MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page
Main module
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Status: The MediaWiki API is a mature and stable interface that is actively supported and improved. While we try to avoid it, we may occasionally need to make breaking changes; subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list for notice of updates.
Erroneous requests: When erroneous requests are sent to the API, an 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. For more information see API: Errors and warnings.
Testing: For ease of testing API requests, see Special:ApiSandbox.
- action
Which action to perform.
- block
- Block a user.
- changeauthenticationdata
- Change authentication data for the current user.
- changecontentmodel
- Change the content model of a page
- checktoken
- Check the validity of a token from action=query&meta=tokens.
- clearhasmsg
- Clears the
hasmsg
flag for the current user. - clientlogin
- Log in to the wiki using the interactive flow.
- compare
- Get the difference between two pages.
- createaccount
- Create a new user account.
- delete
- Delete a page.
- edit
- Create and edit pages.
- emailuser
- Email a user.
- embedvideo
- Get generated video embed code for given parameters.
- expandtemplates
- Expands all templates within wikitext.
- feedcontributions
- Returns a user's contributions feed.
- feedrecentchanges
- Returns a recent changes feed.
- feedwatchlist
- Returns a watchlist feed.
- filerevert
- Revert a file to an old version.
- help
- Display help for the specified modules.
- imagerotate
- Rotate one or more images.
- import
- Import a page from another wiki, or from an XML file.
- linkaccount
- Link an account from a third-party provider to the current user.
- login
- Log in and get authentication cookies.
- logout
- Log out and clear session data.
- managetags
- Perform management tasks relating to change tags.
- mergehistory
- Merge page histories.
- move
- Move a page.
- opensearch
- Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol.
- options
- Change preferences of the current user.
- paraminfo
- Obtain information about API modules.
- parse
- Parses content and returns parser output.
- patrol
- Patrol a page or revision.
- protect
- Change the protection level of a page.
- purge
- Purge the cache for the given titles.
- query
- Fetch data from and about MediaWiki.
- removeauthenticationdata
- Remove authentication data for the current user.
- resetpassword
- Send a password reset email to a user.
- revisiondelete
- Delete and undelete revisions.
- rollback
- Undo the last edit to the page.
- rsd
- Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema.
- setnotificationtimestamp
- Update the notification timestamp for watched pages.
- setpagelanguage
- Change the language of a page.
- spamblacklist
- Validate one or more URLs against the SpamBlacklist.
- tag
- Add or remove change tags from individual revisions or log entries.
- titleblacklist
- Validate a page title, filename, or username against the TitleBlacklist.
- unblock
- Unblock a user.
- undelete
- Restore revisions of a deleted page.
- unlinkaccount
- Remove a linked third-party account from the current user.
- upload
- Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads.
- userrights
- Change a user's group membership.
- validatepassword
- Validate a password against the wiki's password policies.
- watch
- Add or remove pages from the current user's watchlist.
- tokens
- Deprecated. Get tokens for data-modifying actions.
- categorytree
- Internal. Internal module for the CategoryTree extension.
- cspreport
- Internal. Used by browsers to report violations of the Content Security Policy. This module should never be used, except when used automatically by a CSP compliant web browser.
- stashedit
- Internal. Prepare an edit in shared cache.
- One of the following values: block, changeauthenticationdata, changecontentmodel, checktoken, clearhasmsg, clientlogin, compare, createaccount, delete, edit, emailuser, embedvideo, expandtemplates, feedcontributions, feedrecentchanges, feedwatchlist, filerevert, help, imagerotate, import, linkaccount, login, logout, managetags, mergehistory, move, opensearch, options, paraminfo, parse, patrol, protect, purge, query, removeauthenticationdata, resetpassword, revisiondelete, rollback, rsd, setnotificationtimestamp, setpagelanguage, spamblacklist, tag, titleblacklist, unblock, undelete, unlinkaccount, upload, userrights, validatepassword, watch, tokens, categorytree, cspreport, stashedit
- Default: help
- format
The format of the output.
- json
- Output data in JSON format.
- jsonfm
- Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML).
- none
- Output nothing.
- php
- Output data in serialized PHP format.
- phpfm
- Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML).
- rawfm
- Output data, including debugging elements, in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML).
- xml
- Output data in XML format.
- xmlfm
- Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML).
- One of the following values: json, jsonfm, none, php, phpfm, rawfm, xml, xmlfm
- Default: jsonfm
- 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 excessive lag, error code maxlag is returned with a message like Waiting for $host: $lag seconds lagged.
See Manual: Maxlag parameter for more information.- Type: integer
- smaxage
Set the
s-maxage
HTTP cache control header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached.- Type: integer
- Default: 0
- maxage
Set the
max-age
HTTP cache control header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached.- Type: integer
- Default: 0
- assert
Verify that the user is logged in if set to user, not logged in if set to anon, or has the bot user right if bot.
- One of the following values: anon, bot, user
- assertuser
Verify the current user is the named user.
- Type: user, by user name
- requestid
Any value given here will be included in the response. May be used to distinguish requests.
- servedby
Include the hostname that served the request in the results.
- Type: boolean (details)
- curtimestamp
Include the current timestamp in the result.
- Type: boolean (details)
- responselanginfo
Include the languages used for uselang and errorlang in the result.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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).
For authenticated requests, this must match one of the origins in the
Origin
header exactly, so it has to be set to something like https://en.wikipedia.org or https://meta.wikimedia.org. If this parameter does not match theOrigin
header, a 403 response will be returned. If this parameter matches theOrigin
header and the origin is whitelisted, theAccess-Control-Allow-Origin
andAccess-Control-Allow-Credentials
headers will be set.For non-authenticated requests, specify the value *. This will cause the
Access-Control-Allow-Origin
header to be set, butAccess-Control-Allow-Credentials
will befalse
and all user-specific data will be restricted.- uselang
Language to use for message translations. action=query&meta=siteinfo with siprop=languages returns a list of language codes, or specify user to use the current user's language preference, or specify content to use this wiki's content language.
- Default: user
- errorformat
Format to use for warning and error text output.
- plaintext
- Wikitext with HTML tags removed and entities replaced.
- wikitext
- Unparsed wikitext.
- html
- HTML.
- raw
- Message key and parameters.
- none
- No text output, only the error codes.
- bc
- Format used prior to MediaWiki 1.29. errorlang and errorsuselocal are ignored.
- One of the following values: bc, html, none, plaintext, raw, wikitext
- Default: bc
- errorlang
Language to use for warnings and errors. action=query&meta=siteinfo with siprop=languages returns a list of language codes, or specify content to use this wiki's content language, or specify uselang to use the same value as the uselang parameter.
- Default: uselang
- errorsuselocal
If given, error texts will use locally-customized messages from the MediaWiki namespace.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Help for the main module.
- api.php?action=help [open in sandbox]
- All help in one page.
- api.php?action=help&recursivesubmodules=1 [open in sandbox]
action=block
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Block a user.
- user
User to block.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, IP range and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- userid
- Deprecated.
Specify user=#ID instead.
- Type: integer
- expiry
Expiry time. May be relative (e.g. 5 months or 2 weeks) or absolute (e.g. 2014-09-18T12:34:56Z). If set to infinite, indefinite, or never, the block will never expire.
- Default: never
- reason
Reason for block.
- Default: (empty)
- anononly
Block anonymous users only (i.e. disable anonymous edits for this IP address).
- Type: boolean (details)
- nocreate
Prevent account creation.
- Type: boolean (details)
- autoblock
Automatically block the last used IP address, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to login from.
- Type: boolean (details)
- noemail
Prevent user from sending email through the wiki. (Requires the
blockemail
right).- Type: boolean (details)
- hidename
Hide the username from the block log. (Requires the
hideuser
right).- Type: boolean (details)
- allowusertalk
Allow the user to edit their own talk page (depends on $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit).
- Type: boolean (details)
- reblock
If the user is already blocked, overwrite the existing block.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchuser
Watch the user's or IP address's user and talk pages.
- Type: boolean (details)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the block log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- partial
Block user from specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site.
- Type: boolean (details)
- pagerestrictions
List of titles to block the user from editing. Only applies when partial is set to true.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 10.
- namespacerestrictions
List of namespace IDs to block the user from editing. Only applies when partial is set to true.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Block IP address 192.0.2.5 for three days with a reason.
- api.php?action=block&user=192.0.2.5&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strike&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Block user Vandal indefinitely with a reason, and prevent new account creation and email sending.
- api.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate=&autoblock=&noemail=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=categorytree
- This module is internal or unstable. Its operation may change without notice.
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: CategoryTree
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Internal module for the CategoryTree extension.
- category
Title in the category namespace, prefix will be ignored if given.
- This parameter is required.
- options
Options for the CategoryTree constructor as a JSON object. The depth option defaults to 1.
action=changeauthenticationdata (changeauth)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change authentication data for the current user.
- changeauthrequest
Use this authentication request, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change.
- This parameter is required.
- changeauthtoken
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- *
- This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.
- Attempt to change the current user's password to ExamplePassword.
- api.php?action=changeauthenticationdata&changeauthrequest=MediaWiki%5CAuth%5CPasswordAuthenticationRequest&password=ExamplePassword&retype=ExamplePassword&changeauthtoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=changecontentmodel
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change the content model of a page
- title
Title of the page to change the contentmodel of. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
Page ID of the page to change the contentmodel of. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- summary
Edit summary and log entry reason
- tags
Change tags to apply to the log entry and edit.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- model
Content model of the new content.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- bot
Mark the content model change with a bot flag.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Change the main page to have the
text
content model - api.php?action=changecontentmodel&title=Main Page&model=text&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=checktoken
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Check the validity of a token from action=query&meta=tokens.
- type
Type of token being tested.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: createaccount, csrf, login, patrol, rollback, userrights, watch
- token
Token to test.
- This parameter is required.
- maxtokenage
Maximum allowed age of the token, in seconds.
- Type: integer
- Test the validity of a csrf token.
- api.php?action=checktoken&type=csrf&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=clearhasmsg
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Clears the hasmsg
flag for the current user.
- Clear the
hasmsg
flag for the current user. - api.php?action=clearhasmsg [open in sandbox]
action=clientlogin (login)
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Log in to the wiki using the interactive flow.
The general procedure to use this module is:
- Fetch the fields available from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=login, and a login token from action=query&meta=tokens.
- Present the fields to the user, and obtain their submission.
- Post to this module, supplying loginreturnurl and any relevant fields.
- Check the status in the response.
- If you received PASS or FAIL, you're done. The operation either succeeded or it didn't.
- If you received UI, present the new fields to the user and obtain their submission. Then post to this module with logincontinue and the relevant fields set, and repeat step 4.
- If you received REDIRECT, direct the user to the redirecttarget and wait for the return to loginreturnurl. Then post to this module with logincontinue and any fields passed to the return URL, and repeat step 4.
- If you received RESTART, that means the authentication worked but we don't have a linked user account. You might treat this as UI or as FAIL.
- loginrequests
Only use these authentication requests, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=login or from a previous response from this module.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- loginmessageformat
Format to use for returning messages.
- One of the following values: html, none, raw, wikitext
- Default: wikitext
- loginmergerequestfields
Merge field information for all authentication requests into one array.
- Type: boolean (details)
- loginpreservestate
Preserve state from a previous failed login attempt, if possible.
- Type: boolean (details)
- loginreturnurl
Return URL for third-party authentication flows, must be absolute. Either this or logincontinue is required.
Upon receiving a REDIRECT response, you will typically open a browser or web view to the specified redirecttarget URL for a third-party authentication flow. When that completes, the third party will send the browser or web view to this URL. You should extract any query or POST parameters from the URL and pass them as a logincontinue request to this API module.
- logincontinue
This request is a continuation after an earlier UI or REDIRECT response. Either this or loginreturnurl is required.
- Type: boolean (details)
- logintoken
A "login" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- *
- This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=login (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.
- Start the process of logging in to the wiki as user Example with password ExamplePassword.
- api.php?action=clientlogin&username=Example&password=ExamplePassword&loginreturnurl=http://example.org/&logintoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Continue logging in after a UI response for two-factor auth, supplying an OATHToken of 987654.
- api.php?action=clientlogin&logincontinue=1&OATHToken=987654&logintoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=compare
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get the difference between two pages.
A revision number, a page title, a page ID, text, or a relative reference for both "from" and "to" must be passed.
- fromtitle
First title to compare.
- fromid
First page ID to compare.
- Type: integer
- fromrev
First revision to compare.
- Type: integer
- fromslots
Override content of the revision specified by fromtitle, fromid or fromrev.
This parameter specifies the slots that are to be modified. Use fromtext-{slot}, fromcontentmodel-{slot}, and fromcontentformat-{slot} to specify content for each slot.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- fromtext-{slot}
Text of the specified slot. If omitted, the slot is removed from the revision.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
- fromsection-{slot}
When fromtext-{slot} is the content of a single section, this is the section number. It will be merged into the revision specified by fromtitle, fromid or fromrev as if for a section edit.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
- fromcontentformat-{slot}
Content serialization format of fromtext-{slot}.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- fromcontentmodel-{slot}
Content model of fromtext-{slot}. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- frompst
Do a pre-save transform on fromtext-{slot}.
- Type: boolean (details)
- fromtext
- Deprecated.
Specify fromslots=main and use fromtext-main instead.
- fromcontentformat
- Deprecated.
Specify fromslots=main and use fromcontentformat-main instead.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- fromcontentmodel
- Deprecated.
Specify fromslots=main and use fromcontentmodel-main instead.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- fromsection
- Deprecated.
Only use the specified section of the specified 'from' content.
- totitle
Second title to compare.
- toid
Second page ID to compare.
- Type: integer
- torev
Second revision to compare.
- Type: integer
- torelative
Use a revision relative to the revision determined from fromtitle, fromid or fromrev. All of the other 'to' options will be ignored.
- One of the following values: cur, next, prev
- toslots
Override content of the revision specified by totitle, toid or torev.
This parameter specifies the slots that are to be modified. Use totext-{slot}, tocontentmodel-{slot}, and tocontentformat-{slot} to specify content for each slot.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- totext-{slot}
Text of the specified slot. If omitted, the slot is removed from the revision.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
- tosection-{slot}
When totext-{slot} is the content of a single section, this is the section number. It will be merged into the revision specified by totitle, toid or torev as if for a section edit.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
- tocontentformat-{slot}
Content serialization format of totext-{slot}.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- tocontentmodel-{slot}
Content model of totext-{slot}. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- topst
Do a pre-save transform on totext.
- Type: boolean (details)
- totext
- Deprecated.
Specify toslots=main and use totext-main instead.
- tocontentformat
- Deprecated.
Specify toslots=main and use tocontentformat-main instead.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- tocontentmodel
- Deprecated.
Specify toslots=main and use tocontentmodel-main instead.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- tosection
- Deprecated.
Only use the specified section of the specified 'to' content.
- prop
Which pieces of information to get.
- diff
- The diff HTML.
- diffsize
- The size of the diff HTML, in bytes.
- rel
- The revision IDs of the revision previous to 'from' and after 'to', if any.
- ids
- The page and revision IDs of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
- title
- The page titles of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
- user
- The user name and ID of the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the user has been revision deleted, a fromuserhidden or touserhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- The comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the comment has been revision deleted, a fromcommenthidden or tocommenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- The parsed comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the comment has been revision deleted, a fromcommenthidden or tocommenthidden property will be returned.
- size
- The size of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
- timestamp
- (no description)
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, diff, diffsize, ids, parsedcomment, rel, size, timestamp, title, user
- Default: diff|ids|title
- slots
Return individual diffs for these slots, rather than one combined diff for all slots.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- To specify all values, use *.
- Create a diff between revision 1 and 2.
- api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2 [open in sandbox]
action=createaccount (create)
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Create a new user account.
The general procedure to use this module is:
- Fetch the fields available from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=create, and a createaccount token from action=query&meta=tokens.
- Present the fields to the user, and obtain their submission.
- Post to this module, supplying createreturnurl and any relevant fields.
- Check the status in the response.
- If you received PASS or FAIL, you're done. The operation either succeeded or it didn't.
