[Bug] PCGamingWiki metadata import broken after API changes (403 / cargoquery permissiondenied)

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Title: [Bug] PCGamingWiki metadata import broken after API changes (403 / cargoquery permissiondenied)

Description

PCGamingWiki metadata import is currently broken in Drop.

When importing a game, Drop performs requests against the PCGamingWiki Cargo API and receives HTTP 403 responses.

Example from the Drop container logs:

AxiosError: Request failed with status code 403

URL:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/api.php?action=cargoquery&tables=Infobox_game&fields=Infobox_game._pageID%3DPageID%2CInfobox_game._pageName%3DPageName%2CInfobox_game.Cover_URL%2CInfobox_game.Released&where=Infobox_game._pageName%3D%22Exapunks%22&format=json

Headers:
User-Agent: axios/1.12.0

Additional testing

The same container can access the normal MediaWiki API successfully when using a descriptive User-Agent.

Example:

fetch(
"https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&meta=siteinfo",
{
headers: {
"User-Agent": "Drop/1.0 (self-hosted)"
}
}
)

Result:

HTTP 200

However, when testing the same cargoquery endpoint manually with a descriptive User-Agent, the HTTP request itself succeeds, but PCGamingWiki returns:

{
"error": {
"code": "permissiondenied",
"info": "You don't have permission to run arbitrary Cargo queries."
}
}

So there seem to be two separate compatibility issues:

1. Drop currently sends the generic User-Agent "axios/1.12.0", which can cause HTTP 403 responses.
2. Anonymous Cargo queries are no longer permitted by PCGamingWiki, so the current PCGamingWiki provider cannot complete its existing cargoquery requests even with a proper User-Agent.

Current Drop request

Drop currently queries:

action=cargoquery
tables=Infobox_game

Expected behavior

PCGamingWiki metadata import should either:

• use the currently supported PCGamingWiki API/authentication method,
• use a non-Cargo endpoint if available,
• or fail gracefully / allow the PCGamingWiki metadata provider to be disabled.

Actual behavior

Game metadata import logs repeated PCGamingWiki errors and the provider is effectively unusable.

Environment

• Docker
• Image: ghcr.io/drop-oss/drop:latest
• PostgreSQL 14
• Reverse proxy in front of Drop, but the issue is reproducible directly from inside the Drop container and is unrelated to the proxy
• PCGamingWiki connectivity, DNS and TLS are working correctly from inside the container

Notes

A configuration option to disable the PCGamingWiki provider would also be useful as a temporary workaround while API compatibility is being restored.