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<b>******************************************************************</b>
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<b>** This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page **</b>
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<b>** Documentation and Examples: **</b>
** <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API</a> **
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Status: All features shown on this page should be working, but the API
is still in active development, and may change at any time.
Make sure to monitor our mailing list for any updates.
Documentation: <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API</a>
Mailing list: <a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api">http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api</a>
Bugs & Requests: <a href="http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=API&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=bugs.delta_ts">http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=API&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=bugs.delta_ts</a>
Parameters:
format - The format of the output
One value: json, jsonfm, php, phpfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml, xmlfm, yaml, yamlfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, dbg, dbgfm
Default: xmlfm
action - What action you would like to perform
One value: login, logout, query, expandtemplates, parse, opensearch, feedwatchlist, help, paraminfo, rollback, delete, undelete, protect, block, unblock, move, edit, emailuser
Default: help
version - When showing help, include version for each module
maxlag - Maximum lag
smaxage - Set the s-maxage header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
Default: 0
maxage - Set the max-age header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
Default: 0
<b>*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Modules *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***</b>
<b>* action=login (lg) *</b>
This module is used to login and get the authentication tokens.
In the event of a successful log-in, a cookie will be attached
to your session. In the event of a failed log-in, you will not
be able to attempt another log-in through this method for 5 seconds.
This is to prevent password guessing by automated password crackers.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
lgname - User Name
lgpassword - Password
lgdomain - Domain (optional)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password">api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password</a>
<b>* action=logout *</b>
This module is used to logout and clear session data
Parameters:
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=logout">api.php?action=logout</a>
<b>* action=query *</b>
Query API module allows applications to get needed pieces of data from the MediaWiki databases,
and is loosely based on the Query API interface currently available on all MediaWiki servers.
All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites.
Parameters:
titles - A list of titles to work on
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
prop - Which properties to get for the titles/revisions/pageids
Values (separate with '|'): info, revisions, links, langlinks, images, imageinfo, templates, categories, extlinks, categoryinfo
list - Which lists to get
Values (separate with '|'): allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories, allusers, backlinks, blocks, categorymembers, deletedrevs, embeddedin, imageusage, logevents, recentchanges, search, usercontribs, watchlist, exturlusage, users, random
meta - Which meta data to get about the site
Values (separate with '|'): siteinfo, userinfo, allmessages
generator - Use the output of a list as the input for other prop/list/meta items
One value: links, images, templates, categories, allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories, backlinks, categorymembers, embeddedin, imageusage, search, watchlist, exturlusage, random
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
indexpageids - Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment</a>
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Query: Prop --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
<b>* prop=info (in) *</b>
Get basic page information such as namespace, title, last touched date, ...
Parameters:
inprop - Which additional properties to get:
"protection" - List the protection level of each page
"talkid" - The page ID of the talk page for each non-talk page
"subjectid" - The page ID of the parent page for each talk page
Values (separate with '|'): protection, talkid, subjectid
intoken - Request a token to perform a data-modifying action on a page
Values (separate with '|'): edit, delete, protect, move, block, unblock
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page</a>
<b>* prop=revisions (rv) *</b>
Get revision information.
This module may be used in several ways:
1) Get data about a set of pages (last revision), by setting titles or pageids parameter.
2) Get revisions for one given page, by using titles/pageids with start/end/limit params.
3) Get data about a set of revisions by setting their IDs with revids parameter.
All parameters marked as (enum) may only be used with a single page (#2).
Parameters:
rvprop - Which properties to get for each revision.
