Wikimedia Platform Engineering/Wikimedia MediaWiki API Team



The MediaWiki API team is a subteam of Wikimedia Platform Engineering.

Mission
Accelerate user interface innovation/evolution and increase efficiency of editor automation by making all business logic for MediaWiki available via remotely callable APIs.

Responsibilities

 * Develop and document a clear set of APIs so that external developers can create applications that easily interface with MediaWiki
 * Expose existing business logic to external consumers via APIs
 * Collaborate with Wikimedia Engineering teams and the larger MediaWiki developer community to ensure that new features added to MediaWiki have APIs that fulfill current community standards