API:Client code

API Access Libraries
 Note to library developers

Please use GZip compression when making API calls. Bots eat up a lot of bandwidth, which is not free.

Thank you, --Yurik 00:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Python

 * PyWikipediaBot Framework - collection of python scripts (IRC, Documentation)
 * mwclient - a Python library that makes most of the API functions accessible. (SVN: https://mwclient.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mwclient/trunk/mwclient)

Java

 * Bliki Engine - Java Wikipedia API - not very complete, but has basic functionality. Can convert wikicode to HTML, DocBook or PDF.
 * JavaWikiBotFramework - a Java library that makes almost all API functions accessible.

.NET

 * WikiAccess - a C#-library that makes some API functions accessible, has write API.

Perl

 * MediaWiki::API - A Perl module for interfacing with the MediaWiki API (+ file upload support). New and under development, but already useable.

Ruby

 * RWikiBot - a Ruby framework using the API as released with the most current version of MediaWiki.