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  Status:                All features shown on this page should be working, but the API
                         is still in active development, and  may change at any time.
                         Make sure to monitor our mailing list for any updates
  
  Documentation:         http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
  Mailing list:          http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
  Api Announcements:     http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce
  Bugs & Requests:       http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=API&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=bugs.delta_ts
  
  
  
  
  
Parameters:
  format         - The format of the output
                   One value: json, jsonfm, php, phpfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml, xmlfm, yaml, yamlfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, dbg, dbgfm, dump, dumpfm
                   Default: xmlfm
  action         - What action you would like to perform. See below for module help
                   One value: login, logout, query, expandtemplates, parse, opensearch, feedwatchlist, help, paraminfo, rsd, purge, rollback, delete, undelete, protect, block, unblock, move, edit, upload, emailuser, watch, patrol, import, userrights
                   Default: help
  version        - When showing help, include version for each module
  maxlag         - Maximum lag
  smaxage        - Set the s-maxage header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
                   Default: 0
  maxage         - Set the max-age header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
                   Default: 0
  requestid      - Request ID to distinguish requests. This will just be output back to you
  servedby       - Include the hostname that served the request in the results. Unconditionally shown on error


*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***  Modules  *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 

* action=login (lg) *
  This module is used to login and get the authentication tokens. 
  In the event of a successful log-in, a cookie will be attached
  to your session. In the event of a failed log-in, you will not 
  be able to attempt another log-in through this method for 5 seconds.
  This is to prevent password guessing by automated password crackers

This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  lgname         - User Name
  lgpassword     - Password
  lgdomain       - Domain (optional)
  lgtoken        - Login token obtained in first request
Example:
  api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password

* action=logout *
  This module is used to logout and clear session data
Example:
  api.php?action=logout

* action=query *
  Query API module allows applications to get needed pieces of data from the MediaWiki databases,
  and is loosely based on the old query.php interface.
  All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  titles         - A list of titles to work on
  pageids        - A list of page IDs to work on
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  revids         - A list of revision IDs to work on
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  prop           - Which properties to get for the titles/revisions/pageids. Module help is available below
                   Values (separate with '|'): info, revisions, links, iwlinks, langlinks, images, imageinfo, stashimageinfo, templates, categories, extlinks, categoryinfo, duplicatefiles, pageprops
  list           - Which lists to get. Module help is available below
                   Values (separate with '|'): allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories, allusers, backlinks, blocks, categorymembers, deletedrevs, embeddedin, filearchive, imageusage, iwbacklinks, logevents, recentchanges, search, tags, usercontribs, watchlist, watchlistraw, exturlusage, users, random, protectedtitles
  meta           - Which metadata to get about the site. Module help is available below
                   Values (separate with '|'): siteinfo, userinfo, allmessages
  generator      - Use the output of a list as the input for other prop/list/meta items
                   NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
                   One value: links, images, templates, categories, duplicatefiles, allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories, backlinks, categorymembers, embeddedin, imageusage, iwbacklinks, search, watchlist, watchlistraw, exturlusage, random, protectedtitles
  redirects      - Automatically resolve redirects
  converttitles  - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
                   Languages that support variant conversion include kk, ku, gan, tg, sr, zh
  indexpageids   - Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs
  export         - Export the current revisions of all given or generated pages
  exportnowrap   - Return the export XML without wrapping it in an XML result (same format as Special:Export). Can only be used with export
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|comment
  api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gapprefix=API/&prop=revisions

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  Query: Prop  --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 

* prop=info (in) *
  Get basic page information such as namespace, title, last touched date, ...

