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MediaWiki API
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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
Erroneous requests: When erroneous requests are sent to the API, a HTTP header will be sent
with the key "MediaWiki-API-Error" and then both the value of the
header and the error code sent back will be set to the same value
In the case of an invalid action being passed, these will have a value
of "unknown_action"
For more information see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Errors_and_warnings
Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
FAQ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQ
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
Api Announcements: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce
Bugs & Requests: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=API&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=bugs.delta_ts
Parameters:
format - The format of the output
One value: json, jsonfm, php, phpfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml, xmlfm, yaml, yamlfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, dbg, dbgfm,
dump, dumpfm, none
Default: xmlfm
action - What action you would like to perform. See below for module help
One value: login, logout, createaccount, query, expandtemplates, parse, opensearch, feedcontributions,
feedwatchlist, help, paraminfo, rsd, compare, tokens, purge, setnotificationtimestamp, rollback,
delete, undelete, protect, block, unblock, move, edit, upload, filerevert, emailuser, watch, patrol,
import, userrights, options, imagerotate
Default: help
maxlag - Maximum lag can be used when MediaWiki is installed on a database replicated cluster.
To save actions causing any more site replication lag, this parameter can make the client
wait until the replication lag is less than the specified value.
In case of a replag error, error code "maxlag" is returned, with the message like
"Waiting for $host: $lag seconds lagged\n".
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maxlag_parameter for more information
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
requestid - Request ID to distinguish requests. This will just be output back to you
servedby - Include the hostname that served the request in the results. Unconditionally shown on error
origin - When accessing the API using a cross-domain AJAX request (CORS), set this to the originating domain.
This must be included in any pre-flight request, and therefore must be part of the request URI (not the POST body).
This must match one of the origins in the Origin: header exactly, so it has to be set to something like http://en.wikipedia.org or https://meta.wikimedia.org .
If this parameter does not match the Origin: header, a 403 response will be returned.
If this parameter matches the Origin: header and the origin is whitelisted, an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header will be set.
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* action=login (lg) *
Log in 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
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
lgname - User Name
lgpassword - Password
lgdomain - Domain (optional)
lgtoken - Login token obtained in first request
Example:
api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password
* action=logout *
Log out and clear session data
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logout
Example:
Log the current user out:
api.php?action=logout
* action=createaccount *
Create a new user account.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Account_creation
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
name - Username
This parameter is required
password - Password (ignored if mailpassword is set)
domain - Domain for external authentication (optional)
token - Account creation token obtained in first request
email - Email address of user (optional)
realname - Real name of user (optional)
mailpassword - If set to any value, a random password will be emailed to the user
reason - Optional reason for creating the account to be put in the logs
language - Language code to set as default for the user (optional, defaults to content language)
Examples:
api.php?action=createaccount&name=testuser&password=test123
api.php?action=createaccount&name=testmailuser&mailpassword=true&reason=MyReason
* action=query *
Query API module allows applications to get needed pieces of data from the MediaWiki databases,
and is loosely based on the old query.php interface.
All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Lists
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
prop - Which properties to get for the titles/revisions/pageids. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): categories, categoryinfo, duplicatefiles, extlinks, images, imageinfo, info, links, iwlinks,
langlinks, pageprops, revisions, stashimageinfo, templates
list - Which lists to get. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, alltransclusions, allusers, backlinks,
blocks, categorymembers, deletedrevs, embeddedin, exturlusage, filearchive, imageusage, iwbacklinks,
langbacklinks, logevents, pageswithprop, pagepropnames, protectedtitles, querypage, random,
recentchanges, search, tags, usercontribs, users, watchlist, watchlistraw
meta - Which metadata to get about the site. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): allmessages, siteinfo, userinfo, filerepoinfo
indexpageids - Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs
export - Export the current revisions of all given or generated pages
exportnowrap - Return the export XML without wrapping it in an XML result (same format as Special:Export). Can only be used with export
iwurl - Whether to get the full URL if the title is an interwiki link
continue - When present, formats query-continue as key-value pairs that should simply be merged into the original request.
This parameter must be set to an empty string in the initial query.
This parameter is recommended for all new development, and will be made default in the next API version.
titles - A list of titles to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
converttitles - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
Languages that support variant conversion include gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz, zh
generator - Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.
NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
One value: allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, alltransclusions, backlinks,
categories, categorymembers, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, images, imageusage,
iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, pageswithprop, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges,
search, templates, watchlist, watchlistraw
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment&continue=
api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gapprefix=API/&prop=revisions&continue=
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Query: Prop --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
* prop=categories (cl) *
List all categories the page(s) belong to
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#categories_.2F_cl
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
clprop - Which additional properties to get for each category
sortkey - Adds the sortkey (hexadecimal string) and sortkey prefix (human-readable part) for the category
timestamp - Adds timestamp of when the category was added
hidden - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
Values (separate with '|'): sortkey, timestamp, hidden
clshow - Which kind of categories to show
Values (separate with '|'): hidden, !hidden
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
clcategories - Only list these categories. Useful for checking whether a certain page is in a certain category
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
cldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get a list of categories [[Albert Einstein]] belongs to:
api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein
Get information about all categories used in the [[Albert Einstein]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=categoryinfo (ci) *
Returns information about the given categories
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#categoryinfo_.2F_ci
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
cicontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Example:
api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar
* prop=duplicatefiles (df) *
List all files that are duplicates of the given file(s) based on hash values
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#duplicatefiles_.2F_df
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
dflimit - How many duplicate files to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
dfcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
dfdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
dflocalonly - Look only for files in the local repository
Examples:
api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg&prop=duplicatefiles
api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&prop=duplicatefiles
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=extlinks (el) *
Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#extlinks_.2F_el
This module requires read rights
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
elprotocol - Protocol of the URL. If empty and elquery set, the protocol is http.
Leave both this and elquery empty to list all external links
Can be empty, or One value: http, https, ftp, ftps, ssh, sftp, irc, ircs, xmpp, sip, sips, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind,
mailto, tel, sms, news, svn, git, mms, bitcoin, magnet, urn, geo
Default:
elquery - Search string without protocol. Useful for checking whether a certain page contains a certain external url
elexpandurl - Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol
Example:
Get a list of external links on the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page
* prop=imageinfo (ii) *
Returns image information and upload history
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds the user who uploaded the image version
userid - Add the user ID that uploaded the image version
comment - Comment on the version
parsedcomment - Parse the comment on the version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
thumbmime - Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url and param iiurlwidth)
mediatype - Adds the media type of the image
metadata - Lists Exif metadata for the version of the image
archivename - Adds the file name of the archive version for non-latest versions
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
uploadwarning - Used by the Special:Upload page to get information about an existing file. Not intended for use outside MediaWiki core
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime,
mediatype, metadata, archivename, bitdepth, uploadwarning
Default: timestamp|user
iilimit - How many image revisions to return per image
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.
For performance reasons if this option is used, no more than 50 scaled images will be returned.
Default: -1
iiurlheight - Similar to iiurlwidth.
Default: -1
iimetadataversion - Version of metadata to use. if 'latest' is specified, use latest version.
Defaults to '1' for backwards compatibility
Default: 1
iiurlparam - A handler specific parameter string. For example, pdf's
might use 'page15-100px'. iiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with iiurlparam
Default:
iicontinue - If the query response includes a continue value, use it here to get another page of results
iilocalonly - Look only for files in the local repository
Examples:
api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo
api.php?action=query&titles=File:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=20071231235959&iiprop=timestamp|user|url
* prop=images (im) *
Returns all images contained on the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#images_.2F_im
This module requires read rights
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
imimages - Only list these images. Useful for checking whether a certain page has a certain Image.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
imdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get a list of images used in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about all images used in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=info (in) *
Get basic page information such as namespace, title, last touched date, ...