- If you received UI, present the new fields to the user and obtain their submission. Then post to this module with createcontinue and the relevant fields set, and repeat step 4.
- If you received REDIRECT, direct the user to the redirecttarget and wait for the return to createreturnurl. Then post to this module with createcontinue and any fields passed to the return URL, and repeat step 4.
- If you received RESTART, that means the authentication worked but we don't have a linked user account. You might treat this as UI or as FAIL.
- createrequests
Only use these authentication requests, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=create or from a previous response from this module.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- createmessageformat
Format to use for returning messages.
- One of the following values: html, none, raw, wikitext
- Default: wikitext
- createmergerequestfields
Merge field information for all authentication requests into one array.
- Type: boolean (details)
- createpreservestate
Preserve state from a previous failed login attempt, if possible.
If action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo returned true for hasprimarypreservedstate, requests marked as primary-required should be omitted. If it returned a non-empty value for preservedusername, that username must be used for the username parameter.
- Type: boolean (details)
- createreturnurl
Return URL for third-party authentication flows, must be absolute. Either this or createcontinue is required.
Upon receiving a REDIRECT response, you will typically open a browser or web view to the specified redirecttarget URL for a third-party authentication flow. When that completes, the third party will send the browser or web view to this URL. You should extract any query or POST parameters from the URL and pass them as a createcontinue request to this API module.
- createcontinue
This request is a continuation after an earlier UI or REDIRECT response. Either this or createreturnurl is required.
- Type: boolean (details)
- createtoken
A "createaccount" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- *
- This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=create (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.
- Start the process of creating the user Example with the password ExamplePassword.
- api.php?action=createaccount&username=Example&password=ExamplePassword&retype=ExamplePassword&createreturnurl=http://example.org/&createtoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=cspreport
- This module is internal or unstable. Its operation may change without notice.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Used by browsers to report violations of the Content Security Policy. This module should never be used, except when used automatically by a CSP compliant web browser.
- reportonly
Mark as being a report from a monitoring policy, not an enforced policy
- Type: boolean (details)
- source
What generated the CSP header that triggered this report
- Default: internal
action=delete
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Delete a page.
- title
Title of the page to delete. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
Page ID of the page to delete. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- reason
Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the deletion log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- watch
- Deprecated.
Add the page to the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- Default: preferences
- unwatch
- Deprecated.
Remove the page from the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- oldimage
The name of the old image to delete as provided by action=query&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=archivename.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Delete the Main Page.
- api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Delete the Main Page with the reason Preparing for move.
- api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move [open in sandbox]
action=edit
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Create and edit pages.
- title
Title of the page to edit. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
Page ID of the page to edit. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- section
Section number. 0 for the top section, new for a new section.
- sectiontitle
The title for a new section.
- text
Page content.
- summary
Edit summary. Also section title when section=new and sectiontitle is not set.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- minor
Mark this edit as a minor edit.
- Type: boolean (details)
- notminor
Do not mark this edit as a minor edit even if the "Mark all edits minor by default" user preference is set.
- Type: boolean (details)
- bot
Mark this edit as a bot edit.
- Type: boolean (details)
- baserevid
ID of the base revision, used to detect edit conflicts. May be obtained through action=query&prop=revisions. Self-conflicts cause the edit to fail unless basetimestamp is set.
- Type: integer
- basetimestamp
Timestamp of the base revision, used to detect edit conflicts. May be obtained through action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp. Self-conflicts are ignored.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- starttimestamp
Timestamp when the editing process began, used to detect edit conflicts. An appropriate value may be obtained using curtimestamp when beginning the edit process (e.g. when loading the page content to edit).
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- recreate
Override any errors about the page having been deleted in the meantime.
- Type: boolean (details)
- createonly
Don't edit the page if it exists already.
- Type: boolean (details)
- nocreate
Throw an error if the page doesn't exist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watch
- Deprecated.
Add the page to the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- unwatch
- Deprecated.
Remove the page from the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- 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, rather than this parameter.
- undo
Undo this revision. Overrides text, prependtext and appendtext.
- Type: integer
- The value must be no less than 0.
- undoafter
Undo all revisions from undo to this one. If not set, just undo one revision.
- Type: integer
- The value must be no less than 0.
- redirect
Automatically resolve redirects.
- Type: boolean (details)
- contentformat
Content serialization format used for the input text.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- contentmodel
Content model of the new content.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
The token should always be sent as the last parameter, or at least after the text parameter.
- This parameter is required.
- captchaword
Answer to the CAPTCHA
- captchaid
CAPTCHA ID from previous request
- Edit a page.
- api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&baserevid=1234567&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Prepend __NOTOC__ to a page.
- api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=NOTOC&minor=&prependtext=__NOTOC__%0A&basetimestamp=2007-08-24T12:34:54Z&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Undo revisions 13579 through 13585 with autosummary.
- api.php?action=edit&title=Test&undo=13585&undoafter=13579&basetimestamp=2007-08-24T12:34:54Z&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=emailuser
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Email a user.
- target
User to send the email to.
- This parameter is required.
- subject
Subject header.
- text
Email body.
- This parameter is required.
- ccme
Send a copy of this mail to me.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Send an email to the user WikiSysop with the text Content.
- api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=embedvideo
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: EmbedVideo
- License: MIT
Get generated video embed code for given parameters.
- service
Name of the service (youtube, twitch, ect)
- This parameter is required.
- id
The ID of the video for that service
- This parameter is required.
- dimensions
Either a numeric width (100) or width by height (100x100)
- alignment
Alignment of video
- description
Description of video
- container
Accepts frame, or leave empty
- urlargs
Additional arguments to pass in the video url (for some services)
- autoresize
Auto resize video? (true or false)
action=expandtemplates
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Expands all templates within wikitext.
- title
Title of the page.
- text
Wikitext to convert.
- This parameter is required.
- revid
Revision ID, for
{{REVISIONID}}
and similar variables.- Type: integer
- prop
Which pieces of information to get.
Note that if no values are selected, the result will contain the wikitext, but the output will be in a deprecated format.
- wikitext
- The expanded wikitext.
- categories
- Any categories present in the input that are not represented in the wikitext output.
- properties
- Page properties defined by expanded magic words in the wikitext.
- volatile
- Whether the output is volatile and should not be reused elsewhere within the page.
- ttl
- The maximum time after which caches of the result should be invalidated.
- modules
- Any ResourceLoader modules that parser functions have requested be added to the output. Either jsconfigvars or encodedjsconfigvars must be requested jointly with modules.
- jsconfigvars
- Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page.
- encodedjsconfigvars
- Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page as a JSON string.
- parsetree
- The XML parse tree of the input.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categories, encodedjsconfigvars, jsconfigvars, modules, parsetree, properties, ttl, volatile, wikitext
- includecomments
Whether to include HTML comments in the output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- generatexml
- Deprecated.
Generate XML parse tree (replaced by prop=parsetree).
- Type: boolean (details)
- Expand the wikitext {{Project:Sandbox}}.
- api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}} [open in sandbox]
action=feedcontributions
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns a user's contributions feed.
- feedformat
The format of the feed.
- One of the following values: atom, rss
- Default: rss
- user
What users to get the contributions for.
- This parameter is required.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, IP range, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- namespace
Which namespace to filter the contributions by.
- One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- year
From year (and earlier).
- Type: integer
- month
From month (and earlier).
- Type: integer
- tagfilter
Filter contributions that have these tags.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): mw-blank, mw-changed-redirect-target, mw-contentmodelchange, mw-new-redirect, mw-removed-redirect, mw-replace, mw-rollback, mw-undo
- Default: (empty)
- deletedonly
Show only deleted contributions.
- Type: boolean (details)
- toponly
Only show edits that are the latest revisions.
- Type: boolean (details)
- newonly
Only show edits that are page creations.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hideminor
Hide minor edits.
- Type: boolean (details)
- showsizediff
Show the size difference between revisions.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Return contributions for user Example.
- api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Example [open in sandbox]
action=feedrecentchanges
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns a recent changes feed.
- feedformat
The format of the feed.
- One of the following values: atom, rss
- Default: rss
- namespace
Namespace to limit the results to.
- One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- invert
All namespaces but the selected one.
- Type: boolean (details)
- associated
Include associated (talk or main) namespace.
- Type: boolean (details)
- days
Days to limit the results to.
- Type: integer
- The value must be no less than 1.
- Default: 7
- limit
Maximum number of results to return.
- Type: integer
- The value must be between 1 and 50.
- Default: 50
- from
Show changes since then.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- hideminor
Hide minor changes.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hidebots
Hide changes made by bots.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hideanons
Hide changes made by anonymous users.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hideliu
Hide changes made by registered users.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hidepatrolled
Hide patrolled changes.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hidemyself
Hide changes made by the current user.
- Type: boolean (details)
- hidecategorization
Hide category membership changes.
- Type: boolean (details)
- tagfilter
Filter by tag.
- target
Show only changes on pages linked from this page.
- showlinkedto
Show changes on pages linked to the selected page instead.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Show recent changes.
- api.php?action=feedrecentchanges [open in sandbox]
- Show recent changes for 30 days.
- api.php?action=feedrecentchanges&days=30 [open in sandbox]
action=feedwatchlist
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns a watchlist feed.
- feedformat
The format of the feed.
- One of the following values: atom, rss
- Default: rss
- hours
List pages modified within this many hours from now.
- Type: integer
- The value must be between 1 and 72.
- Default: 24
- linktosections
Link directly to changed sections if possible.
- Type: boolean (details)
- allrev
Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe.
- Type: boolean (details)
- wlowner
Used along with token to access a different user's watchlist.
- Type: user, by user name
- wltoken
A security token (available in the user's preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist.
- wlshow
Show only items that meet these criteria. For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set show=minor|!anon.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !anon, !autopatrolled, !bot, !minor, !patrolled, !unread, anon, autopatrolled, bot, minor, patrolled, unread
- wltype
Which types of changes to show:
- edit
- Regular page edits.
- new
- Page creations.
- log
- Log entries.
- external
- External changes.
- categorize
- Category membership changes.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categorize, edit, external, log, new
- Default: edit|new|log|categorize
- wlexcludeuser
Don't list changes by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- Show the watchlist feed.
- api.php?action=feedwatchlist [open in sandbox]
- Show all changes to watched pages in the past 6 hours.
- api.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev=&hours=6 [open in sandbox]
action=filerevert
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Revert a file to an old version.
- filename
Target filename, without the File: prefix.
- This parameter is required.
- comment
Upload comment.
- Default: (empty)
- archivename
Archive name of the revision to revert to.
- This parameter is required.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Revert Wiki.png to the version of 2011-03-05T15:27:40Z.
- api.php?action=filerevert&filename=Wiki.png&comment=Revert&archivename=20110305152740!Wiki.png&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=help
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Display help for the specified modules.
- modules
Modules to display help for (values of the action and format parameters, or main). Can specify submodules with a +.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Default: main
- submodules
Include help for submodules of the named module.
- Type: boolean (details)
- recursivesubmodules
Include help for submodules recursively.
- Type: boolean (details)
- wrap
Wrap the output in a standard API response structure.
- Type: boolean (details)
- toc
Include a table of contents in the HTML output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Help for the main module.
- api.php?action=help [open in sandbox]
- Help for action=query and all its submodules.
- api.php?action=help&modules=query&submodules=1 [open in sandbox]
- All help in one page.
- api.php?action=help&recursivesubmodules=1 [open in sandbox]
- Help for the help module itself.
- api.php?action=help&modules=help [open in sandbox]
- Help for two query submodules.
- api.php?action=help&modules=query+info|query+categorymembers [open in sandbox]
action=imagerotate
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Rotate one or more images.
- rotation
Degrees to rotate image clockwise.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: 90, 180, 270
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- tags
Tags to apply to the entry in the upload log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- 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.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Rotate File:Example.png by 90 degrees.
- api.php?action=imagerotate&titles=File:Example.jpg&rotation=90&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Rotate all images in Category:Flip by 180 degrees.
- api.php?action=imagerotate&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Flip&gcmtype=file&rotation=180&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=import
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Import a page from another wiki, or from 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.
- summary
Log entry import summary.
- xml
Uploaded XML file.
- Must be posted as a file upload using multipart/form-data.
- interwikiprefix
For uploaded imports: interwiki prefix to apply to unknown user names (and known users if assignknownusers is set).
- interwikisource
For interwiki imports: wiki to import from.
- One of the following values:
- interwikipage
For interwiki imports: page to import.
- fullhistory
For interwiki imports: import the full history, not just the current version.
- Type: boolean (details)
- templates
For interwiki imports: import all included templates as well.
- Type: boolean (details)
- namespace
Import to this namespace. Cannot be used together with rootpage.
- One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- assignknownusers
Assign edits to local users where the named user exists locally.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rootpage
Import as subpage of this page. Cannot be used together with namespace.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the import log and to the null revision on the imported pages.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Import meta:Help:ParserFunctions to namespace 100 with full history.
- api.php?action=import&interwikisource=meta&interwikipage=Help:ParserFunctions&namespace=100&fullhistory=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=linkaccount (link)
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Link an account from a third-party provider to the current user.
The general procedure to use this module is:
- Fetch the fields available from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=link, and a csrf token from action=query&meta=tokens.
- Present the fields to the user, and obtain their submission.
- Post to this module, supplying linkreturnurl and any relevant fields.
- Check the status in the response.
- If you received PASS or FAIL, you're done. The operation either succeeded or it didn't.
- If you received UI, present the new fields to the user and obtain their submission. Then post to this module with linkcontinue and the relevant fields set, and repeat step 4.
- If you received REDIRECT, direct the user to the redirecttarget and wait for the return to linkreturnurl. Then post to this module with linkcontinue and any fields passed to the return URL, and repeat step 4.
- If you received RESTART, that means the authentication worked but we don't have a linked user account. You might treat this as UI or as FAIL.
- linkrequests
Only use these authentication requests, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=link or from a previous response from this module.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- linkmessageformat
Format to use for returning messages.
- One of the following values: html, none, raw, wikitext
- Default: wikitext
- linkmergerequestfields
Merge field information for all authentication requests into one array.
- Type: boolean (details)
- linkreturnurl
Return URL for third-party authentication flows, must be absolute. Either this or linkcontinue is required.
Upon receiving a REDIRECT response, you will typically open a browser or web view to the specified redirecttarget URL for a third-party authentication flow. When that completes, the third party will send the browser or web view to this URL. You should extract any query or POST parameters from the URL and pass them as a linkcontinue request to this API module.
- linkcontinue
This request is a continuation after an earlier UI or REDIRECT response. Either this or linkreturnurl is required.
- Type: boolean (details)
- linktoken
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- *
- This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=link (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.
- Start the process of linking to an account from Example.
- api.php?action=linkaccount&provider=Example&linkreturnurl=http://example.org/&linktoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=login (lg)
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Log in and get authentication cookies.
This action should only be used in combination with Special:BotPasswords; use for main-account login is deprecated and may fail without warning. To safely log in to the main account, use action=clientlogin.
- lgname
User name.
- lgpassword
Password.
- lgdomain
Domain (optional).
- lgtoken
A "login" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
action=logout
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Log out and clear session data.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Log the current user out.
- api.php?action=logout&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=managetags
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Perform management tasks relating to change tags.
- operation
Which operation to perform:
- create
- Create a new change tag for manual use.
- delete
- Remove a change tag from the database, including removing the tag from all revisions, recent change entries and log entries on which it is used.
- activate
- Activate a change tag, allowing users to apply it manually.
- deactivate
- Deactivate a change tag, preventing users from applying it manually.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: activate, create, deactivate, delete
- tag
Tag to create, delete, activate or deactivate. For tag creation, the tag must not exist. For tag deletion, the tag must exist. For tag activation, the tag must exist and not be in use by an extension. For tag deactivation, the tag must be currently active and manually defined.
- This parameter is required.
- reason
An optional reason for creating, deleting, activating or deactivating the tag.
- ignorewarnings
Whether to ignore any warnings that are issued during the operation.
