Get the most viewed articles for a project in Wikimedia
A documented Wikimedia operation that only reads, so it can watch for changes without altering anything. Describe what you want to happen and HumDay builds it.
What this operation does
Get the most viewed articles for a project.
- GETReads data · Pageviews data
wikimedia.org/metrics/pageviews/top/{project}/{access}/{year}/{month}/{day}
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Wikimedia operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Read-only access is still yours to grant, and still limited to what the contract needs.
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- Lists the tools and language pairs availableGET · reads data
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Questions
- Can HumDay get the most viewed articles for a project in Wikimedia?
- Yes. This operation is published in Wikimedia's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Does this change anything in my Wikimedia account?
- No. This is a read-only operation, so it can be used to watch for changes or fetch data without altering anything in Wikimedia.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Wikimedia account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Wikimedia at wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?spec. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2019-01-03.