API:Resetpassword

action=resetpassword

Send a password reset email to a user.

{
"resetpassword":{
"status":"success"
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 reset_password.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Resetpassword` module: RReset password for all users with an email address.
 MIT license
"""
importrequests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
# Step 1: Retrieve a login token
PARAMS_1 = {
 "action": "query",
 "meta": "tokens",
 "type": "login",
 "format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_1)
DATA = R.json()
LOGIN_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['logintoken']
# Step 2: Send a POST request to log in. For this login
# method, obtain credentials by first visiting
# https://www.test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords
# See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login for more
# information on log in methods.
PARAMS_2 = {
 "action": "login",
 "lgname": "user_name",
 "lgpassword": "password",
 "format": "json",
 "lgtoken": LOGIN_TOKEN
}
R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_2)
DATA = R.json()
# Step 3: While logged in, retrieve a CSRF token
PARAMS_3 = {
 "action": "query",
 "meta": "tokens",
 "format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_3)
DATA = R.json()
CSRF_TOKEN = DATA["query"]["tokens"]["csrftoken"]
# Step 4: Send a POST request to reset the password for all
# users with e-mail address user@mediawiki.org.
PARAMS_4 = {
 "token":CSRF_TOKEN,
 "action":"resetpassword",
 "email":"user@mediawiki.org",
 "format":"json"
 }
R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_4)
DATA = R.text
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
 reset_password.php

 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Resetpassword` module: Reset password for all users with an email address.

 MIT license
*/
$endPoint = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";

$csrf_Token = getCSRFToken(); // Step 1
resetPassword( $csrf_Token ); // Step 2

// Step 1: GET request to fetch CSRF token
function getCSRFToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params1 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params1 );

	$ch = curl_init( $url );

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	$result = json_decode( $output, true );
	return $result["query"]["tokens"]["csrftoken"];
}

# Step 2: Send a POST request to reset the password for all
# users with e-mail address user@mediawiki.org.
function resetPassword( $csrftoken ) {
	global $endPoint;
	
	$params2 = [
 "action" => "resetpassword",
 "email" => "user@mediawiki.org",
		"format" => "json",
		"token" => $csrftoken
	];
 
	$ch = curl_init();

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params2 ) );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);

	echo ($response);
}

JavaScript

/*
 reset_password.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Resetpassword` module: Reset password for all users with an email address.
 MIT license
*/
varrequest=require("request").defaults({jar:true}),
url="https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
// Step 1: GET Request to fetch login token
functiongetLoginToken(){
varparams_0={
action:"query",
meta:"tokens",
type:"login",
format:"json"
};
request.get({url:url,qs:params_0},function(error,res,body){
if(error){
return;
}
vardata=JSON.parse(body);
loginRequest(data.query.tokens.logintoken);
});
}
// Step 2: POST request to log in. 
// Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
functionloginRequest(login_token){
varparams_1={
action:"login",
lgname:"bot_username",
lgpassword:"bot_password",
lgtoken:login_token,
format:"json"
};

request.post({url:url,form:params_1},function(error,res,body){
if(error){
return;
}
getCsrfToken();
});
}
// Step 3: GET request to fetch CSRF token
functiongetCsrfToken(){
varparams_2={
action:"query",
meta:"tokens",
format:"json"
};
request.get({url:url,qs:params_2},function(error,res,body){
if(error){
return;
}
vardata=JSON.parse(body);
resetPassword(data.query.tokens.csrftoken);
});
}
// Step 4: Send a POST request to reset the password for all 
// users with e-mail address user@mediawiki.org.
functionresetPassword(csrf_token){
varparams_3={
action:"resetpassword",
email:"user@mediawiki.org",
format:"json",
token:csrf_token
};
request.post({url:url,form:params_3},function(error,res,body){
if(error){
return;
}
console.log(body);
});
}
// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();

MediaWiki JS

/*
 reset_password.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Resetpassword` module: Reset password for all users with an email address.
 MIT license
*/
varparams={
action:'resetpassword',
email:'user@mediawiki.org',
format:'json'
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.postWithToken('csrf',params).done(function(data){
console.log(data);
});