API:Parameter information

action=paraminfo

Obtain information about API modules.

{
"warnings":{
"paraminfo":{
"*":"The module \"query\" does not have a submodule \"blah\"."
}
},
"paraminfo":{
"helpformat":"none",
"modules":[
{
"name":"parse",
"classname":"ApiParse",
"path":"parse",
...
},
{
"name":"info",
"classname":"ApiQueryInfo",
"path":"query+info",
...
}
]
}
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 paraminfo.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Paraminfo` module: Obtain information about other modules.
 MIT License
"""
importrequests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "action": "paraminfo",
 "format": "json",
 "modules": "parse|query+info|query"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php
/*
 paraminfo.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Paraminfo` module: Get information about other action API modules and their parameters.
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "paraminfo",
 "format" => "json",
 "modules" => "parse|query+info|query"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
 paraminfo.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Paraminfo` module: Get information about other action API modules and their parameters.
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"paraminfo",
format:"json",
modules:"parse|query+info|query"
};
url=url+"?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url+="&"+key+"="+params[key];});
fetch(url)
.then(function(response){returnresponse.json();})
.then(function(response){console.log(response);})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	paraminfo.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Paraminfo` module: Get information about other action API modules and their parameters.
	MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:'paraminfo',
format:'json',
modules:'parse|query+info|query'
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).done(function(data){
console.log(data);
});