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#info_.2F_in
This module requires read rights
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
watched - List the watched status of each page
watchers - The number of watchers, if allowed
notificationtimestamp - The watchlist notification timestamp of each page
subjectid - The page ID of the parent page for each talk page
url - Gives a full URL to the page, and also an edit URL
readable - Whether the user can read this page
preload - Gives the text returned by EditFormPreloadText
displaytitle - Gives the way the page title is actually displayed
Values (separate with '|'): protection, talkid, watched, watchers, notificationtimestamp, subjectid, url, readable, preload,
displaytitle
intoken - Request a token to perform a data-modifying action on a page
Values (separate with '|'): edit, delete, protect, move, block, unblock, email, import, watch
incontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page
api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page
* prop=iwlinks (iw) *
Returns all interwiki links from the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Iwlinks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iwurl - Whether to get the full URL
iwlimit - How many interwiki links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
iwcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
iwprefix - Prefix for the interwiki
iwtitle - Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwprefix
iwdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Example:
Get interwiki links from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=iwlinks&titles=Main%20Page
* prop=langlinks (ll) *
Returns all interlanguage links from the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#langlinks_.2F_ll
This module requires read rights
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
llurl - Whether to get the full URL
lllang - Language code
lltitle - Link to search for. Must be used with lllang
lldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Example:
Get interlanguage links from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects=
* prop=links (pl) *
Returns all links from the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#links_.2F_pl
This module requires read rights
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
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
pltitles - Only list links to these titles. Useful for checking whether a certain page links to a certain title.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get links from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about the link pages in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Get links from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=pageprops (pp) *
Get various properties defined in the page content
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#pageprops_.2F_pp
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ppcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
ppprop - Only list these props. Useful for checking whether a certain page uses a certain page prop
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Example:
api.php?action=query&prop=pageprops&titles=Category:Foo
* prop=revisions (rv) *
Get revision information
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)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
rvprop - Which properties to get for each revision:
ids - The ID of the revision
flags - Revision flags (minor)
timestamp - The timestamp of the revision
user - User that made the revision
userid - User id of revision creator
size - Length (bytes) of the revision
sha1 - SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision
contentmodel - Content model id
comment - Comment by the user for revision
parsedcomment - Parsed comment by the user for the revision
content - Text of the revision
tags - Tags for the revision
Values (separate with '|'): ids, flags, timestamp, user, userid, size, sha1, contentmodel, comment, parsedcomment, content, tags
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 - In which direction to enumerate (enum)
newer - List oldest first. Note: rvstart has to be before rvend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: rvstart has to be later than rvend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
rvuser - Only include revisions made by user (enum)
rvexcludeuser - Exclude revisions made by user (enum)
rvtag - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
rvexpandtemplates - Expand templates in revision content (requires rvprop=content)
rvgeneratexml - Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires rvprop=content)
rvparse - Parse revision content (requires rvprop=content).
For performance reasons if this option is used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
rvsection - Only retrieve the content of this section number
rvtoken - Which tokens to obtain for each revision
Values (separate with '|'): rollback
rvcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
rvdiffto - Revision ID to diff each revision to.
Use "prev", "next" and "cur" for the previous, next and current revision respectively
rvdifftotext - Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions.
Overrides rvdiffto. If rvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text
rvcontentformat - Serialization format used for difftotext and expected for output of content
One value: text/x-wiki, text/javascript, text/css, text/plain
Examples:
Get data with content for the last revision of titles "API" and "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content
Get last 5 revisions of the "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" made after 2006-05-01
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=20060501000000
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were not made made by anonymous user "127.0.0.1"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were made by the user "MediaWiki default"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default
* prop=stashimageinfo (sii) *
Returns image information for stashed images
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
siifilekey - Key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
siisessionkey - DEPRECATED! Alias for filekey, for backward compatibility.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
siiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
thumbmime - Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url and param siiurlwidth)
metadata - Lists Exif metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
uploadwarning - Used by the Special:Upload page to get information about an existing file. Not intended for use outside MediaWiki core
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime, metadata, bitdepth, uploadwarning
Default: timestamp|url
siiurlwidth - If siiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
Default: -1
siiurlheight - Similar to siiurlwidth. Cannot be used without siiurlwidth
Default: -1
siiurlparam - A handler specific parameter string. For example, pdf's
might use 'page15-100px'. siiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with siiurlparam
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=124sd34rsdf567
api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=b34edoe3|bceffd4&siiurlwidth=120&siiprop=url
* prop=templates (tl) *
Returns all templates from the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#templates_.2F_tl
This module requires read rights
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
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
tltemplates - Only list these templates. Useful for checking whether a certain page uses a certain template.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
tldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get templates from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about the template pages in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Get templates from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Query: List --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
* list=allcategories (ac) *
Enumerate all categories
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allcategories
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
acfrom - The category to start enumerating from
accontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
acto - The category to stop enumerating at
acprefix - Search for all category titles that begin with this value
acdir - Direction to sort in
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
acmin - Minimum number of category members
acmax - Maximum number of category members
aclimit - How many categories to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
acprop - Which properties to get
size - Adds number of pages in the category
hidden - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
Values (separate with '|'): size, hidden
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size
api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allfileusages (af) *
List all file usages, including non-existing
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allfileusages
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
afcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
affrom - The title of the file to start enumerating from
afto - The title of the file to stop enumerating at
afprefix - Search for all file titles that begin with this value
afunique - Only show distinct file titles. Cannot be used with afprop=ids.
When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages.
afprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the pageid of the using page (Cannot be used with afunique)
title - Adds the title of the file
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title
Default: title
aflimit - How many total items to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
afdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
List file titles with page ids they are from, including missing ones. Start at B:
api.php?action=query&list=allfileusages&affrom=B&afprop=ids|title
List unique file titles:
api.php?action=query&list=allfileusages&afunique=&affrom=B
Gets all file titles, marking the missing ones:
api.php?action=query&generator=allfileusages&gafunique=&gaffrom=B
Gets pages containing the files:
api.php?action=query&generator=allfileusages&gaffrom=B
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allimages (ai) *
Enumerate all images sequentially
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allimages
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
aisort - Property to sort by
One value: name, timestamp
Default: name
aidir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending, newer, older
Default: ascending
aifrom - The image title to start enumerating from. Can only be used with aisort=name
aito - The image title to stop enumerating at. Can only be used with aisort=name
aicontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
aistart - The timestamp to start enumerating from. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp
aiend - The timestamp to end enumerating. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp
aiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds the user who uploaded the image version
userid - Add the user ID that uploaded the image version
comment - Comment on the version
parsedcomment - Parse the comment on the version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
mediatype - Adds the media type of the image
metadata - Lists Exif metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
uploadwarning - Used by the Special:Upload page to get information about an existing file. Not intended for use outside MediaWiki core
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, mediatype,
metadata, bitdepth, uploadwarning
Default: timestamp|url
aiprefix - Search for all image titles that begin with this value. Can only be used with aisort=name
aiminsize - Limit to images with at least this many bytes
aimaxsize - Limit to images with at most this many bytes
aisha1 - SHA1 hash of image. Overrides aisha1base36
aisha1base36 - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki)
aiuser - Only return files uploaded by this user. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp. Cannot be used together with aifilterbots
aifilterbots - How to filter files uploaded by bots. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp. Cannot be used together with aiuser
One value: all, bots, nobots
Default: all
aimime - What MIME type to search for. e.g. image/jpeg. Disabled in Miser Mode
ailimit - How many images in total to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Examples:
Simple Use
Show a list of files starting at the letter "B":
api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B
Simple Use
Show a list of recently uploaded files similar to Special:NewFiles:
api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aiprop=user|timestamp|url&aisort=timestamp&aidir=older
Using as Generator
Show info about 4 files starting at the letter "T":
api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=alllinks (al) *
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Alllinks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
alcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
alfrom - The title of the link to start enumerating from
alto - The title of the link to stop enumerating at
alprefix - Search for all linked titles that begin with this value
alunique - Only show distinct linked titles. Cannot be used with alprop=ids.