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  inprop         - Which additional properties to get:
                    protection   - List the protection level of each page
                    talkid       - The page ID of the talk page for each non-talk page
                    watched      - List the watched status of each page
                    subjectid    - The page ID of the parent page for each talk page
                    url          - Gives a full URL to the page, and also an edit URL
                    readable     - Whether the user can read this page
                    preload      - Gives the text returned by EditFormPreloadText
                    displaytitle - Gives the way the page title is actually displayed
                   Values (separate with '|'): protection, talkid, watched, subjectid, url, readable, preload, displaytitle
  intoken        - Request a token to perform a data-modifying action on a page
                   Values (separate with '|'): edit, delete, protect, move, block, unblock, email, import
  incontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page
  api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page

* prop=revisions (rv) *
  Get revision information
  This module may be used in several ways:
   1) Get data about a set of pages (last revision), by setting titles or pageids parameter
   2) Get revisions for one given page, by using titles/pageids with start/end/limit params
   3) Get data about a set of revisions by setting their IDs with revids parameter
  All parameters marked as (enum) may only be used with a single page (#2)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  rvprop         - Which properties to get for each revision:
                    ids            - The ID of the revision
                    flags          - Revision flags (minor)
                    timestamp      - The timestamp of the revision
                    user           - User that made the revision
                    userid         - User id of revision creator
                    size           - Length of the revision
                    comment        - Comment by the user for revision
                    parsedcomment  - Parsed comment by the user for the revision
                    content        - Text of the revision
                    tags           - Tags for the revision
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, flags, timestamp, user, userid, size, comment, parsedcomment, content, tags
                   Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
  rvlimit        - Limit how many revisions will be returned (enum)
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
  rvstartid      - From which revision id to start enumeration (enum)
  rvendid        - Stop revision enumeration on this revid (enum)
  rvstart        - From which revision timestamp to start enumeration (enum)
  rvend          - Enumerate up to this timestamp (enum)
  rvdir          - Direction of enumeration - towards "newer" or "older" revisions (enum)
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  rvuser         - Only include revisions made by user
  rvexcludeuser  - Exclude revisions made by user
  rvtag          - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
  rvexpandtemplates - Expand templates in revision content
  rvgeneratexml  - Generate XML parse tree for revision content
  rvparse        - Parse revision content. For performance reasons if this option is used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
  rvsection      - Only retrieve the content of this section number
  rvtoken        - Which tokens to obtain for each revision
                   Values (separate with '|'): rollback
  rvcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  rvdiffto       - Revision ID to diff each revision to.
                   Use "prev", "next" and "cur" for the previous, next and current revision respectively
  rvdifftotext   - Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions.
                   Overrides rvdiffto. If rvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text
Examples:
  Get data with content for the last revision of titles "API" and "Main Page":
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content
  Get last 5 revisions of the "Main Page":
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment
  Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page":
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer
  Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" made after 2006-05-01:
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=20060501000000
  Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were not made made by anonymous user "127.0.0.1"
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1
  Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were made by the user "MediaWiki default"
    api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default

* prop=links (pl) *
  Returns all links from the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  plnamespace    - Show links in this namespace(s) only
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  pllimit        - How many links to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  plcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  pltitles       - Only list links to these titles. Useful for checking whether a certain page links to a certain title.
Examples:
  Get links from the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page
  Get information about the link pages in the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
  Get links from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
    api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* prop=iwlinks (iw) *
  Returns all interwiki links from the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  iwurl          - Whether to get the full URL
  iwlimit        - How many interwiki links to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  iwcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
  Get interwiki links from the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=iwlinks&titles=Main%20Page

* prop=langlinks (ll) *
  Returns all interlanguage links from the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  lllimit        - How many langlinks to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  llcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  llurl          - Whether to get the full URL
Examples:
  Get interlanguage links from the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects=

* prop=images (im) *
  Returns all images contained on the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  imlimit        - How many images to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  imcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
  Get a list of images used in the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page
  Get information about all images used in the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* prop=imageinfo (ii) *
  Returns image information and upload history

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  iiprop         - What image information to get:
                    timestamp     - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
                    user          - Adds the user who uploaded the image version
                    userid        - Add the user id that uploaded the image version
                    comment       - Comment on the version
                    parsedcomment - Parse the comment on the version
                    url           - Gives URL to the image and the description page
                    size          - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height and width
                    dimensions    - Alias for size
                    sha1          - Adds sha1 hash for the image
                    mime          - Adds MIME of the image
                    thumbmime     - Adss MIME of the image thumbnail (requires url)
                    metadata      - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
                    archivename   - Adds the file name of the archive version for non-latest versions
                    bitdepth      - Adds the bit depth of the version
                   Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime, metadata, archivename, bitdepth
                   Default: timestamp|user
  iilimit        - How many image revisions to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 1
  iistart        - Timestamp to start listing from
  iiend          - Timestamp to stop listing at
  iiurlwidth     - If iiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
                   Only the current version of the image can be scaled
                   Default: -1
  iiurlheight    - Similar to iiurlwidth. Cannot be used without iiurlwidth
                   Default: -1
  iicontinue     - If the query response includes a continue value, use it here to get another page of results
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo
  api.php?action=query&titles=File:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=20071231235959&iiprop=timestamp|user|url