- Type: boolean (details)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the tag management log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Create a tag named spam with the reason For use in edit patrolling
- api.php?action=managetags&operation=create&tag=spam&reason=For+use+in+edit+patrolling&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Delete the vandlaism tag with the reason Misspelt
- api.php?action=managetags&operation=delete&tag=vandlaism&reason=Misspelt&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Activate a tag named spam with the reason For use in edit patrolling
- api.php?action=managetags&operation=activate&tag=spam&reason=For+use+in+edit+patrolling&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Deactivate a tag named spam with the reason No longer required
- api.php?action=managetags&operation=deactivate&tag=spam&reason=No+longer+required&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=mergehistory
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Merge page histories.
- from
Title of the page from which history will be merged. Cannot be used together with fromid.
- fromid
Page ID of the page from which history will be merged. Cannot be used together with from.
- Type: integer
- to
Title of the page to which history will be merged. Cannot be used together with toid.
- toid
Page ID of the page to which history will be merged. Cannot be used together with to.
- Type: integer
- timestamp
Timestamp up to which revisions will be moved from the source page's history to the destination page's history. If omitted, the entire page history of the source page will be merged into the destination page.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- reason
Reason for the history merge.
- Default: (empty)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Merge the entire history of Oldpage into Newpage.
- api.php?action=mergehistory&from=Oldpage&to=Newpage&token=123ABC&reason=Reason [open in sandbox]
- Merge the page revisions of Oldpage dating up to 2015-12-31T04:37:41Z into Newpage.
- api.php?action=mergehistory&from=Oldpage&to=Newpage&token=123ABC&reason=Reason×tamp=2015-12-31T04%3A37%3A41Z [open in sandbox]
action=move
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Move a page.
- from
Title of the page to rename. Cannot be used together with fromid.
- fromid
Page ID of the page to rename. Cannot be used together with from.
- Type: integer
- to
Title to rename the page to.
- This parameter is required.
- reason
Reason for the rename.
- Default: (empty)
- movetalk
Rename the talk page, if it exists.
- Type: boolean (details)
- movesubpages
Rename subpages, if applicable.
- Type: boolean (details)
- noredirect
Don't create a redirect.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- Default: preferences
- ignorewarnings
Ignore any warnings.
- Type: boolean (details)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the move log and to the null revision on the destination page.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Move Badtitle to Goodtitle without leaving a redirect.
- api.php?action=move&from=Badtitle&to=Goodtitle&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk=&noredirect= [open in sandbox]
action=opensearch
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol.
- search
Search string.
- This parameter is required.
- namespace
Namespaces to search. Ignored if search begins with a valid namespace prefix.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- Default: 0
- limit
Maximum number of results to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- suggest
- Deprecated.
No longer used.
- Type: boolean (details)
- redirects
How to handle redirects:
- return
- Return the redirect itself.
- resolve
- Return the target page. May return fewer than limit results.
For historical reasons, the default is "return" for format=json and "resolve" for other formats.
- One of the following values: resolve, return
- format
The format of the output.
- One of the following values: json, jsonfm, xml, xmlfm
- Default: json
- warningsaserror
If warnings are raised with format=json, return an API error instead of ignoring them.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Find pages beginning with Te.
- api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te [open in sandbox]
action=options
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change preferences of the current user.
Only options which are registered in core or in one of installed extensions, or options with keys prefixed with userjs-
(intended to be used by user scripts), can be set.
- reset
Resets preferences to the site defaults.
- Type: boolean (details)
- resetkinds
List of types of options to reset when the reset option is set.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): all, registered, registered-checkmatrix, registered-multiselect, special, unused, userjs
- Default: all
- change
List of changes, formatted name=value (e.g. skin=vector). If no value is given (not even an equals sign), e.g., optionname|otheroption|..., the option will be reset to its default value. If any value passed contains the pipe character (|), use the alternative multiple-value separator for correct operation.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- optionname
The name of the option that should be set to the value given by optionvalue.
- optionvalue
The value for the option specified by optionname.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Reset all preferences.
- api.php?action=options&reset=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Change skin and hideminor preferences.
- api.php?action=options&change=skin=vector|hideminor=1&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Reset all preferences, then set skin and nickname.
- api.php?action=options&reset=&change=skin=monobook&optionname=nickname&optionvalue=[[User:Beau|Beau]]%20([[User_talk:Beau|talk]])&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=paraminfo
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Obtain information about API modules.
- modules
List of module names (values of the action and format parameters, or main). Can specify submodules with a +, or all submodules with +*, or all submodules recursively with +**.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- helpformat
Format of help strings.
- One of the following values: html, none, raw, wikitext
- Default: none
- querymodules
- Deprecated.
List of query module names (value of prop, meta or list parameter). Use modules=query+foo instead of querymodules=foo.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allmessages, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, allusers, authmanagerinfo, backlinks, blocks, categories, categoryinfo, categorymembers, contributors, deletedrevisions, deletedrevs, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, extlinks, exturlusage, filearchive, filerepoinfo, fileusage, imageinfo, images, imageusage, info, iwbacklinks, iwlinks, langbacklinks, langlinks, languageinfo, links, linkshere, logevents, mystashedfiles, pagepropnames, pageprops, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, siteinfo, stashimageinfo, tags, templates, tokens, transcludedin, usercontribs, userinfo, users, watchlist, watchlistraw
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- mainmodule
- Deprecated.
Get information about the main (top-level) module as well. Use modules=main instead.
- pagesetmodule
- Deprecated.
Get information about the pageset module (providing titles= and friends) as well.
- formatmodules
- Deprecated.
List of format module names (value of format parameter). Use modules instead.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): json, jsonfm, none, php, phpfm, rawfm, xml, xmlfm
- Show info for action=parse, format=jsonfm, action=query&list=allpages, and action=query&meta=siteinfo.
- api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse|phpfm|query%2Ballpages|query%2Bsiteinfo [open in sandbox]
- Show info for all submodules of action=query.
- api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=query%2B* [open in sandbox]
action=parse
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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:
- Specify a page or revision, using page, pageid, or oldid.
- Specify content explicitly, using text, title, revid, and contentmodel.
- Specify only a summary to parse. prop should be given an empty value.
- title
Title of page the text belongs to. If omitted, contentmodel must be specified, and API will be used as the title.
- text
Text to parse. Use title or contentmodel to control the content model.
- revid
Revision ID, for
{{REVISIONID}}
and similar variables.- Type: integer
- 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.
- Type: integer
- redirects
If page or pageid is set to a redirect, resolve it.
- Type: boolean (details)
- oldid
Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page and pageid.
- Type: integer
- 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.
- 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.
- headhtml
- Gives parsed doctype, opening
<html>
,<head>
element and opening<body>
of the page. - modules
- Gives the ResourceLoader modules used on the page. To load, use
mw.loader.using()
. Either jsconfigvars or encodedjsconfigvars must be requested jointly with modules. - jsconfigvars
- Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page. To apply, use
mw.config.set()
. - encodedjsconfigvars
- Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page as a JSON string.
- indicators
- Gives the HTML of page status indicators used on 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.
- limitreportdata
- Gives the limit report in a structured way. Gives no data, when disablelimitreport is set.
- limitreporthtml
- Gives the HTML version of the limit report. Gives no data, when disablelimitreport is set.
- parsetree
- The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model
wikitext
) - parsewarnings
- Gives the warnings that occurred while parsing content.
- headitems
- Deprecated. Gives items to put in the
<head>
of the page.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categories, categorieshtml, displaytitle, encodedjsconfigvars, externallinks, headhtml, images, indicators, iwlinks, jsconfigvars, langlinks, limitreportdata, limitreporthtml, links, modules, parsetree, parsewarnings, properties, revid, sections, templates, text, wikitext, headitems
- Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|externallinks|sections|revid|displaytitle|iwlinks|properties|parsewarnings
- wrapoutputclass
CSS class to use to wrap the parser output.
- Default: mw-parser-output
- pst
Do a pre-save transform on the input before parsing it. Only valid when used with text.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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.
- Type: boolean (details)
- effectivelanglinks
- Deprecated.
Includes language links supplied by extensions (for use with prop=langlinks).
- Type: boolean (details)
- section
Only parse the content of this section number.
When new, parse text and sectiontitle as if adding a new section to the page.
new is allowed only when specifying text.
- sectiontitle
New section title when section is new.
Unlike page editing, this does not fall back to summary when omitted or empty.
- disablepp
- Deprecated.
Use disablelimitreport instead.
- Type: boolean (details)
- disablelimitreport
Omit the limit report ("NewPP limit report") from the parser output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- disableeditsection
Omit edit section links from the parser output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- disablestylededuplication
Do not deduplicate inline stylesheets in the parser output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- generatexml
- Deprecated.
Generate XML parse tree (requires content model
wikitext
; replaced by prop=parsetree).- Type: boolean (details)
- preview
Parse in preview mode.
- Type: boolean (details)
- sectionpreview
Parse in section preview mode (enables preview mode too).
- Type: boolean (details)
- disabletoc
Omit table of contents in output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- useskin
Apply the selected skin to the parser output. May affect the following properties: langlinks, headitems, modules, jsconfigvars, indicators.
- One of the following values: monobook, pivot, timeless, vector
- contentformat
Content serialization format used for the input text. Only valid when used with text.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- contentmodel
Content model of the input text. If omitted, title must be specified, and default will be the model of the specified title. Only valid when used with text.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- Parse a page.
- api.php?action=parse&page=Project:Sandbox [open in sandbox]
- Parse wikitext.
- api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}&contentmodel=wikitext [open in sandbox]
- Parse wikitext, specifying the page title.
- api.php?action=parse&text={{PAGENAME}}&title=Test [open in sandbox]
- Parse a summary.
- api.php?action=parse&summary=Some+[[link]]&prop= [open in sandbox]
action=patrol
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Patrol a page or revision.
- rcid
Recentchanges ID to patrol.
- Type: integer
- revid
Revision ID to patrol.
- Type: integer
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the patrol log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "patrol" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Patrol a recent change.
- api.php?action=patrol&token=123ABC&rcid=230672766 [open in sandbox]
- Patrol a revision.
- api.php?action=patrol&token=123ABC&revid=230672766 [open in sandbox]
action=protect
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change the protection level of a page.
- title
Title of the page to (un)protect. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
ID of the page to (un)protect. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- protections
List of protection levels, formatted action=level (e.g. edit=sysop). A level of all means everyone is allowed to take the action, i.e. no restriction.
Note: Any actions not listed will have restrictions removed.
- This parameter is required.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- expiry
Expiry timestamps. If only one timestamp is set, it'll be used for all protections. Use infinite, indefinite, infinity, or never, for a never-expiring protection.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Default: infinite
- reason
Reason for (un)protecting.
- Default: (empty)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the protection log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- cascade
Enable cascading protection (i.e. protect transcluded templates and images used in this page). Ignored if none of the given protection levels support cascading.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watch
- Deprecated.
If set, add the page being (un)protected to the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- Default: preferences
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Protect a page.
- api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade=&expiry=20070901163000|never [open in sandbox]
- Unprotect a page by setting restrictions to all (i.e. everyone is allowed to take the action).
- api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions [open in sandbox]
- Unprotect a page by setting no restrictions.
- api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=&reason=Lifting%20restrictions [open in sandbox]
action=purge
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Purge the cache for the given titles.
- forcelinkupdate
Update the links tables and do other secondary data updates.
- Type: boolean (details)
- forcerecursivelinkupdate
Same as forcelinkupdate, and update the links tables for any page that uses this page as a template.
- Type: boolean (details)
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- 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.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Purge the Main Page and the API page.
- api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page|API [open in sandbox]
- Purge the first 10 pages in the main namespace.
- api.php?action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10 [open in sandbox]
action=query
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Fetch data from and about MediaWiki.
All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites.
- prop
Which properties to get for the queried pages.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categoryinfo
- Returns information about the given categories.
- contributors
- Get the list of logged-in contributors and the count of anonymous contributors to a page.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- extlinks
- Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- imageinfo
- Returns file information and upload history.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- info
- Get basic page information.
- iwlinks
- Returns all interwiki links from the given pages.
- langlinks
- Returns all interlanguage links from the given pages.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageprops
- Get various page properties defined in the page content.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- stashimageinfo
- Returns file information for stashed files.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categories, categoryinfo, contributors, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, extlinks, fileusage, imageinfo, images, info, iwlinks, langlinks, links, linkshere, pageprops, redirects, revisions, stashimageinfo, templates, transcludedin
- list
Which lists to get.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- allusers
- Enumerate all registered users.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- blocks
- List all blocked users and IP addresses.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- filearchive
- Enumerate all deleted files sequentially.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- logevents
- Get events from logs.
- mystashedfiles
- Get a list of files in the current user's upload stash.
- pagepropnames
- List all page property names in use on the wiki.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- tags
- List change tags.
- usercontribs
- Get all edits by a user.
- users
- Get information about a list of users.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- deletedrevs
- Deprecated. List deleted revisions.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, allusers, backlinks, blocks, categorymembers, embeddedin, exturlusage, filearchive, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, logevents, mystashedfiles, pagepropnames, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, search, tags, usercontribs, users, watchlist, watchlistraw, deletedrevs
- meta
Which metadata to get.
- allmessages
- Return messages from this site.
- authmanagerinfo
- Retrieve information about the current authentication status.
- filerepoinfo
- Return meta information about image repositories configured on the wiki.
- languageinfo
- Return information about available languages.
- siteinfo
- Return general information about the site.
- tokens
- Gets tokens for data-modifying actions.
- userinfo
- Get information about the current user.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): allmessages, authmanagerinfo, filerepoinfo, languageinfo, siteinfo, tokens, userinfo
- indexpageids
Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs.
- Type: boolean (details)
- export
Export the current revisions of all given or generated pages.
- Type: boolean (details)
- exportnowrap
Return the export XML without wrapping it in an XML result (same format as Special:Export). Can only be used with query+export.
- Type: boolean (details)
- exportschema
Target the given version of the XML dump format when exporting. Can only be used with query+export.
- One of the following values: 0.10, 0.11
- Default: 0.11
- iwurl
Whether to get the full URL if the title is an interwiki link.
- Type: boolean (details)
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- rawcontinue
Return raw query-continue data for continuation.
- Type: boolean (details)
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- 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.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in query+titles, query+pageids, and query+revids, and in pages returned by query+generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Fetch site info and revisions of Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment&continue= [open in sandbox]
- Fetch revisions of pages beginning with API/.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gapprefix=API/&prop=revisions&continue= [open in sandbox]
prop=categories (cl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all categories the pages belong to.
- 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 | or alternative): hidden, sortkey, timestamp
- clshow
Which kind of categories to show.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !hidden, hidden
- cllimit
How many categories to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- cldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get a list of categories the page Albert Einstein belongs to.
- api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein [open in sandbox]
- Get information about all categories used in the page Albert Einstein.
- api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info [open in sandbox]
prop=categoryinfo (ci)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns information about the given categories.
- cicontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get information about Category:Foo and Category:Bar.
- api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar [open in sandbox]
prop=contributors (pc)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get the list of logged-in contributors and the count of anonymous contributors to a page.
