API:Login/Sample code 1

MediaWiki JS

/*
	login.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Login` module: Sending request to login
	MIT License
*/

var api = new mw.Api();

api.login( 'your_bot_username', 'your_bot_password' ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( 'You are logged in as ' + data.login.lgusername );
} );

JavaScript

/*
	edit.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Login` module: Sending post request to login

	MIT license
*/

var request = require( 'request' ).defaults( { jar: true } ),
	url = 'https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php';

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
	var params = {
		action: 'query',
		meta: 'tokens',
		type: 'login',
		format: 'json'
	};

	request.get( { url: url, qs: params }, function ( error, res, body ) {
		var data;
		if ( error ) {
			return;
		}
		data = JSON.parse( body );
		loginRequest( data.query.tokens.logintoken );
	} );
}

// Step 2: POST request to log in.
// Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest( loginToken ) {
	var params = {
		action: 'login',
		lgname: 'bot_username',
		lgpassword: 'bot_password',
		lgtoken: loginToken,
		format: 'json'
	};

	request.post( { url: url, form: params }, function ( error, res, body ) {
		if ( error ) {
			return;
		}
		console.log( body );
	} );
}

// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();

PHP

<?php

/*
    login.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Login` module: Sending post request to login
    MIT license
*/

$endPoint = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";

$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params1 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "login",
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params1 );

	$ch = curl_init( $url );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/tmp/cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "/tmp/cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	$result = json_decode( $output, true );
	return $result["query"]["tokens"]["logintoken"];
}

// Step 2: POST request to log in. Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest( $logintoken ) {
	global $endPoint;

	$params2 = [
		"action" => "login",
		"lgname" => "your_bot_username",
		"lgpassword" => "your_bot_password",
		"lgtoken" => $logintoken,
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$ch = curl_init();

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params2 ) );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/tmp/cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "/tmp/cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	echo( $output );
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    login.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Login` module: Sending post request to login
    MIT license
"""

import requests

USERNAME = "your_bot_username"
PASSWORD = "your_bot_password"

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php"

# Retrieve login token first
PARAMS_0 = {
    'action':"query",
    'meta':"tokens",
    'type':"login",
    'format':"json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_0)
DATA = R.json()

LOGIN_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['logintoken']

print(LOGIN_TOKEN)

# Send a post request to login. Using the main account for login is not
# supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
# (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword

PARAMS_1 = {
    'action': "login",
    'lgname': USERNAME,
    'lgpassword': PASSWORD,
    'lgtoken': LOGIN_TOKEN,
    'format': "json"
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_1)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)
assert DATA['login']['result'] == 'Success'