* prop=stashimageinfo (sii) *
  Returns image information for stashed images

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  siisessionkey  - Session key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
                   This parameter is required
  siiprop        - What image information to get:
                    timestamp    - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
                    url          - Gives URL to the image and the description page
                    size         - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height and width
                    dimensions   - Alias for size
                    sha1         - Adds sha1 hash for the image
                    mime         - Adds MIME of the image
                    thumbmime    - Adss MIME of the image thumbnail (requires url)
                    metadata     - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
                    bitdepth     - Adds the bit depth of the version
                   Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime, metadata, bitdepth
                   Default: timestamp|url
  siiurlwidth    - If siiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
                   Default: -1
  siiurlheight   - Similar to siiurlwidth. Cannot be used without siiurlwidth
                   Default: -1
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siisessionkey=124sd34rsdf567
  api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siisessionkey=b34edoe3|bceffd4&siiurlwidth=120&siiprop=url

* prop=templates (tl) *
  Returns all templates from the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  tlnamespace    - Show templates in this namespace(s) only
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  tllimit        - How many templates to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  tlcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  tltemplates    - Only list these templates. Useful for checking whether a certain page uses a certain template.
Examples:
  Get templates from the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page
  Get information about the template pages in the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
  Get templates from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces:
    api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* prop=categories (cl) *
  List all categories the page(s) belong to

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  clprop         - Which additional properties to get for each category
                    sortkey    - Adds the sortkey (hexadecimal string) and sortkey prefix (human-readable part) for the category
                    timestamp  - Adds timestamp of when the category was added
                    hidden     - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
                   Values (separate with '|'): sortkey, timestamp, hidden
  clshow         - Which kind of categories to show
                   Values (separate with '|'): hidden, !hidden
  cllimit        - How many categories to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  clcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  clcategories   - Only list these categories. Useful for checking whether a certain page is in a certain category
Examples:
  Get a list of categories [[Albert Einstein]] belongs to:
    api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein
  Get information about all categories used in the [[Albert Einstein]]:
    api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* prop=extlinks (el) *
  Returns all external urls (not interwikies) from the given page(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  ellimit        - How many links to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  eloffset       - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
  Get a list of external links on the [[Main Page]]:
    api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page

* prop=categoryinfo (ci) *
  Returns information about the given categories

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  cicontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Example:
  api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar

* prop=duplicatefiles (df) *
  List all files that are duplicates of the given file(s)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  dflimit        - How many files to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  dfcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg&prop=duplicatefiles
  api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&prop=duplicatefiles
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* prop=pageprops (pp) *
  Get various properties defined in the page content

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  ppcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
Example:
  api.php?action=query&prop=pageprops&titles=Category:Foo

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  Query: List  --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 

