API:Changing wiki content
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Changing wiki content through the API can be done through several different modules.
Please see the appropriate subsection for detailed information for each module. Write modules generally require a POST method, where read modules usually use GET methods. Exceptions are noted on individual pages.
Read modules
[edit ]| Module | Function |
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| Changeauthenticationdata | Change authentication data for the current user. |
| Checktoken | Check the validity of a token from action=query&meta=tokens . |
| Clientlogin | Log in to the wiki using the interactive flow. |
| Compare | Get the difference between 2 pages. |
| Expandtemplates | Expands all templates within wikitext. |
| Feedcontributions | Returns a user's contributions feed. |
| Feedrecentchanges | Returns a recent changes feed. |
| Feedwatchlist | Returns a watchlist feed. |
| Help | Display help for the specified modules. |
| 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. |
| Opensearch | Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol. |
| Paraminfo | Obtain information about API modules. |
| Parse | Parses content and returns parser output. |
| Query | Fetch data from and about MediaWiki. |
| Removeauthenticationdata | Remove authentication data for the current user. |
| Rsd | Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema. |
| Stashedit | Prepare an edit in shared cache. |
| Tokens | Get tokens for data-modifying actions. |
| Unlinkaccount | Remove a linked third-party account from the current user. |
Write modules
[edit ]| Module | Function |
|---|---|
| Block | Block a user. |
| Clearhasmsg | Clears the hasmsg flag for the current user.
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| Createaccount | Create a new user account. |
| Delete | Delete a page. |
| Edit | Create and edit pages. |
| Emailuser | Email a user. |
| Filerevert | Revert a file to an old version. |
| Imagerotate | Rotate one or more images. |
| Import | Import a page from another wiki, or from an XML file. |
| Managetags | Perform management tasks relating to change tags. |
| Mergehistory | Merge page histories. |
| Move | Move a page. |
| Options | Change preferences of the current user. |
| Patrol | Patrol a page or revision. |
| Protect | Change the protection level of a page. |
| Purge | Purge the cache for the given titles. |
| Resetpassword | Send a password reset email to a user. |
| Revisiondelete | Delete and undelete revisions. |
| Rollback | Undo the last series of edits to a page by the last user. |
| Setnotificationtimestamp | Update the notification timestamp for watched pages. |
| Tag | Add or remove change tags from individual revisions or log entries. |
| Unblock | Unblock a user. |
| Undelete | Restore revisions of a deleted page. |
| Upload | Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads. |
| Userrights | Change a user's group membership. |
| Watch | Add or remove pages from the current user's watchlist. |
Possible errors
[edit ]Some wikis restrict the use of these modules to certain groups of users, or disallow it altogether. All aforementioned modules can return the following errors:
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| noapiwrite | Editing of this wiki through the API is disabled. |
| writeapidenied | You're not allowed to edit this wiki through the API. |