- pcgroup
Only include users in the given groups. Does not include implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- pcexcludegroup
Exclude users in the given groups. Does not include implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- pcrights
Only include users having the given rights. Does not include rights granted by implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): apihighlimits, applychangetags, autoconfirmed, autocreateaccount, autopatrol, bigdelete, block, blockemail, bot, browsearchive, changetags, createaccount, createpage, createtalk, delete, deletechangetags, deletedhistory, deletedtext, deletelogentry, deleterevision, edit, editcontentmodel, editinterface, editmyoptions, editmyprivateinfo, editmyusercss, editmyuserjs, editmyuserjson, editmyuserjsredirect, editmywatchlist, editprotected, editsemiprotected, editsitecss, editsitejs, editsitejson, editusercss, edituserjs, edituserjson, hideuser, import, importupload, interwiki, ipblock-exempt, managechangetags, markbotedits, mergehistory, minoredit, move, move-categorypages, move-rootuserpages, move-subpages, movefile, nominornewtalk, noratelimit, override-export-depth, pagelang, patrol, patrolmarks, protect, purge, read, reupload, reupload-own, reupload-shared, rollback, sendemail, siteadmin, skipcaptcha, spamblacklistlog, suppressionlog, suppressredirect, suppressrevision, tboverride, tboverride-account, titleblacklistlog, unblockself, undelete, unwatchedpages, upload, upload_by_url, userrights, userrights-interwiki, viewmyprivateinfo, viewmywatchlist, viewsuppressed, writeapi
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pcexcluderights
Exclude users having the given rights. Does not include rights granted by implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): apihighlimits, applychangetags, autoconfirmed, autocreateaccount, autopatrol, bigdelete, block, blockemail, bot, browsearchive, changetags, createaccount, createpage, createtalk, delete, deletechangetags, deletedhistory, deletedtext, deletelogentry, deleterevision, edit, editcontentmodel, editinterface, editmyoptions, editmyprivateinfo, editmyusercss, editmyuserjs, editmyuserjson, editmyuserjsredirect, editmywatchlist, editprotected, editsemiprotected, editsitecss, editsitejs, editsitejson, editusercss, edituserjs, edituserjson, hideuser, import, importupload, interwiki, ipblock-exempt, managechangetags, markbotedits, mergehistory, minoredit, move, move-categorypages, move-rootuserpages, move-subpages, movefile, nominornewtalk, noratelimit, override-export-depth, pagelang, patrol, patrolmarks, protect, purge, read, reupload, reupload-own, reupload-shared, rollback, sendemail, siteadmin, skipcaptcha, spamblacklistlog, suppressionlog, suppressredirect, suppressrevision, tboverride, tboverride-account, titleblacklistlog, unblockself, undelete, unwatchedpages, upload, upload_by_url, userrights, userrights-interwiki, viewmyprivateinfo, viewmywatchlist, viewsuppressed, writeapi
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pclimit
How many contributors to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- pccontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Show contributors to the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=contributors&titles=Main_Page [open in sandbox]
prop=deletedrevisions (drv)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get deleted revision information.
May be used in several ways:
- Get deleted revisions for a set of pages, by setting titles or pageids. Ordered by title and timestamp.
- Get data about a set of deleted revisions by setting their IDs with revids. Ordered by revision ID.
- drvprop
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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- User ID of the revision creator. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- size
- Length (bytes) of the revision.
- slotsize
- Length (bytes) of each revision slot.
- sha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- slotsha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- contentmodel
- Content model ID of each revision slot.
- comment
- Comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parsed comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- content
- Content of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a texthidden property will be returned.
- tags
- Tags for the revision.
- roles
- List content slot roles that exist in the revision.
- parsetree
- Deprecated. Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model
wikitext
).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, contentmodel, flags, ids, parsedcomment, roles, sha1, size, slotsha1, slotsize, tags, timestamp, user, userid, parsetree
- Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
- drvslots
Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in drvprops. If omitted, data from the main slot will be returned in a backwards-compatible format.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- To specify all values, use *.
- drvlimit
Limit how many revisions will be returned.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- drvexpandtemplates
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires drvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- drvgeneratexml
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires drvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- drvparse
- Deprecated.
Use action=parse instead. Parse revision content (requires drvprop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, drvlimit is enforced to 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- drvsection
Only retrieve the content of this section number.
- drvdiffto
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use prev, next and cur for the previous, next and current revision respectively.
- drvdifftotext
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides drvdiffto. If drvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.
- drvdifftotextpst
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with drvdifftotext.
- Type: boolean (details)
- drvcontentformat
- Deprecated.
Serialization format used for drvdifftotext and expected for output of content.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- drvstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from. Ignored when processing a list of revision IDs.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- drvend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at. Ignored when processing a list of revision IDs.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- drvdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: drvstart has to be before drvend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: drvstart has to be later than drvend.
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- drvtag
Only list revisions tagged with this tag.
- drvuser
Only list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- drvexcludeuser
Don't list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- drvcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List the deleted revisions of the pages Main Page and Talk:Main Page, with content.
- api.php?action=query&prop=deletedrevisions&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drvslots=*&drvprop=user|comment|content [open in sandbox]
- List the information for deleted revision 123456.
- api.php?action=query&prop=deletedrevisions&revids=123456 [open in sandbox]
prop=duplicatefiles (df)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- dflimit
How many duplicate files to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- dfcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- dfdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- dflocalonly
Look only for files in the local repository.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Look for duplicates of File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg&prop=duplicatefiles [open in sandbox]
- Look for duplicates of all files.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&prop=duplicatefiles [open in sandbox]
prop=extlinks (el)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.
- ellimit
How many links to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- elcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- elprotocol
Protocol of the URL. If empty and elquery is set, the protocol is http. Leave both this and elquery empty to list all external links.
- One of the following values: Can be empty, or bitcoin, ftp, ftps, geo, git, gopher, http, https, irc, ircs, magnet, mailto, mms, news, nntp, redis, sftp, sip, sips, sms, ssh, svn, tel, telnet, urn, worldwind, xmpp
- Default: (empty)
- 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.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Get a list of external links on Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
prop=fileusage (fu)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that use the given files.
- fuprop
Which properties to get:
- pageid
- Page ID of each page.
- title
- Title of each page.
- redirect
- Flag if the page is a redirect.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): pageid, redirect, title
- Default: pageid|title|redirect
- funamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- fushow
Show only items that meet these criteria:
- redirect
- Only show redirects.
- !redirect
- Only show non-redirects.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !redirect, redirect
- fulimit
How many to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- fucontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get a list of pages using File:Example.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&prop=fileusage&titles=File%3AExample.jpg [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages using File:Example.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&generator=fileusage&titles=File%3AExample.jpg&prop=info [open in sandbox]
prop=imageinfo (ii)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns file information and upload history.
- iiprop
Which file information to get:
- timestamp
- Adds timestamp for the uploaded version.
- user
- Adds the user who uploaded each file version. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- Add the ID of the user that uploaded each file version. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- Comment on the version. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parse the comment on the version. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- canonicaltitle
- Adds the canonical title of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- url
- Gives URL to the file and the description page. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- size
- Adds the size of the file in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable).
- dimensions
- Alias for size.
- sha1
- Adds SHA-1 hash for the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- mime
- Adds MIME type of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- thumbmime
- Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url and param iiurlwidth). If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- mediatype
- Adds the media type of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- metadata
- Lists Exif metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- commonmetadata
- Lists file format generic metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- extmetadata
- Lists formatted metadata combined from multiple sources. Results are HTML formatted. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- archivename
- Adds the filename of the archive version for non-latest versions. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- bitdepth
- Adds the bit depth of the version. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- uploadwarning
- Used by the Special:Upload page to get information about an existing file. Not intended for use outside MediaWiki core.
- badfile
- Adds whether the file is on the MediaWiki:Bad image list
- Values (separate with | or alternative): archivename, badfile, bitdepth, canonicaltitle, comment, commonmetadata, dimensions, extmetadata, mediatype, metadata, mime, parsedcomment, sha1, size, thumbmime, timestamp, uploadwarning, url, user, userid
- Default: timestamp|user
- iilimit
How many file revisions to return per file.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 1
- iistart
Timestamp to start listing from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- iiend
Timestamp to stop listing at.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- 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.
- Type: integer
- Default: -1
- iiurlheight
Similar to iiurlwidth.
- Type: integer
- Default: -1
- iimetadataversion
Version of metadata to use. If latest is specified, use latest version. Defaults to 1 for backwards compatibility.
- Default: 1
- iiextmetadatalanguage
What language to fetch extmetadata in. This affects both which translation to fetch, if multiple are available, as well as how things like numbers and various values are formatted.
- Default: en
- iiextmetadatamultilang
If translations for extmetadata property are available, fetch all of them.
- Type: boolean (details)
- iiextmetadatafilter
If specified and non-empty, only these keys will be returned for iiprop=extmetadata.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- iiurlparam
A handler specific parameter string. For example, PDFs might use page15-100px. iiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with iiurlparam.
- Default: (empty)
- iibadfilecontexttitle
If badfilecontexttitleprop=badfile is set, this is the page title used when evaluating the MediaWiki:Bad image list
- iicontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- iilocalonly
Look only for files in the local repository.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Fetch information about the current version of File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo [open in sandbox]
- Fetch information about versions of File:Test.jpg from 2008 and later.
- api.php?action=query&titles=File:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=2007-12-31T23:59:59Z&iiprop=timestamp|user|url [open in sandbox]
prop=images (im)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imlimit
How many files to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- imcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- imimages
Only list these files. Useful for checking whether a certain page has a certain file.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- imdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get a list of files used in the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about all files used in the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
prop=info (in)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get basic page information.
- 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.
- visitingwatchers
- The number of watchers of each page who have visited recent edits to that page, 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, an edit URL, and the canonical URL for each page.
- readable
- Deprecated. Whether the user can read this page. Use intestactions=read instead.
- preload
- Gives the text returned by EditFormPreloadText.
- displaytitle
- Gives the manner in which the page title is actually displayed.
- varianttitles
- Gives the display title in all variants of the site content language.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): displaytitle, notificationtimestamp, preload, protection, subjectid, talkid, url, varianttitles, visitingwatchers, watched, watchers, readable
- intestactions
Test whether the current user can perform certain actions on the page.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- intestactionsdetail
Detail level for intestactions. Use the main module's errorformat and errorlang parameters to control the format of the messages returned.
- boolean
- Return a boolean value for each action.
- full
- Return messages describing why the action is disallowed, or an empty array if it is allowed.
- quick
- Like full but skipping expensive checks.
- One of the following values: boolean, full, quick
- Default: boolean
- intoken
- Deprecated.
Use action=query&meta=tokens instead.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): block, delete, edit, email, import, move, protect, unblock, watch
- incontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get information about the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get general and protection information about the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
prop=iwlinks (iw)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all interwiki links from the given pages.
- iwprop
Which additional properties to get for each interlanguage link:
- url
- Adds the full URL.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): url
- iwprefix
Only return interwiki links with this prefix.
- iwtitle
Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwprefix.
- iwdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- iwlimit
How many interwiki links to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- iwcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- iwurl
- Deprecated.
Whether to get the full URL (cannot be used with iwprop).
- Type: boolean (details)
- Get interwiki links from the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=iwlinks&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
prop=langlinks (ll)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all interlanguage links from the given pages.
- llprop
Which additional properties to get for each interlanguage link:
- url
- Adds the full URL.
- langname
- Adds the localised language name (best effort). Use llinlanguagecode to control the language.
- autonym
- Adds the native language name.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): autonym, langname, url
- lllang
Only return language links with this language code.
- lltitle
Link to search for. Must be used with lllang.
- lldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- llinlanguagecode
Language code for localised language names.
- Default: en
- lllimit
How many langlinks to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- llcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- llurl
- Deprecated.
Whether to get the full URL (cannot be used with llprop).
- Type: boolean (details)
- Get interlanguage links from the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects= [open in sandbox]
prop=links (pl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all links from the given pages.
- plnamespace
Show links in these namespaces only.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- pllimit
How many links to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get links from the page Main Page
- api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about the link pages in the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
- Get links from the page Main Page in the User and Template namespaces.
- api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10 [open in sandbox]
prop=linkshere (lh)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- lhprop
Which properties to get:
- pageid
- Page ID of each page.
- title
- Title of each page.
- redirect
- Flag if the page is a redirect.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): pageid, redirect, title
- Default: pageid|title|redirect
- lhnamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- lhshow
Show only items that meet these criteria:
- redirect
- Only show redirects.
- !redirect
- Only show non-redirects.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !redirect, redirect
- lhlimit
How many to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- lhcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get a list of pages linking to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=linkshere&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=linkshere&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
prop=pageprops (pp)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get various page properties defined in the page content.
- ppcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- ppprop
Only list these page properties (action=query&list=pagepropnames returns page property names in use). Useful for checking whether pages use a certain page property.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Get properties for the pages Main Page and MediaWiki.
- api.php?action=query&prop=pageprops&titles=Main%20Page|MediaWiki [open in sandbox]
prop=redirects (rd)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- rdprop
Which properties to get:
- pageid
- Page ID of each redirect.
- title
- Title of each redirect.
- fragment
- Fragment of each redirect, if any.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): fragment, pageid, title
- Default: pageid|title
- rdnamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- rdshow
Show only items that meet these criteria:
- fragment
- Only show redirects with a fragment.
- !fragment
- Only show redirects without a fragment.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !fragment, fragment
- rdlimit
How many redirects to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- rdcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get a list of redirects to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=redirects&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about all redirects to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=redirects&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
prop=revisions (rv)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get revision information.
May be used in several ways:
- Get data about a set of pages (last revision), by setting titles or pageids.
- Get revisions for one given page, by using titles or pageids with start, end, or limit.
- Get data about a set of revisions by setting their IDs with revids.
- 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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- User ID of the revision creator. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- size
- Length (bytes) of the revision.
- slotsize
- Length (bytes) of each revision slot.
- sha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- slotsha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- contentmodel
- Content model ID of each revision slot.
- comment
- Comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parsed comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- content
- Content of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a texthidden property will be returned.
- tags
- Tags for the revision.
- roles
- List content slot roles that exist in the revision.
- parsetree
- Deprecated. Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model
wikitext
).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, contentmodel, flags, ids, parsedcomment, roles, sha1, size, slotsha1, slotsize, tags, timestamp, user, userid, parsetree
- Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
- rvslots
Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in rvprops. If omitted, data from the main slot will be returned in a backwards-compatible format.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- To specify all values, use *.
- rvlimit
Limit how many revisions will be returned.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- rvexpandtemplates
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires rvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- rvgeneratexml
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires rvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- rvparse
- Deprecated.
Use action=parse instead. Parse revision content (requires rvprop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rvsection
Only retrieve the content of this section number.
- rvdiffto
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use prev, next and cur for the previous, next and current revision respectively.
- rvdifftotext
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. 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.
- rvdifftotextpst
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with rvdifftotext.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rvcontentformat
- Deprecated.
Serialization format used for rvdifftotext and expected for output of content.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- rvstartid
Start enumeration from this revision's timestamp. The revision must exist, but need not belong to this page.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: integer
- rvendid
Stop enumeration at this revision's timestamp. The revision must exist, but need not belong to this page.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: integer
- rvstart
From which revision timestamp to start enumeration.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- rvend
Enumerate up to this timestamp.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- rvdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: rvstart has to be before rvend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: rvstart has to be later than rvend.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- rvuser
Only include revisions made by user.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- rvexcludeuser
Exclude revisions made by user.
- May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- rvtag
Only list revisions tagged with this tag.
- rvtoken
- Deprecated.
Which tokens to obtain for each revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): rollback
- rvcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get data with content for the last revision of titles API and Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvslots=*&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content [open in sandbox]
- Get last 5 revisions of the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment [open in sandbox]
- 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 [open in sandbox]
- 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=2006-05-01T00:00:00Z [open in sandbox]
- Get first 5 revisions of the Main Page that were not 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 [open in sandbox]
- 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 [open in sandbox]
prop=stashimageinfo (sii)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns file information for stashed files.
- siifilekey
Key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- siisessionkey
- Deprecated.
Alias for siifilekey, for backward compatibility.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- siiprop
Which file information to get:
- timestamp
- Adds timestamp for the uploaded version.
- canonicaltitle
- Adds the canonical title of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- url
- Gives URL to the file and the description page. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- size
- Adds the size of the file in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable).
- dimensions
- Alias for size.
- sha1
- Adds SHA-1 hash for the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- mime
- Adds MIME type of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- thumbmime
- Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url and param siiurlwidth). If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- metadata
- Lists Exif metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- commonmetadata
- Lists file format generic metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- extmetadata
- Lists formatted metadata combined from multiple sources. Results are HTML formatted. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- bitdepth
- Adds the bit depth of the version. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- badfile
- Adds whether the file is on the MediaWiki:Bad image list
- Values (separate with | or alternative): badfile, bitdepth, canonicaltitle, commonmetadata, dimensions, extmetadata, metadata, mime, sha1, size, thumbmime, timestamp, url
- Default: timestamp|url
- siiurlwidth
If siiprop=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.
- Type: integer
- Default: -1
- siiurlheight
Similar to siiurlwidth.