* list=allimages (ai) *
  Enumerate all images sequentially

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  aifrom         - The image title to start enumerating from
  aito           - The image title to stop enumerating at
  aiprefix       - Search for all image titles that begin with this value
  aiminsize      - Limit to images with at least this many bytes
  aimaxsize      - Limit to images with at most this many bytes
  ailimit        - How many images in total to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  aidir          - The direction in which to list
                   One value: ascending, descending
                   Default: ascending
  aisha1         - SHA1 hash of image. Overrides aisha1base36
  aisha1base36   - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki)
  aiprop         - Which properties to get
                    timestamp    - Adds the timestamp when the image was upload
                    user         - Adds the username of the last uploader
                    userid       - Adds the user id of the last uploader
                    comment      - Adds the comment of the last upload
                    url          - Adds the URL of the image and its description page
                    size         - Adds the size of the image in bytes and its height and width
                    dimensions   - Alias of size
                    sha1         - Adds the sha1 of the image
                    mime         - Adds the MIME of the image
                    thumbmime    - Adds the MIME of the tumbnail for the image
                    archivename  - Adds the file name of the archive version for non-latest versions
                    bitdepth     - Adds the bit depth of the version
                   Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime, metadata, archivename, bitdepth
                   Default: timestamp|url
Examples:
  Simple Use
   Show a list of images starting at the letter "B"
    api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B
  Using as Generator
   Show info about 4 images starting at the letter "T"
    api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=allpages (ap) *
  Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  apfrom         - The page title to start enumerating from
  apto           - The page title to stop enumerating at
  apprefix       - Search for all page titles that begin with this value
  apnamespace    - The namespace to enumerate
                   One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Default: 0
  apfilterredir  - Which pages to list
                   One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
                   Default: all
  apminsize      - Limit to pages with at least this many bytes
  apmaxsize      - Limit to pages with at most this many bytes
  apprtype       - Limit to protected pages only
                   Values (separate with '|'): edit, move, upload
  apprlevel      - The protection level (must be used with apprtype= parameter)
                   Can be empty, or Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
  apprfiltercascade - Filter protections based on cascadingness (ignored when apprtype isn't set)
                   One value: cascading, noncascading, all
                   Default: all
  aplimit        - How many total pages to return.
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  apdir          - The direction in which to list
                   One value: ascending, descending
                   Default: ascending
  apfilterlanglinks - Filter based on whether a page has langlinks
                   One value: withlanglinks, withoutlanglinks, all
                   Default: all
Examples:
  Simple Use
   Show a list of pages starting at the letter "B"
    api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B
  Using as Generator
   Show info about 4 pages starting at the letter "T"
    api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info
   Show content of first 2 non-redirect pages begining at "Re"
    api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=2&gapfilterredir=nonredirects&gapfrom=Re&prop=revisions&rvprop=content
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=alllinks (al) *
  Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  alcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  alfrom         - The page title to start enumerating from
  alto           - The page title to stop enumerating at
  alprefix       - Search for all page titles that begin with this value
  alunique       - Only show unique links. Cannot be used with generator or alprop=ids
  alprop         - What pieces of information to include
                    ids    - Adds pageid of where the link is from (Cannot be used with alunique)
                    title  - Adds the title of the link
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title
                   Default: title
  alnamespace    - The namespace to enumerate
                   One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Default: 0
  allimit        - How many total links to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique=&alfrom=B
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=allcategories (ac) *
  Enumerate all categories

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  acfrom         - The category to start enumerating from
  acto           - The category to stop enumerating at
  acprefix       - Search for all category titles that begin with this value
  acdir          - Direction to sort in
                   One value: ascending, descending
                   Default: ascending
  aclimit        - How many categories to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  acprop         - Which properties to get
                    size    - Adds number of pages in the category
                    hidden  - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
                   Values (separate with '|'): size, hidden
                   Default: 
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size
  api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=allusers (au) *
  Enumerate all registered users

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  aufrom         - The user name to start enumerating from
  auto           - The user name to stop enumerating at
  auprefix       - Search for all users that begin with this value
  augroup        - Limit users to a given group name
                   One value: bot, sysop, bureaucrat, trusted
  auprop         - What pieces of information to include.
                    blockinfo     - Adds the information about a current block on the user
                    groups        - Lists groups that the user is in
                    editcount     - Adds the edit count of the user
                    registration  - Adds the timestamp of when the user registered
                   `groups` property uses more server resources and may return fewer results than the limit
                   Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, editcount, registration
  aulimit        - How many total user names to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  auwitheditsonly - Only list users who have made edits
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y

* list=backlinks (bl) *
  Find all pages that link to the given page

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  bltitle        - Title to search
                   This parameter is required
  blcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  blnamespace    - The namespace to enumerate
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  blfilterredir  - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
                   One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
                   Default: all
  bllimit        - How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  blredirect     - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page
  api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=blocks (bk) *
  List all blocked users and IP addresses