Values (separate with '|'): ids, flags, timestamp, user, size, comment, content
Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
rvlimit - limit how many revisions will be returned (enum)
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
rvstartid - from which revision id to start enumeration (enum)
rvendid - stop revision enumeration on this revid (enum)
rvstart - from which revision timestamp to start enumeration (enum)
rvend - enumerate up to this timestamp (enum)
rvdir - direction of enumeration - towards "newer" or "older" revisions (enum)
One value: newer, older
Default: older
rvuser - only include revisions made by user
rvexcludeuser - exclude revisions made by user
rvexpandtemplates - expand templates in revision content
rvsection - only retrieve the content of this section
rvtoken - Which tokens to obtain for each revision
Values (separate with '|'): rollback
Examples:
Get data with content for the last revision of titles "API" and "Main Page":
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content</a>
Get last 5 revisions of the "Main Page":
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment</a>
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page":
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer</a>
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" made after 2006-05-01:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=20060501000000">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=20060501000000</a>
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were not made made by anonymous user "127.0.0.1"
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1</a>
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were made by the user "MediaWiki default"
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default">api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default</a>
<b>* prop=links (pl) *</b>
Returns all links from the given page(s)
Parameters:
plnamespace - Show links in this namespace(s) only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
pllimit - How many links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
plcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get links from the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page</a>
Get information about the link pages in the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info</a>
Get links from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10">api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* prop=langlinks (ll) *</b>
Returns all interlanguage links from the given page(s)
Parameters:
lllimit - How many langlinks to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
llcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get interlanguage links from the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects">api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects</a>
<b>* prop=images (im) *</b>
Returns all images contained on the given page(s)
Parameters:
imlimit - How many images to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
imcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get a list of images used in the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page</a>
Get information about all images used in the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* prop=imageinfo (ii) *</b>
Returns image information and upload history
Parameters:
iiprop - What image information to get.
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, comment, url, size, sha1, mime, metadata, archivename
Default: timestamp|user
iilimit - How many image revisions to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 1
iistart - Timestamp to start listing from
iiend - Timestamp to stop listing at
iiurlwidth - If iiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
Only the current version of the image can be scaled.
Default: -1
iiurlheight - Similar to iiurlwidth. Cannot be used without iiurlwidth
Default: -1
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&titles=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo">api.php?action=query&titles=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&titles=Image:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=20071231235959&iiprop=timestamp|user|url">api.php?action=query&titles=Image:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=20071231235959&iiprop=timestamp|user|url</a>
<b>* prop=templates (tl) *</b>
Returns all templates from the given page(s)
Parameters:
tlnamespace - Show templates in this namespace(s) only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
tllimit - How many templates to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
tlcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get templates from the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page</a>
Get information about the template pages in the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info</a>
Get templates from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10">api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* prop=categories (cl) *</b>
List all categories the page(s) belong to
Parameters:
clprop - Which additional properties to get for each category.
Values (separate with '|'): sortkey, timestamp
cllimit - How many categories to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
clcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get a list of categories [[Albert Einstein]] belongs to:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein">api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein</a>
Get information about all categories used in the [[Albert Einstein]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* prop=extlinks (el) *</b>
Returns all external urls (not interwikies) from the given page(s)
Parameters:
ellimit - How many links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
eloffset - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
Get a list of external links on the [[Main Page]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page</a>
<b>* prop=categoryinfo (ci) *</b>
Returns information about the given categories
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar">api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar</a>
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<b>* list=allimages (ai) *</b>
Enumerate all images sequentially
Parameters:
aifrom - The image title to start enumerating from.
aiprefix - Search for all image titles that begin with this value.
aiminsize - Limit to images with at least this many bytes
aimaxsize - Limit to images with at most this many bytes
ailimit - How many total images to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
aidir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
aisha1 - SHA1 hash of image
aisha1base36 - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki)
aiprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, comment, url, size, dimensions, mime, sha1, metadata
Default: timestamp|url
Examples:
Simple Use
Show a list of images starting at the letter "B"
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B">api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B</a>
Using as Generator
Show info about 4 images starting at the letter "T"
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo">api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=allpages (ap) *</b>
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace
Parameters:
apfrom - The page title to start enumerating from.
apprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value.
apnamespace - The namespace to enumerate.
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
Default: 0
apfilterredir - Which pages to list.