- Type: integer
- Default: -1
- siiurlparam
A handler specific parameter string. For example, PDFs might use page15-100px. siiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with siiurlparam.
- Default: (empty)
- Returns information for a stashed file.
- api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=124sd34rsdf567 [open in sandbox]
- Returns thumbnails for two stashed files.
- api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=b34edoe3|bceffd4&siiurlwidth=120&siiprop=url [open in sandbox]
prop=templates (tl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- tlnamespace
Show templates in these namespaces only.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- tllimit
How many templates to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- tldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get the templates used on the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about the template pages used on Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
- Get pages in the User and Template namespaces that are transcluded on the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10 [open in sandbox]
prop=transcludedin (ti)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- tiprop
Which properties to get:
- pageid
- Page ID of each page.
- title
- Title of each page.
- redirect
- Flag if the page is a redirect.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): pageid, redirect, title
- Default: pageid|title|redirect
- tinamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- tishow
Show only items that meet these criteria:
- redirect
- Only show redirects.
- !redirect
- Only show non-redirects.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !redirect, redirect
- tilimit
How many to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- ticontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get a list of pages transcluding Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=transcludedin&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages transcluding Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=transcludedin&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=allcategories (ac)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all categories.
- 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 of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- acmin
Only return categories with at least this many members.
- Type: integer
- acmax
Only return categories with at most this many members.
- Type: integer
- aclimit
How many categories to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 | or alternative): hidden, size
- Default: (empty)
- List categories with information on the number of pages in each.
- api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size [open in sandbox]
- Retrieve info about the category page itself for categories beginning List.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=alldeletedrevisions (adr)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- adrprop
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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- User ID of the revision creator. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- size
- Length (bytes) of the revision.
- slotsize
- Length (bytes) of each revision slot.
- sha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- slotsha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- contentmodel
- Content model ID of each revision slot.
- comment
- Comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parsed comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- content
- Content of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a texthidden property will be returned.
- tags
- Tags for the revision.
- roles
- List content slot roles that exist in the revision.
- parsetree
- Deprecated. Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model
wikitext
).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, contentmodel, flags, ids, parsedcomment, roles, sha1, size, slotsha1, slotsize, tags, timestamp, user, userid, parsetree
- Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
- adrslots
Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in adrprops. If omitted, data from the main slot will be returned in a backwards-compatible format.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- To specify all values, use *.
- adrlimit
Limit how many revisions will be returned.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- adrexpandtemplates
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires adrprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- adrgeneratexml
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires adrprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- adrparse
- Deprecated.
Use action=parse instead. Parse revision content (requires adrprop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, adrlimit is enforced to 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- adrsection
Only retrieve the content of this section number.
- adrdiffto
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use prev, next and cur for the previous, next and current revision respectively.
- adrdifftotext
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides adrdiffto. If adrsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.
- adrdifftotextpst
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with adrdifftotext.
- Type: boolean (details)
- adrcontentformat
- Deprecated.
Serialization format used for adrdifftotext and expected for output of content.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- adruser
Only list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- adrnamespace
Only list pages in this namespace.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- adrstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- May only be used with adruser.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- adrend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at.
- May only be used with adruser.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- adrdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: adrstart has to be before adrend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: adrstart has to be later than adrend.
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- adrfrom
Start listing at this title.
- Cannot be used with adruser.
- adrto
Stop listing at this title.
- Cannot be used with adruser.
- adrprefix
Search for all page titles that begin with this value.
- Cannot be used with adruser.
- adrexcludeuser
Don't list revisions by this user.
- Cannot be used with adruser.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- adrtag
Only list revisions tagged with this tag.
- adrcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- adrgeneratetitles
When being used as a generator, generate titles rather than revision IDs.
- Type: boolean (details)
- List the last 50 deleted contributions by user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=alldeletedrevisions&adruser=Example&adrlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
- List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&list=alldeletedrevisions&adrdir=newer&adrnamespace=0&adrlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
list=allfileusages (af)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all file usages, including non-existing.
- 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.
- Type: boolean (details)
- afprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- ids
- Adds the page IDs of the using pages (cannot be used with afunique).
- title
- Adds the title of the file.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): ids, title
- Default: title
- aflimit
How many total items to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- afdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- List file titles, including missing ones, with page IDs they are from, starting at B.
- api.php?action=query&list=allfileusages&affrom=B&afprop=ids|title [open in sandbox]
- List unique file titles.
- api.php?action=query&list=allfileusages&afunique=&affrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets all file titles, marking the missing ones.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allfileusages&gafunique=&gaffrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets pages containing the files.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allfileusages&gaffrom=B [open in sandbox]
list=allimages (ai)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all images sequentially.
- aisort
Property to sort by.
- One of the following values: name, timestamp
- Default: name
- aidir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: 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.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- aiend
The timestamp to end enumerating. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- aiprop
Which file information to get:
- timestamp
- Adds timestamp for the uploaded version.
- user
- Adds the user who uploaded each file version. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- Add the ID of the user that uploaded each file version. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- Comment on the version. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parse the comment on the version. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- canonicaltitle
- Adds the canonical title of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- url
- Gives URL to the file and the description page. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- size
- Adds the size of the file in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable).
- dimensions
- Alias for size.
- sha1
- Adds SHA-1 hash for the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- mime
- Adds MIME type of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- mediatype
- Adds the media type of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- metadata
- Lists Exif metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- commonmetadata
- Lists file format generic metadata for the version of the file. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- extmetadata
- Lists formatted metadata combined from multiple sources. Results are HTML formatted. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- bitdepth
- Adds the bit depth of the version. If the file has been revision deleted, a filehidden property will be returned.
- badfile
- Adds whether the file is on the MediaWiki:Bad image list
- Values (separate with | or alternative): badfile, bitdepth, canonicaltitle, comment, commonmetadata, dimensions, extmetadata, mediatype, metadata, mime, parsedcomment, sha1, size, timestamp, url, user, userid
- 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.
- Type: integer
- aimaxsize
Limit to images with at most this many bytes.
- Type: integer
- 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.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- aifilterbots
How to filter files uploaded by bots. Can only be used with aisort=timestamp. Cannot be used together with aiuser.
- One of the following values: all, bots, nobots
- Default: all
- aimime
What MIME types to search for, e.g. image/jpeg.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- ailimit
How many images in total to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- Show a list of files starting at the letter B.
- api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B [open in sandbox]
- 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 [open in sandbox]
- Show a list of files with MIME type image/png or image/gif
- api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aimime=image/png|image/gif [open in sandbox]
- Show info about 4 files starting at the letter T.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo [open in sandbox]
list=alllinks (al)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- 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.
- Type: boolean (details)
- alprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- ids
- Adds the page ID of the linking page (cannot be used with alunique).
- title
- Adds the title of the link.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): ids, title
- Default: title
- alnamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- One of the following values: -1, -2, 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.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- aldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- List linked titles, including missing ones, with page IDs they are from, starting at B.
- api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alfrom=B&alprop=ids|title [open in sandbox]
- List unique linked titles.
- api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique=&alfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets all linked titles, marking the missing ones.
- api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galunique=&galfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets pages containing the links.
- api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galfrom=B [open in sandbox]
list=allpages (ap)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- 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 of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Default: 0
- apfilterredir
Which pages to list.
- One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: all
- apminsize
Limit to pages with at least this many bytes.
- Type: integer
- apmaxsize
Limit to pages with at most this many bytes.
- Type: integer
- apprtype
Limit to protected pages only.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): edit, move, upload
- apprlevel
Filter protections based on protection level (must be used with apprtype= parameter).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): Can be empty, or autoconfirmed, sysop
- apprfiltercascade
Filter protections based on cascadingness (ignored when apprtype isn't set).
- One of the following values: all, cascading, noncascading
- Default: all
- aplimit
How many total pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- apdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- apfilterlanglinks
Filter based on whether a page has langlinks. Note that this may not consider langlinks added by extensions.
- One of the following values: all, withlanglinks, withoutlanglinks
- 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 of the following values: all, definite, indefinite
- Default: all
- Show a list of pages starting at the letter B.
- api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Show info about 4 pages starting at the letter T.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info [open in sandbox]
- 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 [open in sandbox]
list=allredirects (ar)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all redirects to a namespace.
- arcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- arfrom
The title of the redirect to start enumerating from.
- arto
The title of the redirect to stop enumerating at.
- arprefix
Search for all target pages that begin with this value.
- arunique
Only show distinct target pages. Cannot be used with arprop=ids|fragment|interwiki. When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages.
- Type: boolean (details)
- arprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- ids
- Adds the page ID of the redirecting page (cannot be used with arunique).
- title
- Adds the title of the redirect.
- fragment
- Adds the fragment from the redirect, if any (cannot be used with arunique).
- interwiki
- Adds the interwiki prefix from the redirect, if any (cannot be used with arunique).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): fragment, ids, interwiki, title
- Default: title
- arnamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- One of the following values: -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Default: 0
- arlimit
How many total items to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- ardir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- List target pages, including missing ones, with page IDs they are from, starting at B.
- api.php?action=query&list=allredirects&arfrom=B&arprop=ids|title [open in sandbox]
- List unique target pages.
- api.php?action=query&list=allredirects&arunique=&arfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets all target pages, marking the missing ones.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allredirects&garunique=&garfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets pages containing the redirects.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allredirects&garfrom=B [open in sandbox]
list=allrevisions (arv)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all revisions.
- arvprop
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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- User ID of the revision creator. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- size
- Length (bytes) of the revision.
- slotsize
- Length (bytes) of each revision slot.
- sha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- slotsha1
- SHA-1 (base 16) of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- contentmodel
- Content model ID of each revision slot.
- comment
- Comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Parsed comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- content
- Content of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a texthidden property will be returned.
- tags
- Tags for the revision.
- roles
- List content slot roles that exist in the revision.
- parsetree
- Deprecated. Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model
wikitext
).
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, contentmodel, flags, ids, parsedcomment, roles, sha1, size, slotsha1, slotsize, tags, timestamp, user, userid, parsetree
- Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
- arvslots
Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in arvprops. If omitted, data from the main slot will be returned in a backwards-compatible format.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main
- To specify all values, use *.
- arvlimit
Limit how many revisions will be returned.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- arvexpandtemplates
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires arvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- arvgeneratexml
- Deprecated.
Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires arvprop=content).
- Type: boolean (details)
- arvparse
- Deprecated.
Use action=parse instead. Parse revision content (requires arvprop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, arvlimit is enforced to 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- arvsection
Only retrieve the content of this section number.
- arvdiffto
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use prev, next and cur for the previous, next and current revision respectively.
- arvdifftotext
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides arvdiffto. If arvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.
- arvdifftotextpst
- Deprecated.
Use action=compare instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with arvdifftotext.
- Type: boolean (details)
- arvcontentformat
- Deprecated.
Serialization format used for arvdifftotext and expected for output of content.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- arvuser
Only list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- arvnamespace
Only list pages in this namespace.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- arvstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- arvend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- arvdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: arvstart has to be before arvend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: arvstart has to be later than arvend.
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- arvexcludeuser
Don't list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- arvcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- arvgeneratetitles
When being used as a generator, generate titles rather than revision IDs.
- Type: boolean (details)
- List the last 50 contributions by user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=allrevisions&arvuser=Example&arvlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
- List the first 50 revisions in any namespace.
- api.php?action=query&list=allrevisions&arvdir=newer&arvlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
list=alltransclusions (at)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- 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.
- Type: boolean (details)
- atprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- ids
- Adds the page ID of the transcluding page (cannot be used with atunique).
- title
- Adds the title of the transclusion.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): ids, title
- Default: title
- atnamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- One of the following values: -1, -2, 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.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- atdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- List transcluded titles, including missing ones, with page IDs they are from, starting at B.
- api.php?action=query&list=alltransclusions&atfrom=B&atprop=ids|title [open in sandbox]
- List unique transcluded titles.
- api.php?action=query&list=alltransclusions&atunique=&atfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets all transcluded titles, marking the missing ones.
- api.php?action=query&generator=alltransclusions&gatunique=&gatfrom=B [open in sandbox]
- Gets pages containing the transclusions.
- api.php?action=query&generator=alltransclusions&gatfrom=B [open in sandbox]
list=allusers (au)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all registered users.
- 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 of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- augroup
Only include users in the given groups.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- auexcludegroup
Exclude users in the given groups.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- aurights
Only include users with the given rights. Does not include rights granted by implicit or auto-promoted groups like *, user, or autoconfirmed.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): apihighlimits, applychangetags, autoconfirmed, autocreateaccount, autopatrol, bigdelete, block, blockemail, bot, browsearchive, changetags, createaccount, createpage, createtalk, delete, deletechangetags, deletedhistory, deletedtext, deletelogentry, deleterevision, edit, editcontentmodel, editinterface, editmyoptions, editmyprivateinfo, editmyusercss, editmyuserjs, editmyuserjson, editmyuserjsredirect, editmywatchlist, editprotected, editsemiprotected, editsitecss, editsitejs, editsitejson, editusercss, edituserjs, edituserjson, hideuser, import, importupload, interwiki, ipblock-exempt, managechangetags, markbotedits, mergehistory, minoredit, move, move-categorypages, move-rootuserpages, move-subpages, movefile, nominornewtalk, noratelimit, override-export-depth, pagelang, patrol, patrolmarks, protect, purge, read, reupload, reupload-own, reupload-shared, rollback, sendemail, siteadmin, skipcaptcha, spamblacklistlog, suppressionlog, suppressredirect, suppressrevision, tboverride, tboverride-account, titleblacklistlog, unblockself, undelete, unwatchedpages, upload, upload_by_url, userrights, userrights-interwiki, viewmyprivateinfo, viewmywatchlist, viewsuppressed, writeapi
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- auprop
Which 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).
- centralids
- Adds the central IDs and attachment status for the user.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): blockinfo, centralids, editcount, groups, implicitgroups, registration, rights
- aulimit
How many total user names to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- auwitheditsonly
Only list users who have made edits.
- Type: boolean (details)
- auactiveusers
Only list users active in the last 30 days.
- Type: boolean (details)
- auattachedwiki
With auprop=centralids, also indicate whether the user is attached with the wiki identified by this ID.
- List users starting at Y.
- api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y [open in sandbox]
list=backlinks (bl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that link to the given page.
- bltitle
Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid.
- blpageid
Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle.
- Type: integer
- blcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- blnamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- bldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: 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 of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: all
- bllimit
How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, the limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * bllimit results may be returned).
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- blredirect
If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Show links to Main page.
- api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to Main page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=blocks (bk)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all blocked users and IP addresses.
- bkstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- bkend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- bkids
List of block IDs to list (optional).
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- bkusers
List of users to search for (optional).
- Type: list of users, by any of user name, IP and IP range
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- bkip
Get all blocks applying to this IP address 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 number of blocks to list.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 IP addresses affected by the block.
- flags
- Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc.).
- restrictions
- Adds the partial block restrictions if the block is not sitewide.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): by, byid, expiry, flags, id, range, reason, restrictions, timestamp, user, userid
- Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
- bkshow
Show only items that meet these criteria. For example, to see only indefinite blocks on IP addresses, set bkshow=ip|!temp.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !account, !ip, !range, !temp, account, ip, range, temp
- bkcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List blocks.
- api.php?action=query&list=blocks [open in sandbox]
- List blocks of users Alice and Bob.
- api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob [open in sandbox]
list=categorymembers (cm)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all pages in a given category.
- cmtitle
Which category to enumerate (required). Must include the Category: prefix. Cannot be used together with cmpageid.
- cmpageid
Page ID of the category to enumerate. Cannot be used together with cmtitle.
- Type: integer
- cmprop
Which 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 | or alternative): ids, sortkey, sortkeyprefix, timestamp, title, type
- Default: ids|title
- cmnamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces. Note that cmtype=subcat or cmtype=file may be used instead of cmnamespace=14 or 6.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- cmtype
Which type of category members to include. Ignored when cmsort=timestamp is set.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): file, page, subcat
- Default: page|subcat|file
- cmcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- cmlimit
The maximum number of pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- cmsort
Property to sort by.
- One of the following values: sortkey, timestamp
- Default: sortkey
- cmdir
In which direction to sort.