When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages.
alprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the pageid of the linking page (Cannot be used with alunique)
title - Adds the title of the link
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
Default: 0
allimit - How many total items to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
aldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
List linked titles with page ids they are from, including missing ones. Start at B:
api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alfrom=B&alprop=ids|title
List unique linked titles:
api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique=&alfrom=B
Gets all linked titles, marking the missing ones:
api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galunique=&galfrom=B
Gets pages containing the links:
api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galfrom=B
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allpages (ap) *
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
apfrom - The page title to start enumerating from
apcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
apto - The page title to stop enumerating at
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
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, upload
apprlevel - The protection level (must be used with apprtype= parameter)
Can be empty, or Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
apprfiltercascade - Filter protections based on cascadingness (ignored when apprtype isn't set)
One value: cascading, noncascading, all
Default: all
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
Note that this may not consider langlinks added by extensions.
One value: withlanglinks, withoutlanglinks, all
Default: all
apprexpiry - Which protection expiry to filter the page on
indefinite - Get only pages with indefinite protection expiry
definite - Get only pages with a definite (specific) protection expiry
all - Get pages with any protections expiry
One value: indefinite, definite, all
Default: all
Examples:
Simple Use
Show a list of pages starting at the letter "B":
api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B
Using as Generator
Show info about 4 pages starting at the letter "T":
api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info
Show content of first 2 non-redirect pages beginning at "Re":
api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=2&gapfilterredir=nonredirects&gapfrom=Re&prop=revisions&rvprop=content
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=alltransclusions (at) *
List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Alltransclusions
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
atcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
atfrom - The title of the transclusion to start enumerating from
atto - The title of the transclusion to stop enumerating at
atprefix - Search for all transcluded titles that begin with this value
atunique - Only show distinct transcluded titles. Cannot be used with atprop=ids.
When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages.
atprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the pageid of the transcluding page (Cannot be used with atunique)
title - Adds the title of the transclusion
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title
Default: title
atnamespace - The namespace to enumerate
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Default: 10
atlimit - How many total items to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
atdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
List transcluded titles with page ids they are from, including missing ones. Start at B:
api.php?action=query&list=alltransclusions&atfrom=B&atprop=ids|title
List unique transcluded titles:
api.php?action=query&list=alltransclusions&atunique=&atfrom=B
Gets all transcluded titles, marking the missing ones:
api.php?action=query&generator=alltransclusions&gatunique=&gatfrom=B
Gets pages containing the transclusions:
api.php?action=query&generator=alltransclusions&gatfrom=B
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allusers (au) *
Enumerate all registered users
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allusers
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
aufrom - The user name to start enumerating from
auto - The user name to stop enumerating at
auprefix - Search for all users that begin with this value
audir - Direction to sort in
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
augroup - Limit users to given group name(s)
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat
auexcludegroup - Exclude users in given group name(s)
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat
aurights - Limit users to given right(s) (does not include rights granted by implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed)
Values (separate with '|'): apihighlimits, autoconfirmed, autopatrol, bigdelete, block, blockemail, bot, browsearchive,
createaccount, createpage, createtalk, delete, deletedhistory, deletedtext, deletelogentry,
deleterevision, edit, editinterface, editprotected, editmyoptions, editmyprivateinfo, editmyusercss,
editmyuserjs, editmywatchlist, editsemiprotected, editusercssjs, editusercss, edituserjs, hideuser,
import, importupload, ipblock-exempt, markbotedits, mergehistory, minoredit, move, movefile,
move-rootuserpages, move-subpages, nominornewtalk, noratelimit, override-export-depth,
passwordreset, patrol, patrolmarks, protect, proxyunbannable, purge, read, reupload, reupload-own,
reupload-shared, rollback, sendemail, siteadmin, suppressionlog, suppressredirect, suppressrevision,
unblockself, undelete, unwatchedpages, upload, upload_by_url, userrights, userrights-interwiki,
viewmyprivateinfo, viewmywatchlist, writeapi
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
auprop - What pieces of information to include.
blockinfo - Adds the information about a current block on the user
groups - Lists groups that the user is in. This uses more server resources and may return fewer results than the limit
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups the user is automatically in
rights - Lists rights that the user has
editcount - Adds the edit count of the user
registration - Adds the timestamp of when the user registered if available (may be blank)
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, implicitgroups, rights, editcount, registration
aulimit - How many total user names to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
auwitheditsonly - Only list users who have made edits
auactiveusers - Only list users active in the last 30 days(s)
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y
* list=backlinks (bl) *
Find all pages that link to the given page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Backlinks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
bltitle - Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid
blpageid - Pageid to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
bldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
blfilterredir - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
bllimit - How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
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:
api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page
api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=blocks (bk) *
List all blocked users and IP addresses
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Blocks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
bkstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
bkend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at
bkdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: bkstart has to be before bkend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: bkstart has to be later than bkend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
bkids - List of block IDs to list (optional)
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
bkusers - List of users to search for (optional)
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
bkip - Get all blocks applying to this IP or CIDR range, including range blocks.
Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than IPv4/16 or IPv6/19 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
id - Adds the ID of the block
user - Adds the username of the blocked user
userid - Adds the user ID of the blocked user
by - Adds the username of the blocking user
byid - Adds the user ID of the blocking user
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the block was given
expiry - Adds the timestamp of when the block expires
reason - Adds the reason given for the block
range - Adds the range of IPs affected by the block
flags - Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc)
Values (separate with '|'): id, user, userid, by, byid, timestamp, expiry, reason, range, flags
Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
bkshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only indefinite blocks on IPs, set bkshow=ip|!temp
Values (separate with '|'): account, !account, temp, !temp, ip, !ip, range, !range
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=blocks
api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob
* list=categorymembers (cm) *
List all pages in a given category
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
cmtitle - Which category to enumerate (required). Must include Category: prefix. Cannot be used together with cmpageid
cmpageid - Page ID of the category to enumerate. Cannot be used together with cmtitle
cmprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the page ID
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
sortkey - Adds the sortkey used for sorting in the category (hexadecimal string)
sortkeyprefix - Adds the sortkey prefix used for sorting in the category (human-readable part of the sortkey)
type - Adds the type that the page has been categorised as (page, subcat or file)
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the page was included
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, sortkey, sortkeyprefix, type, 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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
cmtype - What type of category members to include. Ignored when cmsort=timestamp is set
Values (separate with '|'): page, subcat, file
Default: page|subcat|file
cmcontinue - For large categories, give the value returned 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, ascending, descending, newer, older
Default: ascending
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
cmstartsortkey - Sortkey to start listing from. Must be given in binary format. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
cmendsortkey - Sortkey to end listing at. Must be given in binary format. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
cmstartsortkeyprefix - Sortkey prefix to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey. Overrides cmstartsortkey
cmendsortkeyprefix - Sortkey prefix to end listing BEFORE (not at, if this value occurs it will not be included!). Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey. Overrides cmendsortkey
Examples:
Get first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics
Get page info about first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=deletedrevs (dr) *
List deleted revisions.
Operates in three modes:
1) List deleted revisions for the given title(s), sorted by timestamp
2) List deleted contributions for the given user, sorted by timestamp (no titles specified)
3) List all deleted revisions in the given namespace, sorted by title and timestamp (no titles specified, druser not set)
Certain parameters only apply to some modes and are ignored in others.