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
apminsize - Limit to pages with at least this many bytes
apmaxsize - Limit to pages with at most this many bytes
apprtype - Limit to protected pages only
Values (separate with '|'): edit, move
apprlevel - The protection level (must be used with apprtype= parameter)
Can be empty, or Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
aplimit - How many total pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
apdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
apfilterlanglinks - Filter based on whether a page has langlinks
One value: withlanglinks, withoutlanglinks, all
Default: all
Examples:
Simple Use
Show a list of pages starting at the letter "B"
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B">api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B</a>
Using as Generator
Show info about 4 pages starting at the letter "T"
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info</a>
Show content of first 2 non-redirect pages begining at "Re"
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=2&gapfilterredir=nonredirects&gapfrom=Re&prop=revisions&rvprop=content">api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=2&gapfilterredir=nonredirects&gapfrom=Re&prop=revisions&rvprop=content</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=alllinks (al) *</b>
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace
Parameters:
alcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue.
alfrom - The page title to start enumerating from.
alprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value.
alunique - Only show unique links. Cannot be used with generator or prop=ids
alprop - What pieces of information to include
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title
Default: title
alnamespace - The namespace to enumerate.
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
Default: 0
allimit - How many total links to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique&alfrom=B">api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique&alfrom=B</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=allcategories (ac) *</b>
Enumerate all categories
Parameters:
acfrom - The category to start enumerating from.
acprefix - Search for all category titles that begin with this value.
acdir - Direction to sort in.
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
aclimit - How many categories to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
acprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): size, hidden
Default:
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size">api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=allusers (au) *</b>
Enumerate all registered users
Parameters:
aufrom - The user name to start enumerating from.
auprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value.
augroup - Limit users to a given group name
One value: bot, sysop, bureaucrat, emailconfirmed, wikieditor, Dark Knight, epa, Linnaeus
auprop - What pieces of information to include.
`groups` property uses more server resources and may return fewer results than the limit.
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, editcount, registration
aulimit - How many total user names to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y">api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y</a>
<b>* list=backlinks (bl) *</b>
Find all pages that link to the given page
Parameters:
bltitle - Title to search. If null, titles= parameter will be used instead, but will be obsolete soon.
blcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue.
blnamespace - The namespace to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
blfilterredir - How to filter for redirects
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
bllimit - How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
blredirect - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page">api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=blocks (bk) *</b>
List all blocked users and IP addresses.
Parameters:
bkstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
bkend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at
bkdir - The direction in which to enumerate
One value: newer, older
Default: older
bkids - Pipe-separated list of block IDs to list (optional)
bkusers - Pipe-separated list of users to search for (optional)
bkip - Get all blocks applying to this IP or CIDR range, including range blocks.
Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than /16 are not accepted.
bklimit - The maximum amount of blocks to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
bkprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): id, user, by, timestamp, expiry, reason, range, flags
Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=blocks">api.php?action=query&list=blocks</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob">api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob</a>
<b>* list=categorymembers (cm) *</b>
List all pages in a given category
Parameters:
cmtitle - Which category to enumerate (required). Must include Category: prefix
cmprop - What pieces of information to include
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, sortkey, timestamp
Default: ids|title
cmnamespace - Only include pages in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
cmcontinue - For large categories, give the value retured from previous query
cmlimit - The maximum number of pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
cmsort - Property to sort by
One value: sortkey, timestamp
Default: sortkey
cmdir - In which direction to sort
One value: asc, desc
Default: asc
cmstart - Timestamp to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
cmend - Timestamp to end listing at. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
Examples:
Get first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics">api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics</a>
Get page info about first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=deletedrevs (dr) *</b>
List deleted revisions.
