out a way to inject/request a current user from REST API handlers
Open	None	T247779 System Administrator uses caching proxy to lower resource requirements
Resolved	BPirkle	T247997 System Administrator enables or disables core development endpoints
Open	None	T225761 Document the REST API on mediawiki.org
Open	None	T234871 Add rest.php to RSD API?
Open	None	T221742 REST API Sandbox in MediaWiki