Meet MW API client code gold standard

[siddharthvp]

Copying off from the list at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_code/Gold_standard

Easy to install

• [x] Installation instructions are correct and easy to find
• [x] Library is packaged for installation through appropriate package library (PyPI, CPAN, npm, Maven, rubygems, etc.)
• [ ] Platinum standard: library is packaged for and made available through Linux distributions

Easy to understand

• [x] Well designed: makes all intended API calls available with the intended level of abstraction with no redundancies
• [ ] Platinum standard: makes the Wikidata API available

Well documented

• [x] Code is commented and readable
• [x] Documentation is comprehensive, accurate, and easy to find
• [x] Deprecated functions are clearly marked as such
• [ ] Platinum standard: Documentation is understandable by a novice programmer
• [x] Code uses idioms appropriate to the language the library is written in

Easy to use

• [ ] Has functioning, simple, and well-written code samples for common tasks
• [x] Demonstrates queries
• [x] Demonstrates edits

Handles API complications or idiosyncrasies so the user doesn't have to:

• [x] Login/logout
• [x] Cookies
• [x] Tokens
• [x] Query continuations using the new "continue" and not "query-continue"
• [ ] (?) Requests via https, including certificate validation
• [x] Courteous API usage is promoted through code samples and smart defaults
• [x] gzip compression is used by default
• [x] Examples show how to create and use a meaningful user-agent header (as in meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User-agent_policy)
• [ ] Platinum standard: generates a unique user-agent string given name/email address/repository location
• [x] Efficient usage of API calls
• [x] Can be used with the most recent stable version of the language it is written in (e.g. Python 3 compatible)

Easy to debug

• [x] Contains unit tests for the longest and most frequently modified functions in the library
• [x] Platinum standard: Unit tests for many code paths exist and are maintained
• [x] Terrible hacks/instances of extreme cleverness are clearly marked as such in comments
• [ ] Documentation links to the relevant section/subpage of the API documentation

Easy to improve

Many of these aren't really applicable -- I have marked such items as checked because there is nothing to be done about them

• [x] Library maintainers are responsive and courteous, and foster a thoughtful and inclusive community of developers and users
• [x] Platinum standard: Project sets clear expectations for conduct[1][2] for spaces where project-related interactions occur (mailing list, IRC, repository, issue tracker). It should:
• [x] State desired attitudes and behaviors
• [x] Provide examples of unwelcome and harassing behavior
• [x] Specify how these expectations will be enforced
• [x] Pull requests are either accepted or rejected with reason within 3 weeks (Platinum standard: 3 business days)
• [x] Issues/bugs are responded to in some manner within 3 weeks (Platinum standard: 3 business days) (but not necessarily fixed)
• [ ] The library is updated and a new version is released within 3 weeks (Platinum standard: 3 business days) when breaking changes are made to the API
• [ ] Platinum standard: library maintainers contact MediaWiki API maintainers with feedback on the API's design and function
• [x] Library specifies the license it is released under