Parameters:
drstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
drend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at
drdir - The direction in which to enumerate
One value: newer, older
Default: older
drlimit - The maximum amount of revisions to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
drprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): revid, user, comment, minor, len, content, token
Default: user|comment
Examples:
List the first 50 deleted revisions
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50">api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50</a>
List the last deleted revisions of Main Page and Talk:Main Page, with content:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drprop=user|comment|content">api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drprop=user|comment|content</a>
<b>* list=embeddedin (ei) *</b>
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title
Parameters:
eititle - Title to search. If null, titles= parameter will be used instead, but will be obsolete soon.
eicontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue.
einamespace - The namespace to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
eifilterredir - How to filter for redirects
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
eilimit - How many total pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stub">api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stub</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=imageusage (iu) *</b>
Find all pages that use the given image title.
Parameters:
iutitle - Title to search. If null, titles= parameter will be used instead, but will be obsolete soon.
iucontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue.
iunamespace - The namespace to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
iufilterredir - How to filter for redirects
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
iulimit - How many total pages to return. If iuredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
iuredirect - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg">api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=Image:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=logevents (le) *</b>
Get events from logs.
Parameters:
leprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, type, user, timestamp, comment, details
Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
letype - Filter log entries to only this type(s)
Can be empty, or One value: block, protect, rights, delete, upload, move, import, patrol, merge, suppress, renameuser, newusers
lestart - The timestamp to start enumerating from.
leend - The timestamp to end enumerating.
ledir - In which direction to enumerate.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
leuser - Filter entries to those made by the given user.
letitle - Filter entries to those related to a page.
lelimit - How many total event entries to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=logevents">api.php?action=query&list=logevents</a>
<b>* list=recentchanges (rc) *</b>
Enumerate recent changes
Parameters:
rcstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from.
rcend - The timestamp to end enumerating.
rcdir - In which direction to enumerate.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
rcnamespace - Filter log entries to only this namespace(s)
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
rctitles - Filter log entries to only these page titles
rcprop - Include additional pieces of information
Values (separate with '|'): user, comment, flags, timestamp, title, ids, sizes, redirect, patrolled
Default: title|timestamp|ids
rcshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set show=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, redirect, !redirect, patrolled, !patrolled
rclimit - How many total changes to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
rctype - Which types of changes to show.
Values (separate with '|'): edit, new, log
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges">api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges</a>
<b>* list=search (sr) *</b>
Perform a full text search
Parameters:
srsearch - Search for all page titles (or content) that has this value.
srnamespace - The namespace(s) to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
Default: 0
srwhat - Search inside the text or titles.
One value: title, text
Default: title
srredirects - Include redirect pages in the search.
sroffset - Use this value to continue paging (return by query)
Default: 0
srlimit - How many total pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaning">api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaning</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaning">api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaning</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=usercontribs (uc) *</b>
Get all edits by a user
Parameters:
uclimit - The maximum number of contributions to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
ucstart - The start timestamp to return from.
ucend - The end timestamp to return to.
ucuser - The user to retrieve contributions for.
ucuserprefix - Retrieve contibutions for all users whose names begin with this value. Overrides ucuser.
ucdir - The direction to search (older or newer).
One value: newer, older
Default: older
ucnamespace - Only list contributions in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
ucprop - Include additional pieces of information
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, timestamp, comment, flags
Default: ids|title|timestamp|flags|comment
ucshow - Show only items that meet this criteria, e.g. non minor edits only: show=!minor
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=YurikBot">api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=YurikBot</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=217.121.114.">api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=217.121.114.</a>
<b>* list=watchlist (wl) *</b>
Get all recent changes to pages in the logged in user's watchlist
Parameters:
wlallrev - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe.
wlstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from.
wlend - The timestamp to end enumerating.
wlnamespace - Filter changes to only the given namespace(s).
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
wldir - In which direction to enumerate pages.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
wllimit - How many total results to return per request.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
wlprop - Which additional items to get (non-generator mode only).
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, flags, user, comment, timestamp, patrol, sizes
Default: ids|title|flags
wlshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set show=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=watchlist">api.php?action=query&list=watchlist</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment">api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment">api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info">api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user">api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=exturlusage (eu) *</b>
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL
Parameters:
euprop - What pieces of information to include
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, url
Default: ids|title|url
euoffset - Used for paging. Use the value returned for "continue"
euprotocol - Protocol of the url. If empty and euquery set, the protocol is http.
