WikiFunctions.Variables.PrepareWebRequest C# (CSharp) Method

        public static HttpWebRequest PrepareWebRequest(string url)
        {
            return PrepareWebRequest(url, "");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieves the history for an article.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Article">The article that history is required for.</param>
        /// <param name="Limit">The maximum number of revisions to return.</param>
        /// <returns>The history, as a generic list of Revision objects.</returns>
        public List <Revision> GetHistory(string Article, int Limit)
        {
            string targetUrl = m_indexpath + "api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(Article) +
                               "&rvlimit=" + Limit;

            HttpWebRequest wr = Variables.PrepareWebRequest(targetUrl, UserAgent);

            List <Revision> history = new List <Revision>();

            HttpWebResponse resps  = (HttpWebResponse)wr.GetResponse();
            Stream          stream = resps.GetResponseStream();
            StreamReader    sr     = new StreamReader(stream);

            string pagetext = sr.ReadToEnd();

            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

            doc.LoadXml(pagetext);

            foreach (XmlElement rvElement in doc.GetElementsByTagName("rev"))
            {
                Revision rv = new Revision();

                rv.RevisionID = Convert.ToInt32(rvElement.Attributes["revid"].Value);
                rv.Time       = DateTime.Parse(rvElement.Attributes["timestamp"].Value);
                rv.Summary    = rvElement.InnerText;
                rv.User       = rvElement.Attributes["user"].Value;

                rv.Minor = (rvElement.OuterXml.Contains("minor=\""));

                history.Add(rv);
            }

            return(history);
        }