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Wrong endpoint, probably. Anyways a 8-month-old topic.

Hi all,

I am new here and currently I am trying to generate login token for my local url http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page but i am getting response 404

here is my code

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page"

# Retrieve login token first

PARAMS_0 = {

    'action':"query",

    'meta':"tokens",

    'type':"login",

    'format':"json"

}

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

print(R)

DATA = R.json()

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

print('data',DATA)

404 is not found---does the url work in a browser? Either way, the API entry point is not index.php/Main_Page, it is api.php. See API:Main_page#Endpoint.

@Clump Yeah url working on browser. I have seen API:Main page#Endpoint as well but while i am trying to type http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php in browser it automatically catching http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page in browser that's why i am keeping url = http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page

I had tried with http://localhost/mediawiki/index.php as well but getting same error.

let me know how i can resolve this issue .

Thanks,

Suman

Do you realize you're typing index.php instead of api.php?