For instance, a parameter marked (1) only applies to mode 1 and is ignored in modes 2 and 3
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Deletedrevs
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
drstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from (1, 2)
drend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at (1, 2)
drdir - In which direction to enumerate (1, 3)
newer - List oldest first. Note: drstart has to be before drend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: drstart has to be later than drend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
drfrom - Start listing at this title (3)
drto - Stop listing at this title (3)
drprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value (3)
drcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue (1, 3)
drunique - List only one revision for each page (3)
druser - Only list revisions by this user
drexcludeuser - Don't list revisions by this user
drnamespace - Only list pages in this namespace (3)
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Default: 0
drlimit - The maximum amount of revisions to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
drprop - Which properties to get
revid - Adds the revision ID of the deleted revision
parentid - Adds the revision ID of the previous revision to the page
user - Adds the user who made the revision
userid - Adds the user ID whom made the revision
comment - Adds the comment of the revision
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the revision
minor - Tags if the revision is minor
len - Adds the length (bytes) of the revision
sha1 - Adds the SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision
content - Adds the content of the revision
token - Gives the edit token
Values (separate with '|'): revid, parentid, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, minor, len, sha1, content, token
Default: user|comment
Examples:
List the last deleted revisions of Main Page and Talk:Main Page, with content (mode 1):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drprop=user|comment|content
List the last 50 deleted contributions by Bob (mode 2):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&druser=Bob&drlimit=50
List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace (mode 3):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50
List the first 50 deleted pages in the Talk namespace (mode 3)::
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50&drnamespace=1&drunique=
* list=embeddedin (ei) *
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Embeddedin
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
eititle - Title to search. Cannot be used together with eipageid
eipageid - Pageid to search. Cannot be used together with eititle
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
eidir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
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:
api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stub
api.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=exturlusage (eu) *
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Exturlusage
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
euprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the ID of page
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
url - Adds the URL used in the page
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, ftps, ssh, sftp, irc, ircs, xmpp, sip, sips, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind,
mailto, tel, sms, news, svn, git, mms, bitcoin, magnet, urn, geo
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
eulimit - How many pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
euexpandurl - Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=www.mediawiki.org
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=filearchive (fa) *
Enumerate all deleted files sequentially
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Filearchive
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
fafrom - The image title to start enumerating from
facontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
fato - The image title to stop enumerating at
faprefix - Search for all image titles that begin with this value
falimit - How many images to return in total
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
fadir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
fasha1 - SHA1 hash of image. Overrides fasha1base36
fasha1base36 - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki)
faprop - What image information to get:
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds user who uploaded the image version
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
description - Adds description the image version
parseddescription - Parse the description on the version
mime - Adds MIME of the image
mediatype - Adds the media type of the image
metadata - Lists Exif metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
archivename - Adds the file name of the archive version for non-latest versions
Values (separate with '|'): sha1, timestamp, user, size, dimensions, description, parseddescription, mime, mediatype, metadata,
bitdepth, archivename
Default: timestamp
Example:
Simple Use
Show a list of all deleted files:
api.php?action=query&list=filearchive
* list=imageusage (iu) *
Find all pages that use the given image title.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Imageusage
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iutitle - Title to search. Cannot be used together with iupageid
iupageid - Pageid to search. Cannot be used together with iutitle
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
iudir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
iufilterredir - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when iuredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
iulimit - How many total pages to return. If iuredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
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:
api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg
api.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=iwbacklinks (iwbl) *
Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
Can be used to find all links with a prefix, or
all links to a title (with a given prefix).
Using neither parameter is effectively "All IW Links"
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Iwbacklinks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iwblprefix - Prefix for the interwiki
iwbltitle - Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwblprefix
iwblcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
iwbllimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
iwblprop - Which properties to get
iwprefix - Adds the prefix of the interwiki
iwtitle - Adds the title of the interwiki
Values (separate with '|'): iwprefix, iwtitle
Default:
iwbldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks
api.php?action=query&generator=iwbacklinks&giwbltitle=Test&giwblprefix=wikibooks&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=langbacklinks (lbl) *
Find all pages that link to the given language link.
Can be used to find all links with a language code, or
all links to a title (with a given language).
Using neither parameter is effectively "All Language Links".
Note that this may not consider language links added by extensions.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Langbacklinks
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
lbllang - Language for the language link
lbltitle - Language link to search for. Must be used with lbllang
lblcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
lbllimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
lblprop - Which properties to get
lllang - Adds the language code of the language link
lltitle - Adds the title of the language link
Values (separate with '|'): lllang, lltitle
Default:
lbldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=langbacklinks&lbltitle=Test&lbllang=fr
api.php?action=query&generator=langbacklinks&glbltitle=Test&glbllang=fr&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=logevents (le) *
Get events from logs
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
leprop - Which properties to get
ids - Adds the ID of the log event
title - Adds the title of the page for the log event
type - Adds the type of log event
user - Adds the user responsible for the log event
userid - Adds the user ID who was responsible for the log event
timestamp - Adds the timestamp for the event
comment - Adds the comment of the event
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the event
details - Lists additional details about the event
tags - Lists tags for the event
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, type, user, userid, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, details, tags
Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
letype - Filter log entries to only this type
Can be empty, or One value: block, protect, rights, delete, upload, move, import, patrol, merge, suppress, newusers
leaction - Filter log actions to only this type. Overrides letype
One value: block/block, block/unblock, block/reblock, protect/protect, protect/modify, protect/unprotect,
protect/move_prot, upload/upload, upload/overwrite, upload/revert, import/upload, import/interwiki,
merge/merge, suppress/block, suppress/reblock, move/move, move/move_redir, delete/delete,
delete/restore, delete/revision, delete/event, suppress/revision, suppress/event, suppress/delete,
patrol/patrol, rights/rights, rights/autopromote, newusers/newusers, newusers/create,
newusers/create2, newusers/byemail, newusers/autocreate
lestart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
leend - The timestamp to end enumerating
ledir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: lestart has to be before leend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: lestart has to be later than leend.
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
leprefix - Filter entries that start with this prefix. Disabled in Miser Mode
letag - Only list event entries tagged with this tag
lelimit - How many total event entries to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=logevents
* list=pagepropnames (ppn) *
List all page prop names in use on the wiki
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Pagepropnames
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ppncontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
ppnlimit - The maximum number of pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
Get first 10 prop names:
api.php?action=query&list=pagepropnames
* list=pageswithprop (pwp) *
List all pages using a given page prop
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Pageswithprop
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
pwppropname - Page prop for which to enumerate pages
This parameter is required
pwpprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the page ID
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
value - Adds the value of the page prop
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, value
Default: ids|title
pwpcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
pwplimit - The maximum number of pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
pwpdir - In which direction to sort
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get first 10 pages using {{DISPLAYTITLE:}}:
api.php?action=query&list=pageswithprop&pwppropname=displaytitle&pwpprop=ids|title|value
Get page info about first 10 pages using __NOTOC__:
api.php?action=query&generator=pageswithprop&gpwppropname=notoc&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=protectedtitles (pt) *
List all titles protected from creation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Protectedtitles
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ptnamespace - Only list titles in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ptlevel - Only list titles with these protection levels
Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
ptlimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
ptdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: ptstart has to be before ptend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: ptstart has to be later than ptend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
ptstart - Start listing at this protection timestamp
ptend - Stop listing at this protection timestamp
ptprop - Which properties to get
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when protection was added
user - Adds the user that added the protection
userid - Adds the user id that added the protection
comment - Adds the comment for the protection
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment for the protection
expiry - Adds the timestamp of when the protection will be lifted
level - Adds the protection level
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, expiry, level
Default: timestamp|level
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=protectedtitles
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=querypage (qp) *
Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Querypage
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
qppage - The name of the special page. Note, this is case sensitive
This parameter is required
One value: Ancientpages, BrokenRedirects, Deadendpages, DoubleRedirects, Listredirects, Lonelypages, Longpages,
Mostcategories, Mostimages, Mostinterwikis, Mostlinkedcategories, Mostlinkedtemplates, Mostlinked,
Mostrevisions, Fewestrevisions, Shortpages, Uncategorizedcategories, Uncategorizedpages,
Uncategorizedimages, Uncategorizedtemplates, Unusedcategories, Unusedimages, Wantedcategories,
Wantedfiles, Wantedpages, Wantedtemplates, Unwatchedpages, Unusedtemplates, Withoutinterwiki,
Popularpages
qpoffset - When more results are available, use this to continue
Default: 0
qplimit - Number of results to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=querypage&qppage=Ancientpages
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=random (rn) *
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 *always* 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
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Random
This module requires read rights
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
rnlimit - Limit how many random pages will be returned
No more than 10 (20 for bots) allowed
Default: 1
rnredirect - Load a random redirect instead of a random page
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=recentchanges (rc) *
Enumerate recent changes
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recentchanges
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
rcstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
rcend - The timestamp to end enumerating
rcdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: rcstart has to be before rcend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: rcstart has to be later than rcend.