Leave both this and euquery empty to list all external links
Can be empty, or One value: http, https, ftp, irc, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind, mailto, news
Default:
euquery - Search string without protocol. See [[Special:LinkSearch]]. Leave empty to list all external links
eunamespace - The page namespace(s) to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
eulimit - How many pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=www.mediawiki.org">api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=www.mediawiki.org</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
<b>* list=users (us) *</b>
Get information about a list of users
Parameters:
usprop - What pieces of information to include
blockinfo - tags if the user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
groups - lists all the groups the user belongs to
editcount - adds the user's edit count
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, editcount, registration
ususers - A list of users to obtain the same information for
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=brion|TimStarling&usprop=groups|editcount">api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=brion|TimStarling&usprop=groups|editcount</a>
<b>* list=random (rn) *</b>
Get a set of random pages
NOTE: Pages are listed in a fixed sequence, only the starting point is random. This means that if, for example, "Main Page" is the first
random page on your list, "List of fictional monkeys" will <b>*always*</b> be second, "List of people on stamps of Vanuatu" third, etc.
NOTE: If the number of pages in the namespace is lower than rnlimit, you will get fewer pages. You will not get the same page twice.
Parameters:
rnnamespace - Return pages in these namespaces only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
rnlimit - Limit how many random pages will be returned
No more than 10 (20 for bots) allowed.
Default: 1
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2">api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2</a>
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
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<b>* meta=siteinfo (si) *</b>
Return general information about the site.
Parameters:
siprop - Which sysinfo properties to get:
"general" - Overall system information
"namespaces" - List of registered namespaces (localized)
"namespacealiases" - List of registered namespace aliases
"specialpagealiases" - List of special page aliases
"statistics" - Returns site statistics
"interwikimap" - Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered)
"dbrepllag" - Returns database server with the highest replication lag
"usergroups" - Returns user groups and the associated permissions
Values (separate with '|'): general, namespaces, namespacealiases, specialpagealiases, interwikimap, dbrepllag, statistics, usergroups
Default: general
sifilteriw - Return only local or only nonlocal entries of the interwiki map
One value: local, !local
sishowalldb - List all database servers, not just the one lagging the most
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb</a>
<b>* meta=userinfo (ui) *</b>
Get information about the current user
Parameters:
uiprop - What pieces of information to include
blockinfo - tags if the current user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
hasmsg - adds a tag "message" if the current user has pending messages
groups - lists all the groups the current user belongs to
rights - lists of all rights the current user has
options - lists all preferences the current user has set
editcount - adds the current user's edit count
ratelimits - lists all rate limits applying to the current user
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, hasmsg, groups, rights, options, editcount, ratelimits
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo">api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg">api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg</a>
<b>* meta=allmessages (am) *</b>
Return messages from this site.
Parameters:
ammessages - Which messages to output. "*" means all messages
Default: *
amfilter - Return only messages that contain this string
amlang - Return messages in this language
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&amfilter=ipb-">api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&amfilter=ipb-</a>
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de">api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de</a>
<b>*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Modules: continuation *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***</b>
<b>* action=expandtemplates *</b>
This module expand all templates in wikitext
Parameters:
title - Title of page
Default: API
text - Wikitext to convert
generatexml - Generate XML parse tree
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}">api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}</a>
<b>* action=parse *</b>
This module parses wikitext and returns parser output
Parameters:
title - Title of page the text belongs to
Default: API
text - Wikitext to parse
page - Parse the content of this page. Cannot be used together with text and title
oldid - Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page
prop - Which pieces of information to get.
