API:Expandtemplates

action=expandtemplates

Expands all templates within wikitext.

"expandtemplates":{
"wikitext":"\n<table class=\"plainlinks ombox ombox-notice\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"margin:auto;\"><tr><td class=\"mbox-image\">[[File:Sandbox.png|75px|alt=|link=]]</td><td class=\"mbox-text\">Welcome to this [[Wikipedia:About the Sandbox|sandbox page]]. Sandbox pages provide space to experiment with the process of editing Wikipedia pages.<br/>To edit this sandbox, click <span class=\"plainlinks\">'''[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=API&action=edit here]'''</span> or the \"Edit\" tab along the top of this page..."
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 expand_templates.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Expandtemplates` module: Expand the Project:Sandbox template.
 MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "action": "expandtemplates",
 "text": "{{Project:Sandbox}}",
 "prop": "wikitext",
 "format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php
/*
 expand_templates.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Expandtemplates` module: Expand the Project:Sandbox template.
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "expandtemplates",
 "text" => "{{Project:Sandbox}}",
 "prop" => "wikitext",
 "format" => "json"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
echo( $output );

JavaScript

/*
 expand_templates.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Expandtemplates` module: Expand the Project:Sandbox template.
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"expandtemplates",
text:"{{Project:Sandbox}}",
prop:"wikitext",
format:"json"
};
request.get({url:url,qs:params},function(error,res,body){
if(error){
return;
}
console.log(body);
});

MediaWiki JS

/*
 expand_templates.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Expandtemplates` module: Expand the Project:Sandbox template.
 MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:"expandtemplates",
text:"{{Project:Sandbox}}",
prop:"wikitext",
format:"json"
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).done(function(data){
console.log(data);
});