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
rcuser - Only list changes by this user
rcexcludeuser - Don't list changes by this user
rctag - Only list changes tagged with this tag
rcprop - Include additional pieces of information
user - Adds the user responsible for the edit and tags if they are an IP
userid - Adds the user id responsible for the edit
comment - Adds the comment for the edit
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment for the edit
flags - Adds flags for the edit
timestamp - Adds timestamp of the edit
title - Adds the page title of the edit
ids - Adds the page ID, recent changes ID and the new and old revision ID
sizes - Adds the new and old page length in bytes
redirect - Tags edit if page is a redirect
patrolled - Tags edits that have been patrolled
loginfo - Adds log information (logid, logtype, etc) to log entries
tags - Lists tags for the entry
sha1 - Adds the content checksum for entries associated with a revision
Values (separate with '|'): user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, flags, timestamp, title, ids, sizes, redirect, patrolled,
loginfo, tags, sha1
Default: title|timestamp|ids
rctoken - Which tokens to obtain for each change
Values (separate with '|'): patrol
rcshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set rcshow=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, external, new, log
rctoponly - Only list changes which are the latest revision
rccontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=search (sr) *
Perform a full text search
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Search
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
srsearch - Search for all page titles (or content) that has this value
This parameter is required
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: 0
srwhat - Search inside the text or titles
One value: title, text, nearmatch
srinfo - What metadata to return
Values (separate with '|'): totalhits, suggestion
Default: totalhits|suggestion
srprop - What properties to return
size - Adds the size of the page in bytes
wordcount - Adds the word count of the page
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the page was last edited
score - Adds the score (if any) from the search engine
snippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the page
titlesnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the page title
redirectsnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the redirect title
redirecttitle - Adds the title of the matching redirect
sectionsnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the matching section title
sectiontitle - Adds the title of the matching section
hasrelated - Indicates whether a related search is available
Values (separate with '|'): size, wordcount, timestamp, score, snippet, titlesnippet, redirecttitle, redirectsnippet,
sectiontitle, sectionsnippet, hasrelated
Default: size|wordcount|timestamp|snippet
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 50 (500 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaning
api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaning
api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=tags (tg) *
List change tags
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tags
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
tgcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
tglimit - The maximum number of tags to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
tgprop - Which properties to get
name - Adds name of tag
displayname - Adds system message for the tag
description - Adds description of the tag
hitcount - Adds the amount of revisions that have this tag
Values (separate with '|'): name, displayname, description, hitcount
Default: name
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=tags&tgprop=displayname|description|hitcount
* list=usercontribs (uc) *
Get all edits by a user
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs
This module requires read rights
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
uccontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
ucuser - The users to retrieve contributions for
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ucuserprefix - Retrieve contributions for all users whose names begin with this value. Overrides ucuser
ucdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: ucstart has to be before ucend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: ucstart has to be later than ucend.
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ucprop - Include additional pieces of information
ids - Adds the page ID and revision ID
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of the edit
comment - Adds the comment of the edit
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the edit
size - Adds the new size of the edit
sizediff - Adds the size delta of the edit against its parent
flags - Adds flags of the edit
patrolled - Tags patrolled edits
tags - Lists tags for the edit
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, size, sizediff, flags, patrolled, tags
Default: ids|title|timestamp|comment|size|flags
ucshow - Show only items that meet this criteria, e.g. non minor edits only: ucshow=!minor
NOTE: if ucshow=patrolled or ucshow=!patrolled is set, revisions older than $wgRCMaxAge (7862400) won't be shown
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, patrolled, !patrolled
uctag - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
uctoponly - Only list changes which are the latest revision
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=YurikBot
api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=217.121.114.
* list=users (us) *
Get information about a list of users
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users
This module requires read rights
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(s) belongs to
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups a user is automatically a member of
rights - Lists all the rights the user(s) has
editcount - Adds the user's edit count
registration - Adds the user's registration timestamp
emailable - Tags if the user can and wants to receive email through [[Special:Emailuser]]
gender - Tags the gender of the user. Returns "male", "female", or "unknown"
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, implicitgroups, rights, editcount, registration, emailable, gender
ususers - A list of users to obtain the same information for
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ustoken - Which tokens to obtain for each user
Values (separate with '|'): userrights
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=brion|TimStarling&usprop=groups|editcount|gender
* list=watchlist (wl) *
Get all recent changes to pages in the logged in user's watchlist
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watchlist
This module requires read rights
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
wluser - Only list changes by this user
wlexcludeuser - Don't list changes by this user
wldir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: wlstart has to be before wlend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: wlstart has to be later than wlend.
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).
ids - Adds revision ids and page ids
title - Adds title of the page
flags - Adds flags for the edit
user - Adds the user who made the edit
userid - Adds user id of whom made the edit
comment - Adds comment of the edit
parsedcomment - Adds parsed comment of the edit
timestamp - Adds timestamp of the edit
patrol - Tags edits that are patrolled
sizes - Adds the old and new lengths of the page
notificationtimestamp - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
loginfo - Adds log information where appropriate
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, flags, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, timestamp, patrol, sizes,
notificationtimestamp, loginfo
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 wlshow=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, patrolled, !patrolled
wltype - Which types of changes to show
edit - Regular page edits
external - External changes
new - Page creations
log - Log entries
Values (separate with '|'): edit, external, new, log
wlowner - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
wltoken - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=watchlist
api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev=&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info
api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev=&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user
api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlowner=Bob_Smith&wltoken=123ABC
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=watchlistraw (wr) *
Get all pages on the logged in user's watchlist
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watchlistraw
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
wrcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
wrnamespace - Only list pages in the given namespace(s)
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
wrlimit - How many total results to return per request
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
wrprop - Which additional properties to get (non-generator mode only)
changed - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
Values (separate with '|'): changed
wrshow - Only list items that meet these criteria
Values (separate with '|'): changed, !changed
wrowner - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
wrtoken - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
wrdir - Direction to sort the titles and namespaces in
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=watchlistraw
api.php?action=query&generator=watchlistraw&gwrshow=changed&prop=revisions
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
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* meta=allmessages (am) *
Return messages from this site
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#allmessages_.2F_am
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ammessages - Which messages to output. "*" (default) means all messages
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: *
amprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): default
amenableparser - Set to enable parser, will preprocess the wikitext of message
Will substitute magic words, handle templates etc.
amnocontent - If set, do not include the content of the messages in the output.
amincludelocal - Also include local messages, i.e. messages that don't exist in the software but do exist as a MediaWiki: page.
This lists all MediaWiki: pages, so it will also list those that aren't 'really' messages such as Common.js
amargs - Arguments to be substituted into message
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
amfilter - Return only messages with names that contain this string
amcustomised - Return only messages in this customisation state
One value: all, modified, unmodified
Default: all
amlang - Return messages in this language
amfrom - Return messages starting at this message
amto - Return messages ending at this message
amtitle - Page name to use as context when parsing message (for enableparser option)
amprefix - Return messages with this prefix
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&refix=ipb-
api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de
* meta=filerepoinfo (fri) *
Return meta information about image repositories configured on the wiki.
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
friprop - Which repository properties to get (there may be more available on some wikis):
apiurl - URL to the repository API - helpful for getting image info from the host.
name - The key of the repository - used in e.g. $wgForeignFileRepos and imageinfo return values.
displayname - The human-readable name of the repository wiki.
rooturl - Root URL for image paths.
local - Whether that repository is the local one or not.