- One of the following values: asc, ascending, desc, descending, newer, older
- Default: ascending
- cmstart
Timestamp to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- cmend
Timestamp to end listing at. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- cmstarthexsortkey
Sortkey to start listing from, as returned by cmprop=sortkey. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey.
- cmendhexsortkey
Sortkey to end listing at, as returned by cmprop=sortkey. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey.
- cmstartsortkeyprefix
Sortkey prefix to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey. Overrides cmstarthexsortkey.
- 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 cmendhexsortkey.
- cmstartsortkey
- Deprecated.
Use cmstarthexsortkey instead.
- cmendsortkey
- Deprecated.
Use cmendhexsortkey instead.
- Get first 10 pages in Category:Physics.
- api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics [open in sandbox]
- Get page info about first 10 pages in Category:Physics.
- api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=deletedrevs (dr)
- This module is deprecated.
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List deleted revisions.
Operates in three modes:
- List deleted revisions for the given titles, sorted by timestamp.
- List deleted contributions for the given user, sorted by timestamp (no titles specified).
- 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.
- drstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Modes: 1, 2
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- drend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at.
- Modes: 1, 2
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- drdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: drstart has to be before drend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: drstart has to be later than drend.
- Modes: 1, 3
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- drfrom
Start listing at this title.
- Mode: 3
- drto
Stop listing at this title.
- Mode: 3
- drprefix
Search for all page titles that begin with this value.
- Mode: 3
- drunique
List only one revision for each page.
- Mode: 3
- Type: boolean (details)
- drnamespace
Only list pages in this namespace.
- Mode: 3
- One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- Default: 0
- drtag
Only list revisions tagged with this tag.
- druser
Only list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- drexcludeuser
Don't list revisions by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- 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 ID of the user who 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
- Deprecated. Gives the edit token.
- tags
- Tags for the revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, len, minor, parentid, parsedcomment, revid, sha1, tags, token, user, userid
- Default: user|comment
- drlimit
The maximum amount of revisions to list.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- drcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List the last deleted revisions of the pages 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 [open in sandbox]
- List the last 50 deleted contributions by Bob (mode 2).
- api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&druser=Bob&drlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
- List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace (mode 3).
- api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
- 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= [open in sandbox]
list=embeddedin (ei)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- eititle
Title to search. Cannot be used together with eipageid.
- eipageid
Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with eititle.
- Type: integer
- eicontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- einamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- eidir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- eifilterredir
How to filter for redirects.
- One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: all
- eilimit
How many total pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- Show pages transcluding Template:Stub.
- api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stub [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages transcluding Template:Stub.
- api.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=exturlusage (eu)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- euprop
Which 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 | or alternative): ids, title, url
- Default: ids|title|url
- eucontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- euprotocol
Protocol of the URL. If empty and euquery is set, the protocol is http. Leave both this and euquery empty to list all external links.
- One of the following values: Can be empty, or bitcoin, ftp, ftps, geo, git, gopher, http, https, irc, ircs, magnet, mailto, mms, news, nntp, redis, sftp, sip, sips, sms, ssh, svn, tel, telnet, urn, worldwind, xmpp
- Default: (empty)
- euquery
Search string without protocol. See Special:LinkSearch. Leave empty to list all external links.
- eunamespace
The page namespaces to enumerate.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- eulimit
How many pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- euexpandurl
Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol.
- Type: boolean (details)
list=filearchive (fa)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all deleted files sequentially.
- fafrom
The image title to start enumerating from.
- fato
The image title to stop enumerating at.
- faprefix
Search for all image titles that begin with this value.
- fadir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- fasha1
SHA1 hash of image. Overrides fasha1base36.
- fasha1base36
SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki).
- faprop
Which 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 of the image version.
- parseddescription
- Parse the description of 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 filename of the archive version for non-latest versions.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): archivename, bitdepth, description, dimensions, mediatype, metadata, mime, parseddescription, sha1, size, timestamp, user
- Default: timestamp
- falimit
How many images to return in total.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- facontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Show a list of all deleted files.
- api.php?action=query&list=filearchive [open in sandbox]
list=imageusage (iu)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iutitle
Title to search. Cannot be used together with iupageid.
- iupageid
Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with iutitle.
- Type: integer
- iucontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- iunamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- iudir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: 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 of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: all
- iulimit
How many total pages to return. If iuredirect is enabled, the limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * iulimit results may be returned).
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- iuredirect
If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Show pages using File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages using File:Albert Einstein Head.jpg.
- api.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=iwbacklinks (iwbl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 interwiki links".
- iwblprefix
Prefix for the interwiki.
- iwbltitle
Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwblblprefix.
- iwblcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- iwbllimit
How many total pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- iwblprop
Which properties to get:
- iwprefix
- Adds the prefix of the interwiki.
- iwtitle
- Adds the title of the interwiki.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): iwprefix, iwtitle
- Default: (empty)
- iwbldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get pages linking to wikibooks:Test.
- api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to wikibooks:Test.
- api.php?action=query&generator=iwbacklinks&giwbltitle=Test&giwblprefix=wikibooks&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=langbacklinks (lbl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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.
- 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.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 | or alternative): lllang, lltitle
- Default: (empty)
- lbldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- Get pages linking to fr:Test.
- api.php?action=query&list=langbacklinks&lbltitle=Test&lbllang=fr [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to fr:Test.
- api.php?action=query&generator=langbacklinks&glbltitle=Test&glbllang=fr&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=logevents (le)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get events from logs.
- 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 log event.
- comment
- Adds the comment of the log event.
- parsedcomment
- Adds the parsed comment of the log event.
- details
- Lists additional details about the log event.
- tags
- Lists tags for the log event.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, details, ids, parsedcomment, tags, timestamp, title, type, user, userid
- Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
- letype
Filter log entries to only this type.
- One of the following values: Can be empty, or block, contentmodel, create, delete, import, interwiki, managetags, merge, move, newusers, patrol, protect, rights, spamblacklist, suppress, tag, titleblacklist, upload
- leaction
Filter log actions to only this action. Overrides letype. In the list of possible values, values with the asterisk wildcard such as action/* can have different strings after the slash (/).
- One of the following values: block/block, block/reblock, block/unblock, contentmodel/change, contentmodel/new, create/create, delete/delete, delete/delete_redir, delete/event, delete/restore, delete/revision, import/interwiki, import/upload, interwiki/*, managetags/activate, managetags/create, managetags/deactivate, managetags/delete, merge/merge, move/move, move/move_redir, newusers/autocreate, newusers/byemail, newusers/create, newusers/create2, newusers/newusers, patrol/autopatrol, patrol/patrol, protect/modify, protect/move_prot, protect/protect, protect/unprotect, rights/autopromote, rights/rights, spamblacklist/*, suppress/block, suppress/delete, suppress/event, suppress/reblock, suppress/revision, tag/update, titleblacklist/*, upload/overwrite, upload/revert, upload/upload
- lestart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- leend
The timestamp to end enumerating.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- leuser
Filter entries to those made by the given user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- letitle
Filter entries to those related to a page.
- lenamespace
Filter entries to those in the given namespace.
- One of the following values: -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- leprefix
Filter entries that start with this prefix.
- letag
Only list event entries tagged with this tag.
- lelimit
How many total event entries to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- lecontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List recent log events.
- api.php?action=query&list=logevents [open in sandbox]
list=mystashedfiles (msf)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get a list of files in the current user's upload stash.
- msfprop
Which properties to fetch for the files.
- size
- Fetch the file size and image dimensions.
- type
- Fetch the file's MIME type and media type.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): size, type
- Default: (empty)
- msflimit
How many files to get.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- msfcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get the filekey, file size, and pixel size of files in the current user's upload stash.
- api.php?action=query&list=mystashedfiles&msfprop=size [open in sandbox]
list=pagepropnames (ppn)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all page property names in use on the wiki.
- ppncontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- ppnlimit
The maximum number of names to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- Get first 10 property names.
- api.php?action=query&list=pagepropnames [open in sandbox]
list=pageswithprop (pwp)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all pages using a given page property.
- pwppropname
Page property for which to enumerate pages (action=query&list=pagepropnames returns page property names in use).
- This parameter is required.
- pwpprop
Which 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 property.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): ids, title, value
- Default: ids|title
- pwpcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- pwplimit
The maximum number of pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- pwpdir
In which direction to sort.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- List the first 10 pages using
{{DISPLAYTITLE:}}
. - api.php?action=query&list=pageswithprop&pwppropname=displaytitle&pwpprop=ids|title|value [open in sandbox]
- Get additional information about the first 10 pages using
__NOTOC__
. - api.php?action=query&generator=pageswithprop&gpwppropname=notoc&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=prefixsearch (ps)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Perform a prefix search for page titles.
Despite the similarity in names, this module is not intended to be equivalent to Special:PrefixIndex; for that, see action=query&list=allpages with the apprefix parameter. The purpose of this module is similar to action=opensearch: to take user input and provide the best-matching titles. Depending on the search engine backend, this might include typo correction, redirect avoidance, or other heuristics.
- pssearch
Search string.
- This parameter is required.
- psnamespace
Namespaces to search. Ignored if pssearch begins with a valid namespace prefix.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- Default: 0
- pslimit
Maximum number of results to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- psoffset
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Type: integer
- Default: 0
- Search for page titles beginning with meaning.
- api.php?action=query&list=prefixsearch&pssearch=meaning [open in sandbox]
list=protectedtitles (pt)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all titles protected from creation.
- ptnamespace
Only list titles in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- ptlevel
Only list titles with these protection levels.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): autoconfirmed, sysop
- ptlimit
How many total pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- ptstart
Start listing at this protection timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- ptend
Stop listing at this protection timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- 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 | or alternative): comment, expiry, level, parsedcomment, timestamp, user, userid
- Default: timestamp|level
- ptcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List protected titles.
- api.php?action=query&list=protectedtitles [open in sandbox]
- Find links to protected titles in the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&generator=protectedtitles&gptnamespace=0&prop=linkshere [open in sandbox]
list=querypage (qp)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- qppage
The name of the special page. Note, this is case sensitive.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: Ancientpages, BrokenRedirects, Deadendpages, DoubleRedirects, Fewestrevisions, ListDuplicatedFiles, Listredirects, Lonelypages, Longpages, MediaStatistics, Mostcategories, Mostimages, Mostinterwikis, Mostlinked, Mostlinkedcategories, Mostlinkedtemplates, Mostrevisions, Shortpages, Uncategorizedcategories, Uncategorizedimages, Uncategorizedpages, Uncategorizedtemplates, Unusedcategories, Unusedimages, Unusedtemplates, Unwatchedpages, Wantedcategories, Wantedfiles, Wantedpages, Wantedtemplates, Withoutinterwiki
- qpoffset
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Type: integer
- Default: 0
- qplimit
Number of results to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
list=random (rn)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get a set of random pages.
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 in the list, List of fictional monkeys will always be second, List of people on stamps of Vanuatu third, etc.
- rnnamespace
Return pages in these namespaces only.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- rnfilterredir
How to filter for redirects.
- One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: nonredirects
- rnredirect
- Deprecated.
Use rnfilterredir=redirects instead.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rnlimit
Limit how many random pages will be returned.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 1
- rncontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Return two random pages from the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2 [open in sandbox]
- Return page info about two random pages from the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&generator=random&grnnamespace=0&grnlimit=2&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=recentchanges (rc)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate recent changes.
- rcstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- rcend
The timestamp to end enumerating.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- rcnamespace
Filter changes to only these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- rcuser
Only list changes by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- rcexcludeuser
Don't list changes by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- 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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- Adds the user ID responsible for the edit. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- Adds the comment for the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Adds the parsed comment for the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- 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 patrollable edits as being patrolled or unpatrolled.
- loginfo
- Adds log information (log ID, log type, etc) to log entries.
- tags
- Lists tags for the entry.
- sha1
- Adds the content checksum for entries associated with a revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, flags, ids, loginfo, parsedcomment, patrolled, redirect, sha1, sizes, tags, timestamp, title, user, userid
- Default: title|timestamp|ids
- rctoken
- Deprecated.
Use action=query&meta=tokens instead.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): patrol
- rcshow
Show only items that meet these criteria. For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set rcshow=minor|!anon.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !anon, !autopatrolled, !bot, !minor, !patrolled, !redirect, anon, autopatrolled, bot, minor, patrolled, redirect, unpatrolled
- rclimit
How many total changes to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- rctype
Which types of changes to show.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categorize, edit, external, log, new
- Default: edit|new|log|categorize
- rctoponly
Only list changes which are the latest revision.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rctitle
Filter entries to those related to a page.
- rccontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- rcgeneraterevisions
When being used as a generator, generate revision IDs rather than titles. Recent change entries without associated revision IDs (e.g. most log entries) will generate nothing.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rcslot
Only list changes that touch the named slot.
- One of the following values: main
- List recent changes.
- api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges [open in sandbox]
- Get page info about recent unpatrolled changes.
- api.php?action=query&generator=recentchanges&grcshow=!patrolled&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=search (sr)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Perform a full text search.
- srsearch
Search for page titles or content matching this value. You can use the search string to invoke special search features, depending on what the wiki's search backend implements.
- This parameter is required.
- srnamespace
Search only within these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- Default: 0
- srlimit
How many total pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- sroffset
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Type: integer
- Default: 0
- srwhat
Which type of search to perform.
- One of the following values: nearmatch, text, title
- srinfo
Which metadata to return.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): rewrittenquery, suggestion, totalhits
- Default: totalhits|suggestion|rewrittenquery
- srprop
Which 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.
- snippet
- Adds a parsed snippet of the page.
- titlesnippet
- Adds a parsed snippet of the page title.
- redirecttitle
- Adds the title of the matching redirect.
- redirectsnippet
- Adds a parsed snippet of the redirect title.
- sectiontitle
- Adds the title of the matching section.
- sectionsnippet
- Adds a parsed snippet of the matching section title.
- isfilematch
- Adds a boolean indicating if the search matched file content.
- categorysnippet
- Adds a parsed snippet of the matching category.
- score
- Deprecated. Ignored.
- hasrelated
- Deprecated. Ignored.
- extensiondata
- Adds extra data generated by extensions.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categorysnippet, extensiondata, isfilematch, redirectsnippet, redirecttitle, sectionsnippet, sectiontitle, size, snippet, timestamp, titlesnippet, wordcount, hasrelated, score
- Default: size|wordcount|timestamp|snippet
- srinterwiki
Include interwiki results in the search, if available.
- Type: boolean (details)
- srenablerewrites
Enable internal query rewriting. Some search backends can rewrite the query into another which is thought to provide better results, for instance by correcting spelling errors.
- Type: boolean (details)
- srsort
Set the sort order of returned results.
- One of the following values: relevance
- Default: relevance
- Search for meaning.
- api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaning [open in sandbox]
- Search texts for meaning.
- api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaning [open in sandbox]
- Get page info about the pages returned for a search for meaning.
- api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info [open in sandbox]
list=tags (tg)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List change tags.
- tgcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- tglimit
The maximum number of tags to list.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- tgprop
Which properties to get:
- displayname
- Adds system message for the tag.
- description
- Adds description of the tag.
- hitcount
- Adds the number of revisions and log entries that have this tag.
- defined
- Indicate whether the tag is defined.
- source
- Gets the sources of the tag, which may include extension for extension-defined tags and manual for tags that may be applied manually by users.
- active
- Whether the tag is still being applied.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): active, defined, description, displayname, hitcount, source
- Default: (empty)
list=usercontribs (uc)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get all edits by a user.
- uclimit
The maximum number of contributions to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- ucstart
The start timestamp to return from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- ucend
The end timestamp to return to.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- uccontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- ucuser
The users to retrieve contributions for. Cannot be used with ucuserids or ucuserprefix.
- Type: list of users, by any of user name, IP and interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- ucuserids
The user IDs to retrieve contributions for. Cannot be used with ucuser or ucuserprefix.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- ucuserprefix
Retrieve contributions for all users whose names begin with this value. Cannot be used with ucuser or ucuserids.