NOTE: Section tree is only generated if there are more than 4 sections, or if the __TOC__ keyword is present
Values (separate with '|'): text, langlinks, categories, links, templates, images, externallinks, sections, revid
Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|externallinks|sections|revid
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}">api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}</a>
<b>* action=opensearch *</b>
This module implements OpenSearch protocol
Parameters:
search - Search string
limit - Maximum amount of results to return
No more than 100 (100 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
namespace - Namespaces to search
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105
Default: 0
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te">api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te</a>
<b>* action=feedwatchlist *</b>
This module returns a watchlist feed
Parameters:
feedformat - The format of the feed
One value: rss, atom
Default: rss
hours - List pages modified within this many hours from now
The value must be between 1 and 72
Default: 24
allrev - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=feedwatchlist">api.php?action=feedwatchlist</a>
<b>* action=help *</b>
Display this help screen.
<b>* action=paraminfo *</b>
Obtain information about certain API parameters
Parameters:
modules - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
querymodules - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse&querymodules=allpages|siteinfo">api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse&querymodules=allpages|siteinfo</a>
<b>* action=rollback *</b>
Undoes the last edit to the page. If the last user who edited the page made multiple edits in a row,
they will all be rolled back. You need to be logged in as a sysop to use this function, see also action=login.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to rollback.
user - Name of the user whose edits are to be rolled back. If set incorrectly, you'll get a badtoken error.
token - A rollback token previously retrieved through prop=info
summary - Custom edit summary. If not set, default summary will be used.
markbot - Mark the reverted edits and the revert as bot edits
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Catrope&token=123ABC">api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Catrope&token=123ABC</a>
<a href="api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=217.121.114.116&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1">api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=217.121.114.116&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1</a>
<b>* action=delete *</b>
Deletes a page. You need to be logged in as a sysop to use this function, see also action=login.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to delete.
token - A delete token previously retrieved through prop=info
reason - Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used.
watch - Add the page to your watchlist
unwatch - Remove the page from your watchlist
oldimage - The name of the old image to delete as provided by iiprop=archivename
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC">api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC</a>
<a href="api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move">api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move</a>
<b>* action=undelete *</b>
Restore certain revisions of a deleted page. A list of deleted revisions (including timestamps) can be
retrieved through list=deletedrevs
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to restore.
token - An undelete token previously retrieved through list=deletedrevs
reason - Reason for restoring (optional)
Default:
timestamps - Timestamps of the revisions to restore. If not set, all revisions will be restored.
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20page">api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20page</a>
<a href="api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC×tamps=20070703220045|20070702194856">api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC×tamps=20070703220045|20070702194856</a>
<b>* action=protect *</b>
Change the protection level of a page.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to restore.
token - A protect token previously retrieved through prop=info
protections - Pipe-separated list of protection levels, formatted action=group (e.g. edit=sysop)
expiry - Expiry timestamp. If set to 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', the protection will never expire.
Default: infinite
reason - Reason for (un)protecting (optional)
Default:
cascade - Enable cascading protection (i.e. protect pages included in this page)
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade&expiry=20070901163000">api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade&expiry=20070901163000</a>
<a href="api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions">api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions</a>
<b>* action=block *</b>
Block a user.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
user - Username, IP address or IP range you want to block
token - A block token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter
gettoken - If set, a block token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
expiry - Relative expiry time, e.g. '5 months' or '2 weeks'. If set to 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', the block will never expire.
Default: never
reason - Reason for block (optional)
anononly - Block anonymous users only (i.e. disable anonymous edits for this IP)
nocreate - Prevent account creation
autoblock - Automatically block the last used IP address, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to login from
noemail - Prevent user from sending e-mail through the wiki. (Requires the "blockemail" right.)
hidename - Hide the username from the block log. (Requires the "hideuser" right.)