Values (separate with '|'): name, displayname, rootUrl, local
Default: name|displayname|rootUrl|local
Example:
api.php?action=query&meta=filerepoinfo&friprop=apiurl|name|displayname
* meta=siteinfo (si) *
Return general information about the site
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#siteinfo_.2F_si
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
siprop - Which sysinfo properties to get:
general - Overall system information
namespaces - List of registered namespaces and their canonical names
namespacealiases - List of registered namespace aliases
specialpagealiases - List of special page aliases
magicwords - List of magic words and their aliases
statistics - Returns site statistics
interwikimap - Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered, (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode))
dbrepllag - Returns database server with the highest replication lag
usergroups - Returns user groups and the associated permissions
extensions - Returns extensions installed on the wiki
fileextensions - Returns list of file extensions allowed to be uploaded
rightsinfo - Returns wiki rights (license) information if available
languages - Returns a list of languages MediaWiki supports(optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode)
skins - Returns a list of all enabled skins
extensiontags - Returns a list of parser extension tags
functionhooks - Returns a list of parser function hooks
showhooks - Returns a list of all subscribed hooks (contents of $wgHooks)
variables - Returns a list of variable IDs
protocols - Returns a list of protocols that are allowed in external links.
Values (separate with '|'): general, namespaces, namespacealiases, specialpagealiases, magicwords, interwikimap, dbrepllag,
statistics, usergroups, extensions, fileextensions, rightsinfo, languages, skins, extensiontags,
functionhooks, showhooks, variables, protocols
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
sinumberingroup - Lists the number of users in user groups
siinlanguagecode - Language code for localised language names (best effort, use CLDR extension)
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb=
* meta=userinfo (ui) *
Get information about the current user
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#userinfo_.2F_ui
This module requires read rights
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
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups the current user is automatically a member of
rights - Lists all the rights the current user has
changeablegroups - Lists the groups the current user can add to and remove from
options - Lists all preferences the current user has set
preferencestoken - Get a token to change current user's preferences
editcount - Adds the current user's edit count
ratelimits - Lists all rate limits applying to the current user
realname - Adds the user's real name
email - Adds the user's email address and email authentication date
acceptlang - Echoes the Accept-Language header sent by the client in a structured format
registrationdate - Adds the user's registration date
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, hasmsg, groups, implicitgroups, rights, changeablegroups, options, preferencestoken,
editcount, ratelimits, email, realname, acceptlang, registrationdate
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo
api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg
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* action=expandtemplates *
Expands all templates in wikitext
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#expandtemplates
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
title - Title of page
Default: API
text - Wikitext to convert
This parameter is required
generatexml - Generate XML parse tree
includecomments - Whether to include HTML comments in the output
Example:
api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}
* action=parse *
Parses content and returns parser output
See the various prop-Modules of action=query to get information from the current version of a page
There are several ways to specify the text to parse:
1) Specify a page or revision, using page, pageid, or oldid.
2) Specify content explicitly, using text, title, and contentmodel.
3) Specify only a summary to parse. prop should be given an empty value.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#parse
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
title - Title of page the text belongs to. If omitted, "API" is used as the title with content model wikitext
text - Text to parse. Use title or contentmodel to control the content model
summary - Summary to parse
page - Parse the content of this page. Cannot be used together with text and title
pageid - Parse the content of this page. Overrides page
redirects - If the page or the pageid parameter is set to a redirect, resolve it
oldid - Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page and pageid
prop - Which pieces of information to get
text - Gives the parsed text of the wikitext
langlinks - Gives the language links in the parsed wikitext
categories - Gives the categories in the parsed wikitext
categorieshtml - Gives the HTML version of the categories
languageshtml - Gives the HTML version of the language links
links - Gives the internal links in the parsed wikitext
templates - Gives the templates in the parsed wikitext
images - Gives the images in the parsed wikitext
externallinks - Gives the external links in the parsed wikitext
sections - Gives the sections in the parsed wikitext
revid - Adds the revision ID of the parsed page
displaytitle - Adds the title of the parsed wikitext
headitems - Gives items to put in the <head> of the page
headhtml - Gives parsed <head> of the page
iwlinks - Gives interwiki links in the parsed wikitext
wikitext - Gives the original wikitext that was parsed
properties - Gives various properties defined in the parsed wikitext
Values (separate with '|'): text, langlinks, languageshtml, categories, categorieshtml, links, templates, images, externallinks,
sections, revid, displaytitle, headitems, headhtml, iwlinks, wikitext, properties
Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|externallinks|sections|revid|displaytitle|iwlinks|properties
pst - Do a pre-save transform on the input before parsing it
Only valid when used with text
onlypst - Do a pre-save transform (PST) on the input, but don't parse it
Returns the same wikitext, after a PST has been applied.
Only valid when used with text
effectivelanglinks - Includes language links supplied by extensions
(for use with prop=langlinks|languageshtml)
uselang - Which language to parse the request in
section - Only retrieve the content of this section number
disablepp - Disable the PP Report from the parser output
generatexml - Generate XML parse tree (requires contentmodel=wikitext)
preview - Parse in preview mode
sectionpreview - Parse in section preview mode (enables preview mode too)
contentformat - Content serialization format used for the input text
Only valid when used with text
One value: text/x-wiki, text/javascript, text/css, text/plain
contentmodel - Content model of the input text. Default is the model of the specified title, or wikitext if title is not specified
Only valid when used with text
One value: wikitext, javascript, css, text
Examples:
Parse a page:
api.php?action=parse&page=Project:Sandbox
Parse wikitext:
api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}
Parse wikitext, specifying the page title:
api.php?action=parse&text={{PAGENAME}}&title=Test
Parse a summary:
api.php?action=parse&summary=Some+[[link]]&prop=
* action=opensearch *
Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Opensearch
This module requires read rights
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
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: 0
suggest - Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false
format - The format of the output
One value: json, jsonfm
Default: json
Example:
api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te
* action=feedcontributions *
Returns a user contributions feed
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
feedformat - The format of the feed
One value: rss, atom
Default: rss
user - What users to get the contributions for
This parameter is required
namespace - What namespace to filter the contributions by
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
year - From year (and earlier)
month - From month (and earlier)
tagfilter - Filter contributions that have these tags
Values (separate with '|'):
Default:
deletedonly - Show only deleted contributions
toponly - Only show edits that are latest revisions
showsizediff - Show the size difference between revisions. Disabled in Miser Mode
Example:
api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Reedy
* action=feedwatchlist *
Returns a watchlist feed
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watchlist_feed
This module requires read rights
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
linktodiffs - Link to change differences instead of article pages
linktosections - Link directly to changed sections if possible
allrev - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe
wlowner - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
wltoken - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
wlshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set wlshow=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, patrolled, !patrolled
wltype - Which types of changes to show
edit - Regular page edits
external - External changes
new - Page creations
log - Log entries
Values (separate with '|'): edit, external, new, log
wlexcludeuser - Don't list changes by this user
Examples:
api.php?action=feedwatchlist
api.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev=&linktodiffs=&hours=6
* action=help *
Display this help screen. Or the help screen for the specified module
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQ
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Quick_start_guide
Parameters:
modules - List of module names (value of the action= parameter). Can specify submodules with a '+'
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
querymodules - DEPRECATED! Use modules=query+value instead. List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Examples:
Whole help page:
api.php?action=help
Module (action) help page:
api.php?action=help&modules=protect
Help for the query/categorymembers module:
api.php?action=help&modules=query+categorymembers
Help for the login and query/info modules:
api.php?action=help&modules=login|query+info
* action=paraminfo *
Obtain information about certain API parameters and errors
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parameter_information
Parameters:
modules - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): block, compare, createaccount, delete, edit, emailuser, expandtemplates, feedcontributions,
feedwatchlist, filerevert, help, imagerotate, import, login, logout, move, opensearch, options,
paraminfo, parse, patrol, protect, purge, query, rollback, rsd, setnotificationtimestamp, tokens,
unblock, undelete, upload, userrights, watch
querymodules - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allmessages, allpages, alltransclusions,
allusers, backlinks, blocks, categories, categoryinfo, categorymembers, deletedrevs, duplicatefiles,
embeddedin, extlinks, exturlusage, filearchive, filerepoinfo, imageinfo, images, imageusage, info,
iwbacklinks, iwlinks, langbacklinks, langlinks, links, logevents, pagepropnames, pageprops,
pageswithprop, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, revisions, search, siteinfo,
stashimageinfo, tags, templates, usercontribs, userinfo, users, watchlist, watchlistraw
mainmodule - Get information about the main (top-level) module as well
pagesetmodule - Get information about the pageset module (providing titles= and friends) as well
formatmodules - List of format module names (value of format= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): dbg, dbgfm, dump, dumpfm, json, jsonfm, none, php, phpfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml,
xmlfm, yaml, yamlfm
Example:
api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse&querymodules=allpages|siteinfo
* action=rsd *
Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema
This module requires read rights
Example:
api.php?action=rsd
* action=compare *
Get the difference between 2 pages
You must pass a revision number or a page title or a page ID id for each part (1 and 2)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
fromtitle - First title to compare
fromid - First page ID to compare
fromrev - First revision to compare
totitle - Second title to compare
toid - Second page ID to compare
torev - Second revision to compare
Example:
Create a diff between revision 1 and 2:
api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2
* action=tokens *
Gets tokens for data-modifying actions
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
type - Type of token(s) to request
Values (separate with '|'): block, delete, edit, email, import, move, options, patrol, protect, unblock, watch
Default: edit
Examples:
Retrieve an edit token (the default):
api.php?action=tokens
Retrieve an email token and a move token:
api.php?action=tokens&type=email|move
* action=purge *
Purge the cache for the given titles.