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  bkstart        - The timestamp to start enumerating from
  bkend          - The timestamp to stop enumerating at
  bkdir          - The direction in which to enumerate
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  bkids          - Pipe-separated list of block IDs to list (optional)
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  bkusers        - Pipe-separated list of users to search for (optional)
  bkip           - Get all blocks applying to this IP or CIDR range, including range blocks.
                   Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than /16 are not accepted
  bklimit        - The maximum amount of blocks to list
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  bkprop         - Which properties to get
                    id         - Adds the id of the block
                    user       - Adds the username of the blocked user
                    by         - Adds the username of the blocking admin
                    timestamp  - Adds the timestamp of when the block was given
                    expiry     - Adds the timestamp of when the block expires
                    reason     - Adds the reason given for the block
                    range      - Adds the range of IPs affected by the block
                    flags      - Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc)
                   Values (separate with '|'): id, user, by, timestamp, expiry, reason, range, flags
                   Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=blocks
  api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob

* list=categorymembers (cm) *
  List all pages in a given category

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  cmtitle        - Which category to enumerate (required). Must include Category: prefix
                   This parameter is required
  cmprop         - What pieces of information to include
                    ids           - Adds the page ID
                    title         - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
                    sortkey       - Adds the sortkey used for sorting in the category (hexadecimal string)
                    sortkeyprefix - Adds the sortkey prefix used for sorting in the category (human-readable part of the sortkey)
                    type          - Adds the type that the page has been categorised as (page, subcat or file)
                    timestamp     - Adds the timestamp of when the page was included
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, sortkey, sortkeyprefix, type, timestamp
                   Default: ids|title
  cmnamespace    - Only include pages in these namespaces
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  cmtype         - What type of category members to include. Ignored when cmsort=timestamp is set
                   Values (separate with '|'): page, subcat, file
                   Default: page|subcat|file
  cmcontinue     - For large categories, give the value retured from previous query
  cmlimit        - The maximum number of pages to return.
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  cmsort         - Property to sort by
                   One value: sortkey, timestamp
                   Default: sortkey
  cmdir          - In which direction to sort
                   One value: asc, desc
                   Default: asc
  cmstart        - Timestamp to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
  cmend          - Timestamp to end listing at. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
  cmstartsortkey - Sortkey to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
  cmendsortkey   - Sortkey to end listing at. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
Examples:
  Get first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
    api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics
  Get page info about first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
    api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=deletedrevs (dr) *
  List deleted revisions.
  This module operates in three modes:
  1) List deleted revisions for the given title(s), sorted by timestamp
  2) List deleted contributions for the given user, sorted by timestamp (no titles specified)
  3) List all deleted revisions in the given namespace, sorted by title and timestamp (no titles specified, druser not set)
  Certain parameters only apply to some modes and are ignored in others.
  For instance, a parameter marked (1) only applies to mode 1 and is ignored in modes 2 and 3

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  drstart        - The timestamp to start enumerating from (1,2)
  drend          - The timestamp to stop enumerating at (1,2)
  drdir          - The direction in which to enumerate (1,2)
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  drfrom         - Start listing at this title (3)
  drcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue (3)
  drunique       - List only one revision for each page (3)
  druser         - Only list revisions by this user
  drexcludeuser  - Don't list revisions by this user
  drnamespace    - Only list pages in this namespace (3)
                   One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Default: 0
  drlimit        - The maximum amount of revisions to list
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  drprop         - Which properties to get
                    revid          - Adds the revision id of the deleted revision
                    user           - Adds the user who made the revision
                    userid         - Adds the user id whom made the revision
                    comment        - Adds the comment of the revision
                    parsedcomment  - Adds the parsed comment of the revision
                    minor          - Tags if the revision is minor
                    len            - Adds the length of the revision
                    content        - Adds the content of the revision
                    token          - Gives the edit token
                   Values (separate with '|'): revid, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, minor, len, content, token
                   Default: user|comment
Examples:
  List the last deleted revisions of Main Page and Talk:Main Page, with content (mode 1):
    api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drprop=user|comment|content
  List the last 50 deleted contributions by Bob (mode 2):
    api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&druser=Bob&drlimit=50
  List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace (mode 3):
    api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50
  List the first 50 deleted pages in the Talk namespace (mode 3):
    api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50&drnamespace=1&drunique=

