API:Changing wiki content

MediaWiki Action API
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Changing wiki content through the API is enabled by default as of MediaWiki 1.14; it can be disabled by setting $wgEnableWriteAPI = false; in "LocalSettings.php". In MediaWiki 1.13 and earlier, you have to explicitly enable the write API with $wgEnableWriteAPI = true;

In MediaWiki 1.31 configuration parameter $wgEnableWriteAPI was deprecated and in future versions of MediaWiki it will no longer be possible to disable API access to the software.

Please see the appropriate subsection for detailed information for each module. Write modules generally require a POST method, where read modules usually use GET methods. Exceptions are noted on individual pages.

Read Modules

Write Modules

Changeauthenticationdata Change authentication data for the current user. Checktoken Check the validity of a token from action=query&meta=tokens. Clientlogin Log in to the wiki using the interactive flow. Compare Get the difference between 2 pages. Expandtemplates Expands all templates within wikitext. Feedcontributions Returns a user's contributions feed. Feedrecentchanges Returns a recent changes feed. Feedwatchlist Returns a watchlist feed. Help Display help for the specified modules. Linkaccount Link an account from a third-party provider to the current user. Login Log in and get authentication cookies. Logout Log out and clear session data. Opensearch Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol. Paraminfo Obtain information about API modules. Parse Parses content and returns parser output. Query Fetch data from and about MediaWiki. Removeauthenticationdata Remove authentication data for the current user. Rsd Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema. Stashedit Prepare an edit in shared cache. Tokens Get tokens for data-modifying actions. Unlinkaccount Remove a linked third-party account from the current user.

Block Block a user. Clearhasmsg Clears the hasmsg flag for the current user. Createaccount Create a new user account. Delete Delete a page. Edit Create and edit pages. Emailuser Email a user. Filerevert Revert a file to an old version. Imagerotate Rotate one or more images. Import Import a page from another wiki, or from an XML file. Managetags Perform management tasks relating to change tags. Mergehistory Merge page histories. Move Move a page. Options Change preferences of the current user. Patrol Patrol a page or revision. Protect Change the protection level of a page. Purge Purge the cache for the given titles. Resetpassword Send a password reset email to a user. Revisiondelete Delete and undelete revisions. Rollback Undo the last series of edits to a page by the last user. Setnotificationtimestamp Update the notification timestamp for watched pages. Tag Add or remove change tags from individual revisions or log entries. Unblock Unblock a user. Undelete Restore revisions of a deleted page. Upload Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads. Userrights Change a user's group membership. Watch Add or remove pages from the current user's watchlist.

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