Requires a POST request if the user is not logged in.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
forcelinkupdate - Update the links tables
forcerecursivelinkupdate - Update the links table, and update the links tables for any page that uses this page as a template
titles - A list of titles to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
converttitles - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
Languages that support variant conversion include gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz, zh
generator - Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.
NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
One value: allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, alltransclusions, backlinks,
categories, categorymembers, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, images, imageusage,
iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, pageswithprop, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges,
search, templates, watchlist, watchlistraw
Example:
Purge the "Main Page" and the "API" page:
api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page|API
* action=setnotificationtimestamp *
Update the notification timestamp for watched pages.
This affects the highlighting of changed pages in the watchlist and history,
and the sending of email when the "Email me when a page on my watchlist is
changed" preference is enabled.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:SetNotificationTimestamp
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
entirewatchlist - Work on all watched pages
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
timestamp - Timestamp to which to set the notification timestamp
torevid - Revision to set the notification timestamp to (one page only)
newerthanrevid - Revision to set the notification timestamp newer than (one page only)
titles - A list of titles to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
converttitles - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
Languages that support variant conversion include gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz, zh
generator - Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.
NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
One value: allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, alltransclusions, backlinks,
categories, categorymembers, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, images, imageusage,
iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, pageswithprop, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges,
search, templates, watchlist, watchlistraw
Examples:
Reset the notification status for the entire watchlist:
api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&entirewatchlist=&token=123ABC
Reset the notification status for "Main page":
api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&titles=Main_page&token=123ABC
Set the notification timestamp for "Main page" so all edits since 1 January 2012 are unviewed:
api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&titles=Main_page×tamp=2012-01-01T00:00:00Z&token=123ABC
* action=rollback *
Undo 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
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Rollback
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to rollback.
This parameter is required
user - Name of the user whose edits are to be rolled back. If set incorrectly, you'll get a badtoken error.
This parameter is required
token - A rollback token previously retrieved through prop=revisions
This parameter is required
summary - Custom edit summary. If empty, default summary will be used
Default:
markbot - Mark the reverted edits and the revert as bot edits
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Catrope&token=123ABC
api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=217.121.114.116&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1
* action=delete *
Delete a page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Delete
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with pageid
pageid - Page ID of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with title
token - A delete token previously retrieved through prop=info
This parameter is required
reason - Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
oldimage - The name of the old image to delete as provided by iiprop=archivename
Examples:
Delete the Main Page:
api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC
Delete the Main Page with the reason "Preparing for move":
api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move
* action=undelete *
Restore certain revisions of a deleted page. A list of deleted revisions (including timestamps) can be
retrieved through list=deletedrevs
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Undelete
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to restore
This parameter is required
token - An undelete token previously retrieved through list=deletedrevs
This parameter is required
reason - Reason for restoring
Default:
timestamps - Timestamps of the revisions to restore. If not set, all revisions will be restored.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20page
api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC×tamps=20070703220045|20070702194856
* action=protect *
Change the protection level of a page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Protect
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to (un)protect. Cannot be used together with pageid
pageid - ID of the page you want to (un)protect. Cannot be used together with title
token - A protect token previously retrieved through prop=info
This parameter is required
protections - List of protection levels, formatted action=group (e.g. edit=sysop)
This parameter is required
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
expiry - Expiry timestamps. If only one timestamp is set, it'll be used for all protections.
Use 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', for a never-expiring protection.
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: infinite
reason - Reason for (un)protecting
Default:
cascade - Enable cascading protection (i.e. protect pages included in this page)
Ignored if not all protection levels are 'sysop' or 'protect'
watch - DEPRECATED! If set, add the page being (un)protected to your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade=&expiry=20070901163000|never
api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions
* action=block *
Block a user
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Block
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
user - Username, IP address or IP range you want to block
This parameter is required
token - A block token previously obtained through prop=info
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
Default:
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 email through the wiki. (Requires the "blockemail" right.)
hidename - Hide the username from the block log. (Requires the "hideuser" right.)
allowusertalk - Allow the user to edit their own talk page (depends on $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit)
reblock - If the user is already blocked, overwrite the existing block
watchuser - Watch the user/IP's user and talk pages
Examples:
api.php?action=block&user=123.5.5.12&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strike
api.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate=&autoblock=&noemail=
* action=unblock *
Unblock a user
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Block
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
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 prop=info
reason - Reason for unblock
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=unblock&id=105
api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob
* action=move *
Move a page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Move
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
from - Title of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with fromid
fromid - Page ID of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with from
to - Title you want to rename the page to
This parameter is required
token - A move token previously retrieved through prop=info
This parameter is required
reason - Reason for the move
Default:
movetalk - Move the talk page, if it exists
movesubpages - Move subpages, if applicable
noredirect - Don't create a redirect
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page and the redirect to your watchlist
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page and the redirect from your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
Example:
api.php?action=move&from=Badtitle&to=Goodtitle&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk=&noredirect=
* action=edit *
Create and edit pages.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to edit. Cannot be used together with pageid
pageid - Page ID of the page you want to edit. Cannot be used together with title
section - Section number. 0 for the top section, 'new' for a new section
sectiontitle - The title for a new section
text - Page content
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
The token should always be sent as the last parameter, or at least, after the text parameter
This parameter is required
summary - Edit summary. Also section title when section=new and sectiontitle is not set
minor - Minor edit
notminor - Non-minor edit
bot - Mark this edit as bot
basetimestamp - Timestamp of the base revision (obtained through prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp).
Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts
starttimestamp - Timestamp when you obtained the edit token.
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
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
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
appendtext - Add this text to the end of the page. Overrides text.