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=block&user=123.5.5.12&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strike">api.php?action=block&user=123.5.5.12&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strike</a>
<a href="api.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate&autoblock&noemail">api.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate&autoblock&noemail</a>
<b>* action=unblock *</b>
Unblock a user.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
id - ID of the block you want to unblock (obtained through list=blocks). Cannot be used together with user
user - Username, IP address or IP range you want to unblock. Cannot be used together with id
token - An unblock token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter
gettoken - If set, an unblock token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
reason - Reason for unblock (optional)
Examples:
<a href="api.php?action=unblock&id=105">api.php?action=unblock&id=105</a>
<a href="api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob">api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob</a>
<b>* action=move *</b>
Moves a page.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
from - Title of the page you want to move.
to - Title you want to rename the page to.
token - A move token previously retrieved through prop=info
reason - Reason for the move (optional).
movetalk - Move the talk page, if it exists.
noredirect - Don't create a redirect
watch - Add the page and the redirect to your watchlist
unwatch - Remove the page and the redirect from your watchlist
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=move&from=Exampel&to=Example&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk&noredirect">api.php?action=move&from=Exampel&to=Example&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk&noredirect</a>
<b>* action=edit *</b>
Create and edit pages.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
title - Page title
section - Section number. 0 for the top section, 'new' for a new section
text - Page content
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
summary - Edit summary. Also section title when section=new
minor - Minor edit
notminor - Non-minor edit
bot - Mark this edit as bot
basetimestamp - Timestamp of the base revision (gotten through prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp).
Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts.
recreate - Override any errors about the article having been deleted in the meantime
createonly - Don't edit the page if it exists already
nocreate - Throw an error if the page doesn't exist
captchaword - Answer to the CAPTCHA
captchaid - CAPTCHA ID from previous request
watch - Add the page to your watchlist
unwatch - Remove the page from your watchlist
md5 - The MD5 hash of the text parameter, or the prependtext and appendtext parameters concatenated.
If set, the edit won't be done unless the hash is correct
prependtext - Add this text to the beginning of the page. Overrides text.
Don't use together with section: that won't do what you expect.
appendtext - Add this text to the end of the page. Overrides text
Examples:
Edit a page (anonymous user):
<a href="api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\">api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\</a>
<b>* action=emailuser *</b>
Emails a user.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Parameters:
target - User to send email to
subject - Subject header
text - Mail body
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
ccme - Send a copy of this mail to me
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content">api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content</a>
<b>*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Formats *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***</b>
<b>* format=json *</b>
Output data in JSON format
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json</a>
<b>* format=jsonfm *</b>
Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm</a>
<b>* format=php *</b>
Output data in serialized PHP format
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php</a>
<b>* format=phpfm *</b>
Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm</a>
<b>* format=wddx *</b>
Output data in WDDX format
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddx">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddx</a>
<b>* format=wddxfm *</b>
Output data in WDDX format (pretty-print in HTML)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddxfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddxfm</a>
<b>* format=xml *</b>
Output data in XML format
Parameters:
xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml</a>
<b>* format=xmlfm *</b>
Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML)
Parameters:
xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm</a>
<b>* format=yaml *</b>
Output data in YAML format
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yaml">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yaml</a>
<b>* format=yamlfm *</b>
Output data in YAML format (pretty-print in HTML)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yamlfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yamlfm</a>
<b>* format=rawfm *</b>
Output data with the debuging elements in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm</a>
<b>* format=txt *</b>
Output data in PHP's print_r() format
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txt">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txt</a>
<b>* format=txtfm *</b>
Output data in PHP's print_r() format (pretty-print in HTML)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txtfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txtfm</a>
<b>* format=dbg *</b>
Output data in PHP's var_export() format
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbg">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbg</a>
<b>* format=dbgfm *</b>
Output data in PHP's var_export() format (pretty-print in HTML)
Example:
<a href="api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbgfm">api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbgfm</a>
<b>*** Credits: ***</b>
API developers:
Roan Kattouw <Firstname>.<Lastname>@home.nl (lead developer Sep 2007-present)
Victor Vasiliev - vasilvv at gee mail dot com
Yuri Astrakhan <Firstname><Lastname>@gmail.com (creator, lead developer Sep 2006-Sep 2007)
Please send your comments, suggestions and questions to mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
or file a bug report at <a href="http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/">http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/</a>
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