* list=embeddedin (ei) *
  Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  eititle        - Title to search
                   This parameter is required
  eicontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  einamespace    - The namespace to enumerate
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  eifilterredir  - How to filter for redirects
                   One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
                   Default: all
  eilimit        - How many total pages to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stub
  api.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=filearchive (fa) *
  Enumerate all deleted files sequentially

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  fafrom         - The image title to start enumerating from
  faprefix       - Search for all image titles that begin with this value
  falimit        - How many total images to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  fadir          - The direction in which to list
                   One value: ascending, descending
                   Default: ascending
  faprop         - What image information to get:
                    sha1         - Adds sha1 hash for the image
                    timestamp    - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
                    user         - Adds user who uploaded the image version
                    size         - Adds the size of the image in bytes
                    dimensions   - Adds the height and width of the image
                    description  - Adds description the image version
                    mime         - Adds MIME of the image
                    metadata     - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
                    bitdepth     - Adds the bit depth of the version
                   Values (separate with '|'): sha1, timestamp, user, size, dimensions, description, mime, metadata, bitdepth
                   Default: timestamp
Examples:
  Simple Use
   Show a list of all deleted files
    api.php?action=query&list=filearchive

* list=imageusage (iu) *
  Find all pages that use the given image title.

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  iutitle        - Title to search
                   This parameter is required
  iucontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  iunamespace    - The namespace to enumerate
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  iufilterredir  - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when iuredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
                   One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
                   Default: all
  iulimit        - How many total pages to return. If iuredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  iuredirect     - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg
  api.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=iwbacklinks (iwbl) *
  Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
  Can be used to find all links with a prefix, or
  all links to a title (with a given prefix).
  Using neither parameter is effectively "All IW Links"

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  iwblprefix     - Prefix for the interwiki
  iwbltitle      - Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwblprefix
  iwblcontinue   - When more results are available, use this to continue
  iwbllimit      - How many total pages to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  iwblprop       - Which properties to get
                    iwprefix       - Adds the prefix of the interwiki
                    iwtitle        - Adds the title of the interwiki
                   Values (separate with '|'): iwprefix, iwtitle
                   Default: 
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks
  api.php?action=query&generator=iwbacklinks&giwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=logevents (le) *
  Get events from logs

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  leprop         - Which properties to get
                    ids            - Adds the id of the log event
                    title          - Adds the title of the page for the log event
                    type           - Adds the type of log event
                    user           - Adds the user responsible for the log event
                    userid         - Adds the user id who was responsible for the log event
                    timestamp      - Adds the timestamp for the event
                    comment        - Adds the comment of the event
                    parsedcomment  - Adds the parsed comment of the event
                    details        - Lists addtional details about the event
                    tags           - Lists tags for the event
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, type, user, userid, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, details, tags
                   Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
  letype         - Filter log entries to only this type(s)
                   Can be empty, or One value: block, protect, rights, delete, upload, move, import, patrol, merge, suppress, newusers
  leaction       - Filter log actions to only this type. Overrides letype
                   One value: block/block, block/unblock, block/reblock, protect/protect, protect/modify, protect/unprotect, protect/move_prot, rights/rights, rights/disable, delete/delete, delete/restore, delete/revision, delete/event, upload/upload, upload/overwrite, upload/revert, move/move, move/move_redir, import/upload, import/interwiki, merge/merge, suppress/revision, suppress/file, suppress/event, suppress/delete, suppress/block, suppress/reblock, patrol/patrol, newusers/newusers, newusers/create, newusers/create2, newusers/autocreate
  lestart        - The timestamp to start enumerating from
  leend          - The timestamp to end enumerating
  ledir          - In which direction to enumerate
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  leuser         - Filter entries to those made by the given user
  letitle        - Filter entries to those related to a page
  letag          - Only list event entries tagged with this tag
  lelimit        - How many total event entries to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=logevents

