API:Import

POST request to import a page from another wiki (transwikiing) or from an xml file.

Examples
Importing a page is a multi-step process:   Log in using one of the methods described in .   GET a. This token is the same for all pages but changes at every login.

  Send a POST request with the CSRF token in order to import the page.  

The code samples below cover the third step in detail.

Possible errors
In addition to :

Parameter history

 * v1.29: Introduced  
 * v1.20: Introduced  

Additional notes

 * This module cannot be used as a.


 *   rights are required in order to upload an xml file, while <tvar|2> </> rights are required for interwiki imports.


 * If you get a  error, it is because you sent it url-encoded but claimed it would be multipart/form-data.  MediaWiki is looking for a boundary in the header but cannot find it.


 * Parameters marked with <tvar|1> </> are only used when importing an uploaded XML file. Similarly, parameters marked with <tvar|1> </> are only used when importing from another wiki (transwiki).


 * The possible values for the <tvar|1> </> parameter differ per wiki, see <tvar|2></>. If the list of possible values for this parameter is empty, interwiki imports are disabled.