Use section=new to append a new section
undo - Undo this revision. Overrides text, prependtext and appendtext
undoafter - Undo all revisions from undo to this one. If not set, just undo one revision
redirect - Automatically resolve redirects
contentformat - Content serialization format used for the input text
One value: text/x-wiki, text/javascript, text/css, text/plain
contentmodel - Content model of the new content
One value: wikitext, javascript, css, text
Examples:
Edit a page (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
Prepend __NOTOC__ to a page (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=NOTOC&minor=&prependtext=__NOTOC__%0A&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
Undo r13579 through r13585 with autosummary (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&undo=13585&undoafter=13579&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
* action=upload *
Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads. Several methods are available:
* Upload file contents directly, using the "file" parameter
* Have the MediaWiki server fetch a file from a URL, using the "url" parameter
* Complete an earlier upload that failed due to warnings, using the "filekey" parameter
Note that the HTTP POST must be done as a file upload (i.e. using multipart/form-data) when
sending the "file". Also you must get and send an edit token before doing any upload stuff
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Upload
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
filename - Target filename
comment - Upload comment. Also used as the initial page text for new files if "text" is not specified
Default:
text - Initial page text for new files
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
This parameter is required
watch - DEPRECATED! Watch the page
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
file - File contents
Must be posted as a file upload using multipart/form-data
url - URL to fetch the file from
filekey - Key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
sessionkey - DEPRECATED! Same as filekey, maintained for backward compatibility.
stash - If set, the server will not add the file to the repository and stash it temporarily.
filesize - Filesize of entire upload
offset - Offset of chunk in bytes
chunk - Chunk contents
Must be posted as a file upload using multipart/form-data
async - Make potentially large file operations asynchronous when possible
asyncdownload - Make fetching a URL asynchronous
leavemessage - If asyncdownload is used, leave a message on the user talk page if finished
statuskey - Fetch the upload status for this file key (upload by URL)
checkstatus - Only fetch the upload status for the given file key
Examples:
Upload from a URL:
api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&url=http%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png
Complete an upload that failed due to warnings:
api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&filekey=filekey&ignorewarnings=1
* action=filerevert *
Revert a file to an old version
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
filename - Target filename without the File: prefix
This parameter is required
comment - Upload comment
Default:
archivename - Archive name of the revision to revert to
This parameter is required
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
This parameter is required
Example:
Revert Wiki.png to the version of 20110305152740:
api.php?action=filerevert&filename=Wiki.png&comment=Revert&archivename=20110305152740!Wiki.png&token=123ABC
* action=emailuser *
Email a user.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Email
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
target - User to send email to
This parameter is required
subject - Subject header
text - Mail body
This parameter is required
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
This parameter is required
ccme - Send a copy of this mail to me
Example:
Send an email to the User "WikiSysop" with the text "Content":
api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content
* action=watch *
Add or remove a page from/to the current user's watchlist
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watch
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - The page to (un)watch
This parameter is required
unwatch - If set the page will be unwatched rather than watched
uselang - Language to show the message in
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
This parameter is required
Examples:
Watch the page "Main Page":
api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page
Unwatch the page "Main Page":
api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page&unwatch=
* action=patrol *
Patrol a page or revision
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Patrol
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
token - Patrol token obtained from list=recentchanges
This parameter is required
rcid - Recentchanges ID to patrol
revid - Revision ID to patrol
Examples:
api.php?action=patrol&token=123abc&rcid=230672766
api.php?action=patrol&token=123abc&revid=230672766
* action=import *
Import a page from another wiki, or an XML file.
Note that the HTTP POST must be done as a file upload (i.e. using multipart/form-data) when
sending a file for the "xml" parameter.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Import
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
token - Import token obtained through prop=info
This parameter is required
summary - Import summary
xml - Uploaded XML file
Must be posted as a file upload using multipart/form-data
interwikisource - For interwiki imports: wiki to import from
One value:
interwikipage - For interwiki imports: page to import
fullhistory - For interwiki imports: import the full history, not just the current version
templates - For interwiki imports: import all included templates as well
namespace - For interwiki imports: import to this namespace
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
rootpage - Import as subpage of this page
Example:
Import [[meta:Help:Parserfunctions]] to namespace 100 with full history:
api.php?action=import&interwikisource=meta&interwikipage=Help:ParserFunctions&namespace=100&fullhistory=&token=123ABC
* action=userrights *
Add/remove a user to/from groups
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:User_group_membership
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
user - User name
This parameter is required
add - Add the user to these groups
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat
remove - Remove the user from these groups
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat
token - A userrights token previously retrieved through list=users
This parameter is required
reason - Reason for the change
Default:
Example:
api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC
* action=options *
Change preferences of the current user
Only options which are registered in core or in one of installed extensions,
or as options with keys prefixed with 'userjs-' (intended to be used by user scripts), can be set.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Options
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
token - An options token previously obtained through the action=tokens
This parameter is required
reset - Resets preferences to the site defaults
resetkinds - List of types of options to reset when the "reset" option is set
Values (separate with '|'): registered, registered-multiselect, registered-checkmatrix, userjs, unused, all
Default: all
change - List of changes, formatted name=value (e.g. skin=vector), value cannot contain pipe characters. If no value is given (not even an equals sign), e.g., optionname|otheroption|..., the option will be reset to its default value
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
optionname - A name of a option which should have an optionvalue set
optionvalue - A value of the option specified by the optionname, can contain pipe characters
Examples:
api.php?action=options&reset=&token=123ABC
api.php?action=options&change=skin=vector|hideminor=1&token=123ABC
api.php?action=options&reset=&change=skin=monobook&optionname=nickname&optionvalue=[[User:Beau|Beau]]%20([[User_talk:Beau|talk]])&token=123ABC
* action=imagerotate *
Rotate one or more images
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
rotation - Degrees to rotate image clockwise
This parameter is required
One value: 90, 180, 270
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through action=tokens
This parameter is required
titles - A list of titles to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Separate values with '|'
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
converttitles - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
Languages that support variant conversion include gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz, zh
generator - Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.
NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
One value: allcategories, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, alltransclusions, backlinks,
categories, categorymembers, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, images, imageusage,
iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, pageswithprop, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges,
search, templates, watchlist, watchlistraw
Example:
api.php?action=imagerotate&titles=Example.jpg&rotation=90&token=123ABC
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Permissions *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
* writeapi *
Use of the write API
Granted to:
all, user, bot
* apihighlimits *
Use higher limits in API queries (Slow queries: 500 results; Fast queries: 5000 results). The limits for slow queries also apply to multivalue parameters.
Granted to:
bot, sysop
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Formats *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
* format=json *
Output data in JSON format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
utf8 - If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences.
Example:
Format the query result in the json format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json
* format=jsonfm *
Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
utf8 - If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences.
Example:
Format the query result in the jsonfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm
* format=php *
Output data in serialized PHP format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the php format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php
* format=phpfm *
Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the phpfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm
* format=wddx *
Output data in WDDX format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the wddx format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddx
* format=wddxfm *
Output data in WDDX format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the wddxfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddxfm
* format=xml *
Output data in XML format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
xslt - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet. This should be a wiki page in the MediaWiki namespace whose page name ends with ".xsl"
includexmlnamespace - If specified, adds an XML namespace
Example:
Format the query result in the xml format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml
* format=xmlfm *
Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
xslt - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet. This should be a wiki page in the MediaWiki namespace whose page name ends with ".xsl"
includexmlnamespace - If specified, adds an XML namespace
Example:
Format the query result in the xmlfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm
* format=yaml *
Output data in YAML format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
utf8 - If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences.
Example:
Format the query result in the yaml format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yaml
* format=yamlfm *
Output data in YAML format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
utf8 - If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences.
Example:
Format the query result in the yamlfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yamlfm
* format=rawfm *
Output data with the debugging elements in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
utf8 - If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences.
Example:
Format the query result in the rawfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm
* format=txt *
Output data in PHP's print_r() format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the txt format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txt
* format=txtfm *
Output data in PHP's print_r() format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the txtfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txtfm
* format=dbg *
Output data in PHP's var_export() format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dbg format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbg
* format=dbgfm *
Output data in PHP's var_export() format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dbgfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbgfm
* format=dump *
Output data in PHP's var_dump() format
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dump format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dump
* format=dumpfm *
Output data in PHP's var_dump() format (pretty-print in HTML)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dumpfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dumpfm
* format=none *
Output nothing
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the none format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=none
*** Credits: ***
API developers:
Roan Kattouw "<Firstname>.<Lastname>@gmail.com" (lead developer Sep 2007-2009)
Victor Vasiliev - vasilvv @ gmail . com
Bryan Tong Minh - bryan . tongminh @ gmail . com
Sam Reed - sam @ reedyboy . net
Yuri Astrakhan "<Firstname><Lastname>@gmail.com" (creator, lead developer Sep 2006-Sep 2007, 2012-present)
Please send your comments, suggestions and questions to mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
or file a bug report at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
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