API:Stashedit

action=stashedit

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.

{
"stashedit":{
"status":"stashed",
"texthash":"dc724af18fbdd4e59189f5fe768a5f8311527050"
}
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 stashedit.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `stashedit` module: prepare an edit in shared cache
 MIT license
"""
import requests
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 prepare an edit in shared cache
PARAMS_4 = {
 "token":CSRF_TOKEN,
 "action":"stashedit",
 "title":"Sandbox",
 "section":"new",
 "sectiontitle":"testing stashedit",
 "text":"testing stashedit API",
 "contentmodel":"wikitext",
 "contentformat":"text/x-wiki",
 "baserevid":"",
 "format":"json"
 }
R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_4)
DATA = R.text
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php
/*
 stashedit.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `stashedit` module: prepare an edit in shared cache
 MIT license
*/
$endPoint = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2
$csrf_Token = getCSRFToken(); // Step 3
stashEdit( $csrf_Token ); // Step 4
// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
	global $endPoint;
	$params1 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "login",
		"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"]["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
function loginRequest( $logintoken ) {
	global $endPoint;
	$params2 = [
		"action" => "login",
		"lgname" => "bot_user_name",
		"lgpassword" => "bot_password",
		"lgtoken" => $logintoken,
		"format" => "json"
	];
	$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" );
	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );
}
// Step 3: GET request to fetch CSRF token
function getCSRFToken() {
	global $endPoint;
	$params3 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"format" => "json"
	];
	$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params3 );
	$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 4: Send a POST request to prepare an edit in shared cache
function stashEdit( $csrftoken ) {
	global $endPoint;
	
	$params4 = [
		"action" => "stashedit",
		"title" => "Sandbox",
		"section" => "new",
		"sectiontitle" => "testing stashedit",
		"text" => "testing stashedit API",
		"contentmodel" => "wikitext",
		"contentformat" => "text/x-wiki",
		"baserevid" => "",
		"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( $params4 ) );
	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

/*
 stashedit.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `stashedit` module: prepare an edit in shared cache
 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);
stashEdit(data.query.tokens.csrftoken);
});
}
// Step 4: Send a POST request to prepare an edit in shared cache
functionstashEdit(csrf_token){
varparams_3={
action:"stashedit",
title:"Sandbox",
section:"new",
sectiontitle:"testing stashedit",
text:"testing stashedit API",
contentmodel:"wikitext",
contentformat:"text/x-wiki",
baserevid:"",
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();