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- ucnamespace
Only list contributions in these namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- 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. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Adds the parsed comment of the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- 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 | or alternative): comment, flags, ids, parsedcomment, patrolled, size, sizediff, tags, timestamp, title
- Default: ids|title|timestamp|comment|size|flags
- ucshow
Show only items that meet these criteria, e.g. non minor edits only: ucshow=!minor.
If ucshow=patrolled or ucshow=!patrolled is set, revisions older than $wgRCMaxAge (7776000 seconds) won't be shown.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !autopatrolled, !minor, !new, !patrolled, !top, autopatrolled, minor, new, patrolled, top
- uctag
Only list revisions tagged with this tag.
- uctoponly
- Deprecated.
Only list changes which are the latest revision.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Show contributions of user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=Example [open in sandbox]
- Show contributions from all IP addresses with prefix 192.0.2..
- api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=192.0.2. [open in sandbox]
list=users (us)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get information about a list of users.
- usprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- blockinfo
- Tags if the user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason.
- groups
- Lists all the groups each user belongs to.
- groupmemberships
- Lists groups that each user has been explicitly assigned to, including the expiry date of each group membership.
- implicitgroups
- Lists all the groups a user is automatically a member of.
- rights
- Lists all the rights each user 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".
- centralids
- Adds the central IDs and attachment status for the user.
- cancreate
- Indicates whether an account for valid but unregistered usernames can be created.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): blockinfo, cancreate, centralids, editcount, emailable, gender, groupmemberships, groups, implicitgroups, registration, rights
- usattachedwiki
With usprop=centralids, indicate whether the user is attached with the wiki identified by this ID.
- ususers
A list of users to obtain information for.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- ususerids
A list of user IDs to obtain information for.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- ustoken
- Deprecated.
Use action=query&meta=tokens instead.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): userrights
- Return information for user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=Example&usprop=groups|editcount|gender [open in sandbox]
list=watchlist (wl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- wlallrev
Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe.
- Type: boolean (details)
- wlstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- wlend
The timestamp to end enumerating.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- wlnamespace
Filter changes to only the given namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- wluser
Only list changes by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- wlexcludeuser
Don't list changes by this user.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- 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 of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- wllimit
How many total results to return per request.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- wlprop
Which additional properties to get:
- 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. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- Adds user ID of whoever made the edit. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- Adds comment of the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Adds parsed comment of the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- 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.
- tags
- Lists tags for the entry.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, flags, ids, loginfo, notificationtimestamp, parsedcomment, patrol, sizes, tags, timestamp, title, user, userid
- Default: ids|title|flags
- wlshow
Show only items that meet these criteria. For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set wlshow=minor|!anon.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !anon, !autopatrolled, !bot, !minor, !patrolled, !unread, anon, autopatrolled, bot, minor, patrolled, unread
- wltype
Which types of changes to show:
- edit
- Regular page edits.
- new
- Page creations.
- log
- Log entries.
- external
- External changes.
- categorize
- Category membership changes.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): categorize, edit, external, log, new
- Default: edit|new|log|categorize
- wlowner
Used along with wltoken to access a different user's watchlist.
- Type: user, by user name
- wltoken
A security token (available in the user's preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist.
- wlcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- List the top revision for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist [open in sandbox]
- Fetch additional information about the top revision for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment [open in sandbox]
- Fetch information about all recent changes to pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev=&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment [open in sandbox]
- Fetch page info for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info [open in sandbox]
- Fetch revision info for recent changes to pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev=&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user [open in sandbox]
- List the top revision for recently changed pages on the watchlist of user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlowner=Example&wltoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]
list=watchlistraw (wr)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- wrcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- wrnamespace
Only list pages in the given namespaces.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- To specify all values, use *.
- wrlimit
How many total results to return per request.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- wrprop
Which additional properties to get:
- changed
- Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): changed
- wrshow
Only list items that meet these criteria.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !changed, changed
- wrowner
Used along with wrtoken to access a different user's watchlist.
- Type: user, by user name
- wrtoken
A security token (available in the user's preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist.
- wrdir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Default: ascending
- wrfromtitle
Title (with namespace prefix) to begin enumerating from.
- wrtotitle
Title (with namespace prefix) to stop enumerating at.
- List pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlistraw [open in sandbox]
- Fetch page info for pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&generator=watchlistraw&gwrshow=changed&prop=info [open in sandbox]
meta=allmessages (am)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Return messages from this site.
- ammessages
Which messages to output. * (default) means all messages.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Default: *
- amprop
Which properties to get.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): default
- amenableparser
Set to enable parser, will preprocess the wikitext of message (substitute magic words, handle templates, etc.).
- Type: boolean (details)
- amnocontent
If set, do not include the content of the messages in the output.
- Type: boolean (details)
- amincludelocal
Also include local messages, i.e. messages that don't exist in the software but do exist as in the MediaWiki namespace. This lists all MediaWiki-namespace pages, so it will also list those that aren't really messages such as Common.js.
- Type: boolean (details)
- amargs
Arguments to be substituted into message.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- amfilter
Return only messages with names that contain this string.
- amcustomised
Return only messages in this customisation state.
- One of the following values: 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 amenableparser option).
- amprefix
Return messages with this prefix.
- Show messages starting with ipb-.
- api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&refix=ipb- [open in sandbox]
- Show messages august and mainpage in German.
- api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de [open in sandbox]
meta=authmanagerinfo (ami)
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Retrieve information about the current authentication status.
- amisecuritysensitiveoperation
Test whether the user's current authentication status is sufficient for the specified security-sensitive operation.
- amirequestsfor
Fetch information about the authentication requests needed for the specified authentication action.
- One of the following values: change, create, create-continue, link, link-continue, login, login-continue, remove, unlink
- amimergerequestfields
Merge field information for all authentication requests into one array.
- Type: boolean (details)
- amimessageformat
Format to use for returning messages.
- One of the following values: html, none, raw, wikitext
- Default: wikitext
- Fetch the requests that may be used when beginning a login.
- api.php?action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo&amirequestsfor=login [open in sandbox]
- Fetch the requests that may be used when beginning a login, with form fields merged.
- api.php?action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo&amirequestsfor=login&amimergerequestfields=1 [open in sandbox]
- Test whether authentication is sufficient for action foo.
- api.php?action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo&amisecuritysensitiveoperation=foo [open in sandbox]
meta=filerepoinfo (fri)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Return meta information about image repositories configured on the wiki.
- friprop
Which repository properties to get (properties available may vary on other wikis).
- apiurl
- URL to the repository API - helpful for getting image info from the host.
- articlepath
- Repository wiki's $wgArticlePath or equivalent.
- canUpload
- Whether files can be uploaded to this repository, e.g. via CORS and shared authentication.
- descriptionCacheExpiry
- (no description)
- displayname
- The human-readable name of the repository wiki.
- favicon
- Repository wiki's favicon URL, from $wgFavicon.
- fetchDescription
- Whether file description pages are fetched from this repository when viewing local file description pages.
- initialCapital
- Whether file names implicitly start with a capital letter.
- local
- Whether that repository is the local one or not.
- name
- The key of the repository - used in e.g. $wgForeignFileRepos and imageinfo return values.
- rootUrl
- Root URL path for image paths.
- scriptDirUrl
- Root URL path for the repository wiki's MediaWiki installation.
- server
- Repository wiki's $wgServer or equivalent.
- thumbUrl
- Root URL path for thumbnail paths.
- url
- Public zone URL path.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): apiurl, articlepath, canUpload, descriptionCacheExpiry, displayname, favicon, fetchDescription, initialCapital, local, name, rootUrl, scriptDirUrl, server, thumbUrl, url
- Default: apiurl|articlepath|canUpload|descriptionCacheExpiry|displayname|favicon|fetchDescription|initialCapital|local|name|rootUrl|scriptDirUrl|server|thumbUrl|url
- Get information about file repositories.
- api.php?action=query&meta=filerepoinfo&friprop=apiurl|name|displayname [open in sandbox]
meta=languageinfo (li)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Return information about available languages.
Continuation may be applied if retrieving the information takes too long for one request.
- liprop
Which information to get for each language.
- code
- The language code. (This code is MediaWiki-specific, though there are overlaps with other standards.)
- bcp47
- The BCP-47 language code.
- dir
- The writing direction of the language (either
ltr
orrtl
). - autonym
- The autonym of the language, that is, the name in that language.
- name
- The name of the language in the language specified by the uselang parameter, with language fallbacks applied if necessary.
- fallbacks
- The language codes of the fallback languages configured for this language. The implicit final fallback to 'en' is not included (but some languages may fall back to 'en' explicitly).
- variants
- The language codes of the variants supported by this language.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): autonym, bcp47, code, dir, fallbacks, name, variants
- Default: code
- licode
Language codes of the languages that should be returned, or
*
for all languages.- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Default: *
- licontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- Get the language codes of all supported languages.
- api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo [open in sandbox]
- Get the autonyms and German names of all supported languages.
- api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=autonym|name&uselang=de [open in sandbox]
- Get the fallback languages and variants of Occitan.
- api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=fallbacks|variants&licode=oc [open in sandbox]
- Get the BCP-47 language code and direction of all supported languages.
- api.php?action=query&meta=languageinfo&liprop=bcp47|dir [open in sandbox]
meta=siteinfo (si)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Return general information about the site.
- siprop
Which information 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.
- interwikimap
- Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered, optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode).
- dbrepllag
- Returns database server with the highest replication lag.
- statistics
- Returns site statistics.
- usergroups
- Returns user groups and the associated permissions.
- libraries
- Returns libraries installed on the wiki.
- extensions
- Returns extensions installed on the wiki.
- fileextensions
- Returns list of file extensions (file types) allowed to be uploaded.
- rightsinfo
- Returns wiki rights (license) information if available.
- restrictions
- Returns information on available restriction (protection) types.
- languages
- Returns a list of languages MediaWiki supports (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode).
- languagevariants
- Returns a list of language codes for which LanguageConverter is enabled, and the variants supported for each.
- skins
- Returns a list of all enabled skins (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode, otherwise in the content language).
- 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.
- defaultoptions
- Returns the default values for user preferences.
- uploaddialog
- Returns the upload dialog configuration.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): dbrepllag, defaultoptions, extensions, extensiontags, fileextensions, functionhooks, general, interwikimap, languages, languagevariants, libraries, magicwords, namespacealiases, namespaces, protocols, restrictions, rightsinfo, showhooks, skins, specialpagealiases, statistics, uploaddialog, usergroups, variables
- Default: general
- sifilteriw
Return only local or only nonlocal entries of the interwiki map.
- One of the following values: !local, local
- sishowalldb
List all database servers, not just the one lagging the most.
- Type: boolean (details)
- sinumberingroup
Lists the number of users in user groups.
- Type: boolean (details)
- siinlanguagecode
Language code for localised language names (best effort) and skin names.
- Fetch site information.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics [open in sandbox]
- Fetch a list of local interwiki prefixes.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local [open in sandbox]
- Check the current replication lag.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb= [open in sandbox]
meta=tokens
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Gets tokens for data-modifying actions.
- type
Types of token to request.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): createaccount, csrf, login, patrol, rollback, userrights, watch
- Default: csrf
- Retrieve a csrf token (the default).
- api.php?action=query&meta=tokens [open in sandbox]
- Retrieve a watch token and a patrol token.
- api.php?action=query&meta=tokens&type=watch|patrol [open in sandbox]
meta=userinfo (ui)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get information about the current user.
- uiprop
Which pieces of information to include:
- blockinfo
- Tags if the current user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason.
- hasmsg
- Adds a tag messages if the current user has pending messages.
- groups
- Lists all the groups the current user belongs to.
- groupmemberships
- Lists groups that the current user has been explicitly assigned to, including the expiry date of each group membership.
- 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.
- editcount
- Adds the current user's edit count.
- ratelimits
- Lists all rate limits applying to the current user.
- Adds the user's email address and email authentication date.
- realname
- Adds the user's real name.
- acceptlang
- Echoes the
Accept-Language
header sent by the client in a structured format. - registrationdate
- Adds the user's registration date.
- unreadcount
- Adds the count of unread pages on the user's watchlist (maximum 999; returns 1000+ if more).
- centralids
- Adds the central IDs and attachment status for the user.
- preferencestoken
- Deprecated. Get a token to change current user's preferences.
- latestcontrib
- Adds the date of user's latest contribution.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): acceptlang, blockinfo, centralids, changeablegroups, editcount, email, groupmemberships, groups, hasmsg, implicitgroups, latestcontrib, options, ratelimits, realname, registrationdate, rights, unreadcount, preferencestoken
- To specify all values, use *.
- uiattachedwiki
With uiprop=centralids, indicate whether the user is attached with the wiki identified by this ID.
- Get information about the current user.
- api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo [open in sandbox]
- Get additional information about the current user.
- api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg [open in sandbox]
action=removeauthenticationdata
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Remove authentication data for the current user.
- request
Use this authentication request, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=remove.
- This parameter is required.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Attempt to remove the current user's data for FooAuthenticationRequest.
- api.php?action=removeauthenticationdata&request=FooAuthenticationRequest&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=resetpassword
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Send a password reset email to a user.
- user
User being reset.
- Type: user, by user name
Email address of the user being reset.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Send a password reset email to user Example.
- api.php?action=resetpassword&user=Example&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Send a password reset email for all users with email address user@example.com.
- api.php?action=resetpassword&user=user@example.com&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=revisiondelete
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Delete and undelete revisions.
- type
Type of revision deletion being performed.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: archive, filearchive, logging, oldimage, revision
- target
Page title for the revision deletion, if required for the type.
- ids
Identifiers for the revisions to be deleted.
- This parameter is required.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- hide
What to hide for each revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, user
- show
What to unhide for each revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, user
- suppress
Whether to suppress data from administrators as well as others.
- One of the following values: no, nochange, yes
- Default: nochange
- reason
Reason for the deletion or undeletion.
- tags
Tags to apply to the entry in the deletion log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Hide content for revision 12345 on the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=revisiondelete&target=Main%20Page&type=revision&ids=12345&hide=content&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Hide all data on log entry 67890 with the reason BLP violation.
- api.php?action=revisiondelete&type=logging&ids=67890&hide=content|comment|user&reason=BLP%20violation&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=rollback
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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.
- title
Title of the page to roll back. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
Page ID of the page to roll back. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- tags
Tags to apply to the rollback.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- user
Name of the user whose edits are to be rolled back.
- This parameter is required.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- summary
Custom edit summary. If empty, default summary will be used.
- Default: (empty)
- markbot
Mark the reverted edits and the revert as bot edits.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- Default: preferences
- token
A "rollback" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
For compatibility, the token used in the web UI is also accepted.
- This parameter is required.
- Roll back the last edits to page Main Page by user Example.
- api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Example&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Roll back the last edits to page Main Page by IP user 192.0.2.5 with summary Reverting vandalism, and mark those edits and the revert as bot edits.
- api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=192.0.2.5&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1 [open in sandbox]
action=rsd
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema.
- Export the RSD schema.
- api.php?action=rsd [open in sandbox]
action=setnotificationtimestamp
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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 or a file on my watchlist is changed" preference is enabled.
- entirewatchlist
Work on all watched pages.
- Type: boolean (details)
- timestamp
Timestamp to which to set the notification timestamp.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- torevid
Revision to set the notification timestamp to (one page only).
- Type: integer
- newerthanrevid
Revision to set the notification timestamp newer than (one page only).
- Type: integer
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- 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.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Reset the notification status for the entire watchlist.
- api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&entirewatchlist=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Reset the notification status for Main page.
- api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&titles=Main_page&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- 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 [open in sandbox]
- Reset the notification status for pages in the User namespace.
- api.php?action=setnotificationtimestamp&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=2&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=setpagelanguage
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change the language of a page.
Changing the language of a page is not allowed on this wiki.
Enable $wgPageLanguageUseDB to use this action.
