API:Changing wiki content

Changing wiki content through the API is possible, but must be explicitly enabled by setting $wgEnableWriteAPI = true; in LocalSettings.php. This feature is currently disabled on Wikimedia wikis.

Please see appropriate subsection for detailed information for each module.
 * Edit about the action to create new articles or modify existing ones.
 * Move about the action to rename or move articles.
 * Rollback about the action to rollback the last series of contributions to a page.
 * Delete about the action to delete existing articles.
 * Undelete about the actions to view and restore deleted revisions.
 * Protect about the actions to change the protection levels for a page.
 * Block about the actions to block and unblock a user.

Possible errors
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: noapiwrite
 * info: Editing of this wiki through the API is disabled. Make sure the $wgEnableWriteAPI=true; statement is included in the wiki's LocalSettings.php file
 * code: writeapidenied
 * info: You're not allowed to edit this wiki through the API