From c5d6a9ef42996076f89871b33bfaba83a936afee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Przemek=20Wi=C4=99ch?= <pwiech@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 20:10:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use getPeople WikiTree API instead of getAncestors (#262)

The getAncestors API is deprecated
---
 src/datasource/wikitree.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/datasource/wikitree.ts b/src/datasource/wikitree.ts
index 0bb7c8e..b71137e 100644
--- a/src/datasource/wikitree.ts
+++ b/src/datasource/wikitree.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import {
 import {StringUtils} from 'turbocommons-ts';
 import {
   clientLogin,
-  getAncestors as getAncestorsApi,
   getLoggedInUserName,
+  getPeople,
   getRelatives as getRelativesApi,
   Person,
 } from 'wikitree-js';
@@ -67,12 +67,19 @@ async function getAncestors(
   key: string,
   handleCors: boolean,
 ): Promise<Person[]> {
+  // Limit the number of generations of ancestors.
+  const ancestorsGenerationLimit = 5;
+
   const cacheKey = `wikitree:ancestors:${key}`;
   const cachedData = getSessionStorageItem(cacheKey);
   if (cachedData) {
     return JSON.parse(cachedData);
   }
-  const result = await getAncestorsApi(key, {}, getApiOptions(handleCors));
+  const result = await getPeople(
+    [key],
+    {ancestors: ancestorsGenerationLimit},
+    getApiOptions(handleCors),
+  );
   setSessionStorageItem(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(result));
   return result;
 }