- title
Title of the page whose language you wish to change. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
Page ID of the page whose language you wish to change. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- lang
Language code of the language to change the page to. Use default to reset the page to the wiki's default content language.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: ab, abs, ace, ady, ady-cyrl, aeb, aeb-arab, aeb-latn, af, ak, aln, alt, am, ami, an, ang, anp, ar, arc, arn, arq, ary, arz, as, ase, ast, atj, av, avk, awa, ay, az, azb, ba, ban, bar, bbc, bbc-latn, bcc, bcl, be, be-tarask, bg, bgn, bh, bho, bi, bjn, bm, bn, bo, bpy, bqi, br, brh, bs, btm, bto, bug, bxr, ca, cbk-zam, cdo, ce, ceb, ch, chr, chy, ckb, co, cps, cr, crh, crh-cyrl, crh-latn, cs, csb, cu, cv, cy, da, de, de-at, de-ch, de-formal, default, din, diq, dsb, dtp, dty, dv, dz, ee, egl, el, eml, en, en-ca, en-gb, eo, es, es-formal, et, eu, ext, fa, ff, fi, fit, fj, fo, fr, frc, frp, frr, fur, fy, ga, gag, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, gcr, gd, gl, glk, gn, gom, gom-deva, gom-latn, gor, got, grc, gsw, gu, gv, ha, hak, haw, he, hi, hif, hif-latn, hil, hr, hrx, hsb, ht, hu, hu-formal, hy, hyw, ia, id, ie, ig, ii, ik, ike-cans, ike-latn, ilo, inh, io, is, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, ka, kaa, kab, kbd, kbd-cyrl, kbp, kg, khw, ki, kiu, kjp, kk, kk-arab, kk-cn, kk-cyrl, kk-kz, kk-latn, kk-tr, kl, km, kn, ko, ko-kp, koi, krc, kri, krj, krl, ks, ks-arab, ks-deva, ksh, ku, ku-arab, ku-latn, kum, kv, kw, ky, la, lad, lb, lbe, lez, lfn, lg, li, lij, liv, lki, lld, lmo, ln, lo, loz, lrc, lt, ltg, lus, luz, lv, lzh, lzz, mai, map-bms, mdf, mg, mhr, mi, min, mk, ml, mn, mni, mnw, mo, mr, mrj, ms, mt, mwl, my, myv, mzn, na, nah, nan, nap, nb, nds, nds-nl, ne, new, niu, nl, nl-informal, nn, nov, nqo, nrm, nso, nv, ny, nys, oc, olo, om, or, os, pa, pag, pam, pap, pcd, pdc, pdt, pfl, pi, pih, pl, pms, pnb, pnt, prg, ps, pt, pt-br, qu, qug, rgn, rif, rm, rmy, ro, roa-tara, ru, rue, rup, ruq, ruq-cyrl, ruq-latn, rw, sa, sah, sat, sc, scn, sco, sd, sdc, sdh, se, sei, ses, sg, sgs, sh, shi, shn, shy-latn, si, sk, skr, skr-arab, sl, sli, sm, sma, smn, sn, so, sq, sr, sr-ec, sr-el, srn, ss, st, stq, sty, su, sv, sw, szl, szy, ta, tay, tcy, te, tet, tg, tg-cyrl, tg-latn, th, ti, tk, tl, tly, tn, to, tpi, tr, tru, trv, ts, tt, tt-cyrl, tt-latn, tw, ty, tyv, tzm, udm, ug, ug-arab, ug-latn, uk, ur, uz, ve, vec, vep, vi, vls, vmf, vo, vot, vro, wa, war, wo, wuu, xal, xh, xmf, xsy, yi, yo, yue, za, zea, zgh, zh, zh-cn, zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-hk, zh-mo, zh-my, zh-sg, zh-tw, zu
- reason
Reason for the change.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the log entry resulting from this action.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Change the language of Main Page to Basque.
- api.php?action=setpagelanguage&title=Main%20Page&lang=eu&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Change the language of the page with ID 123 to the wiki's default content language.
- api.php?action=setpagelanguage&pageid=123&lang=default&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=spamblacklist
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: SpamBlacklist
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Validate one or more URLs against the SpamBlacklist.
- url
URLs to validate against the blacklist.
- This parameter is required.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Check two URLs against the blacklist
- api.php?action=spamblacklist&url=http://www.example.com/|http://www.example.org/ [open in sandbox]
action=stashedit
- This module is internal or unstable. Its operation may change without notice.
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Prepare an edit in shared cache.
This is intended to be used via AJAX from the edit form to improve the performance of the page save.
- title
Title of the page being edited.
- This parameter is required.
- section
Section number. 0 for the top section, new for a new section.
- sectiontitle
The title for a new section.
- text
Page content.
- stashedtexthash
Page content hash from a prior stash to use instead.
- summary
Change summary.
- Default: (empty)
- contentmodel
Content model of the new content.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: css, javascript, json, text, wikitext
- contentformat
Content serialization format used for the input text.
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/x-wiki
- baserevid
Revision ID of the base revision.
- This parameter is required.
- Type: integer
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
action=tag
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Add or remove change tags from individual revisions or log entries.
- rcid
One or more recent changes IDs from which to add or remove the tag.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revid
One or more revision IDs from which to add or remove the tag.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- logid
One or more log entry IDs from which to add or remove the tag.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- add
Tags to add. Only manually defined tags can be added.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- remove
Tags to remove. Only tags that are either manually defined or completely undefined can be removed.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- reason
Reason for the change.
- Default: (empty)
- tags
Tags to apply to the log entry that will be created as a result of this action.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Add the vandalism tag to revision ID 123 without specifying a reason
- api.php?action=tag&revid=123&add=vandalism&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly applied
- api.php?action=tag&logid=123&remove=spam&reason=Wrongly+applied&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=titleblacklist (tb)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: TitleBlacklist
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Validate a page title, filename, or username against the TitleBlacklist.
- tbtitle
The string to validate against the blacklist.
- This parameter is required.
- tbaction
The action to be checked.
- One of the following values: create, createpage, createtalk, edit, move, new-account, upload
- Default: edit
- tbnooverride
Don't try to override the titleblacklist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Check whether Foo is blacklisted
- api.php?action=titleblacklist&tbtitle=Foo [open in sandbox]
- Check whether Bar is blacklisted for editing
- api.php?action=titleblacklist&tbtitle=Bar&tbaction=edit [open in sandbox]
action=tokens
- This module is deprecated.
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get tokens for data-modifying actions.
This module is deprecated in favor of action=query&meta=tokens.
- type
Types of token to request.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): block, createaccount, csrf, delete, edit, email, import, login, move, options, patrol, protect, rollback, unblock, userrights, watch
- Default: edit
- Retrieve an edit token (the default).
- api.php?action=tokens [open in sandbox]
- Retrieve an email token and a move token.
- api.php?action=tokens&type=email|move [open in sandbox]
action=unblock
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Unblock a user.
- id
ID of the block to unblock (obtained through list=blocks). Cannot be used together with user.
- Type: integer
- user
User to unblock. Cannot be used together with id.
- Type: user, by any of user name, IP, IP range and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- userid
- Deprecated.
Specify user=#ID instead.
- Type: integer
- reason
Reason for unblock.
- Default: (empty)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the block log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Unblock block ID #105.
- api.php?action=unblock&id=105 [open in sandbox]
- Unblock user Bob with reason Sorry Bob.
- api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob [open in sandbox]
action=undelete
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Restore revisions of a deleted page.
A list of deleted revisions (including timestamps) can be retrieved through prop=deletedrevisions, and a list of deleted file IDs can be retrieved through list=filearchive.
- title
Title of the page to restore.
- This parameter is required.
- reason
Reason for restoring.
- Default: (empty)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the deletion log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- timestamps
Timestamps of the revisions to restore. If both timestamps and fileids are empty, all will be restored.
- Type: list of timestamps (allowed formats)
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- fileids
IDs of the file revisions to restore. If both timestamps and fileids are empty, all will be restored.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, unwatch, watch
- Default: preferences
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Undelete page Main Page.
- api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20page [open in sandbox]
- Undelete two revisions of page Main Page.
- api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC×tamps=2007-07-03T22:00:45Z|2007-07-02T19:48:56Z [open in sandbox]
action=unlinkaccount
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Remove a linked third-party account from the current user.
- request
Use this authentication request, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=unlink.
- This parameter is required.
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Attempt to remove the current user's link for the provider associated with FooAuthenticationRequest.
- api.php?action=unlinkaccount&request=FooAuthenticationRequest&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=upload
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads.
Several methods are available:
- Upload file contents directly, using the file parameter.
- Upload the file in pieces, using the filesize, chunk, and offset parameters.
- 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.
- filename
Target filename.
- comment
Upload comment. Also used as the initial page text for new files if text is not specified.
- Default: (empty)
- tags
Change tags to apply to the upload log entry and file page revision.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- text
Initial page text for new files.
- watch
- Deprecated.
Watch the page.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: nochange, preferences, watch
- Default: preferences
- ignorewarnings
Ignore any warnings.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 stash the file temporarily instead of adding it to the repository.
- Type: boolean (details)
- filesize
Filesize of entire upload.
- Type: integer
- The value must be between 0 and 524,288,000.
- offset
Offset of chunk in bytes.
- Type: integer
- The value must be no less than 0.
- chunk
Chunk contents.
- Must be posted as a file upload using multipart/form-data.
- async
Make potentially large file operations asynchronous when possible.
- Type: boolean (details)
- checkstatus
Only fetch the upload status for the given file key.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Upload from a URL.
- api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&url=http%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Complete an upload that failed due to warnings.
- api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&filekey=filekey&ignorewarnings=1&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=userrights
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change a user's group membership.
- user
User.
- Type: user, by any of user name and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
- userid
- Deprecated.
Specify user=#ID instead.
- Type: integer
- add
Add the user to these groups, or if they are already a member, update the expiry of their membership in that group.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- expiry
Expiry timestamps. May be relative (e.g. 5 months or 2 weeks) or absolute (e.g. 2014-09-18T12:34:56Z). If only one timestamp is set, it will be used for all groups passed to the add parameter. Use infinite, indefinite, infinity, or never for a never-expiring user group.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- Default: infinite
- remove
Remove the user from these groups.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- reason
Reason for the change.
- Default: (empty)
- token
A "userrights" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
For compatibility, the token used in the web UI is also accepted.
- This parameter is required.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the user rights log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- Add user FooBot to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Add the user with ID 123 to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&userid=123&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Add user SometimeSysop to group sysop for 1 month.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=SometimeSysop&add=sysop&expiry=1%20month&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
action=validatepassword
- This module requires read rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Validate a password against the wiki's password policies.
Validity is reported as Good if the password is acceptable, Change if the password may be used for login but must be changed, or Invalid if the password is not usable.
- password
Password to validate.
- This parameter is required.
- user
User name, for use when testing account creation. The named user must not exist.
- Type: user, by any of user name and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
Email address, for use when testing account creation.
- realname
Real name, for use when testing account creation.
- Validate the password foobar for the current user.
- api.php?action=validatepassword&password=foobar [open in sandbox]
- Validate the password qwerty for creating user Example.
- api.php?action=validatepassword&password=querty&user=Example [open in sandbox]
action=watch
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Add or remove pages from the current user's watchlist.
- title
- Deprecated.
The page to (un)watch. Use titles instead.
- unwatch
If set the page will be unwatched rather than watched.
- Type: boolean (details)
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients allowed higher limits).
- 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.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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 en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
- token
A "watch" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Watch the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=watch&titles=Main_Page&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Unwatch the page Main Page.
- api.php?action=watch&titles=Main_Page&unwatch=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Watch the first few pages in the main namespace.
- api.php?action=watch&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
format=json
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in JSON format.
- 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. Default when formatversion is not 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- ascii
If specified, encodes all non-ASCII using hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- formatversion
Output formatting:
- 1
- Backwards-compatible format (XML-style booleans, * keys for content nodes, etc.).
- 2
- Modern format.
- latest
- Use the latest format (currently 2), may change without warning.
- One of the following values: 1, 2, latest
- Default: 1
- Return the query result in the JSON format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json [open in sandbox]
format=jsonfm
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML).
- wrappedhtml
Return the pretty-printed HTML and associated ResourceLoader modules as a JSON object.
- Type: boolean (details)
- 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. Default when formatversion is not 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- ascii
If specified, encodes all non-ASCII using hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is 1.
- Type: boolean (details)
- formatversion
Output formatting:
- 1
- Backwards-compatible format (XML-style booleans, * keys for content nodes, etc.).
- 2
- Modern format.
- latest
- Use the latest format (currently 2), may change without warning.
- One of the following values: 1, 2, latest
- Default: 1
- Return the query result in the JSON format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm [open in sandbox]
format=none
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output nothing.
- Return the query result in the NONE format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=none [open in sandbox]
format=php
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in serialized PHP format.
- formatversion
Output formatting:
- 1
- Backwards-compatible format (XML-style booleans, * keys for content nodes, etc.).
- 2
- Modern format.
- latest
- Use the latest format (currently 2), may change without warning.
- One of the following values: 1, 2, latest
- Default: 1
- Return the query result in the PHP format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php [open in sandbox]
format=phpfm
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML).
- wrappedhtml
Return the pretty-printed HTML and associated ResourceLoader modules as a JSON object.
- Type: boolean (details)
- formatversion
Output formatting:
- 1
- Backwards-compatible format (XML-style booleans, * keys for content nodes, etc.).
- 2
- Modern format.
- latest
- Use the latest format (currently 2), may change without warning.
- One of the following values: 1, 2, latest
- Default: 1
- Return the query result in the PHP format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm [open in sandbox]
format=rawfm
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data, including debugging elements, in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML).
- wrappedhtml
Return the pretty-printed HTML and associated ResourceLoader modules as a JSON object.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Return the query result in the RAW format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm [open in sandbox]
format=xml
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in XML format.
- xslt
If specified, adds the named page as an XSL stylesheet. The value must be a title in the MediaWiki namespace ending in
.xsl
.- includexmlnamespace
If specified, adds an XML namespace.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Return the query result in the XML format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml [open in sandbox]
format=xmlfm
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML).
- wrappedhtml
Return the pretty-printed HTML and associated ResourceLoader modules as a JSON object.
- Type: boolean (details)
- xslt
If specified, adds the named page as an XSL stylesheet. The value must be a title in the MediaWiki namespace ending in
.xsl
.- includexmlnamespace
If specified, adds an XML namespace.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Return the query result in the XML format.
- api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm [open in sandbox]
Data types
Input to MediaWiki should be NFC-normalized UTF-8. MediaWiki may attempt to convert other input, but this may cause some operations (such as edits with MD5 checks) to fail.
Parameters that take multiple values are normally submitted with the values separated using the pipe character, e.g. param=value1|value2 or param=value1%7Cvalue2. If a value must contain the pipe character, use U+001F (Unit Separator) as the separator and prefix the value with U+001F, e.g. param=%1Fvalue1%1Fvalue2.
Some parameter types in API requests need further explanation:
- boolean
Boolean parameters work like HTML checkboxes: if the parameter is specified, regardless of value, it is considered true. For a false value, omit the parameter entirely.
- expiry
Expiry values be relative (e.g. 5 months or 2 weeks) or absolute (e.g. 2014-09-18T12:34:56Z). For no expiry, use infinite, indefinite, infinity or never.
- timestamp
Timestamps may be specified in several formats, see the Timestamp library input formats documented on mediawiki.org for details. ISO 8601 date and time is recommended: 2001-01-15T14:56:00Z. Additionally, the string now may be used to specify the current timestamp.
Templated parameters
Templated parameters support cases where an API module needs a value for each value of some other parameter. For example, if there were an API module to request fruit, it might have a parameter fruits to specify which fruits are being requested and a templated parameter {fruit}-quantity to specify how many of each fruit to request. An API client that wants 1 apple, 5 bananas, and 20 strawberries could then make a request like fruits=apples|bananas|strawberries&apples-quantity=1&bananas-quantity=5&strawberries-quantity=20.
Credits
API developers:
- Yuri Astrakhan (creator, lead developer Sep 2006–Sep 2007)
- Roan Kattouw (lead developer Sep 2007–2009)
- Victor Vasiliev
- Bryan Tong Minh
- Sam Reed
- Brad Jorsch (lead developer 2013–present)
Please send your comments, suggestions and questions to mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org or file a bug report at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/.