* list=recentchanges (rc) *
  Enumerate recent changes

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  rcstart        - The timestamp to start enumerating from
  rcend          - The timestamp to end enumerating
  rcdir          - In which direction to enumerate
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  rcnamespace    - Filter log entries to only this namespace(s)
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  rcuser         - Only list changes by this user
  rcexcludeuser  - Don't list changes by this user
  rctag          - Only list changes tagged with this tag
  rcprop         - Include additional pieces of information
                    user           - Adds the user responsible for the edit and tags if they are an IP
                    userid         - Adds the user id responsible for the edit
                    comment        - Adds the comment for the edit
                    parsedcomment  - Adds the parsed comment for the edit
                    flags          - Adds flags for the edit
                    timestamp      - Adds timestamp of the edit
                    title          - Adds the page title of the edit
                    ids            - Adds the page id, recent changes id and the new and old revision id
                    sizes          - Adds the new and old page length in bytes
                    redirect       - Tags edit if page is a redirect
                    patrolled      - Tags edits have have been patrolled
                    loginfo        - Adds log information (logid, logtype, etc) to log entries
                    tags           - Lists tags for the entry
                   Values (separate with '|'): user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, flags, timestamp, title, ids, sizes, redirect, patrolled, loginfo, tags
                   Default: title|timestamp|ids
  rctoken        - Which tokens to obtain for each change
                   Values (separate with '|'): patrol
  rcshow         - Show only items that meet this criteria.
                   For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set rcshow=minor|!anon
                   Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, redirect, !redirect, patrolled, !patrolled
  rclimit        - How many total changes to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  rctype         - Which types of changes to show
                   Values (separate with '|'): edit, new, log
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges

* list=search (sr) *
  Perform a full text search

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  srsearch       - Search for all page titles (or content) that has this value
                   This parameter is required
  srnamespace    - The namespace(s) to enumerate
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
                   Default: 0
  srwhat         - Search inside the text or titles
                   One value: title, text, nearmatch
  srinfo         - What metadata to return
                   Values (separate with '|'): totalhits, suggestion
                   Default: totalhits|suggestion
  srprop         - What properties to return
                    size             - Adds the size of the page in bytes
                    wordcount        - Adds the word count of the page
                    timestamp        - Adds the timestamp of when the page was last edited
                    score            - Adds the score (if any) from the search engine
                    snippet          - Adds a parsed snippet of the page
                    titlesnippet     - Adds a parsed snippet of the page title
                    redirectsnippet  - Adds a parsed snippet of the redirect
                    redirecttitle    - Adds a parsed snippet of the redirect title
                    sectionsnippet   - Adds a parsed snippet of the matching section
                    sectiontitle     - Adds a parsed snippet of the matching section title
                    hasrelated       - Indicates whether a related search is available
                   Values (separate with '|'): size, wordcount, timestamp, score, snippet, titlesnippet, redirecttitle, redirectsnippet, sectiontitle, sectionsnippet, hasrelated
                   Default: size|wordcount|timestamp|snippet
  srredirects    - Include redirect pages in the search
  sroffset       - Use this value to continue paging (return by query)
                   Default: 0
  srlimit        - How many total pages to return
                   No more than 50 (500 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaning
  api.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaning
  api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=tags (tg) *
  List change tags

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  tgcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  tglimit        - The maximum number of tags to list
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  tgprop         - Which properties to get
                    name         - Adds name of tag
                    displayname  - Adds system messsage for the tag
                    description  - Adds description of the tag
                    hitcount     - Adds the amount of revisions that have this tag
                   Values (separate with '|'): name, displayname, description, hitcount
                   Default: name
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=tags&tgprop=displayname|description|hitcount

* list=usercontribs (uc) *
  Get all edits by a user

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  uclimit        - The maximum number of contributions to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  ucstart        - The start timestamp to return from
  ucend          - The end timestamp to return to
  uccontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  ucuser         - The users to retrieve contributions for
  ucuserprefix   - Retrieve contibutions for all users whose names begin with this value. Overrides ucuser
  ucdir          - The direction to search (older or newer)
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  ucnamespace    - Only list contributions in these namespaces
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  ucprop         - Include additional pieces of information
                    ids            - Adds the page id and revision id
                    title          - Adds the title and namespace id of the page
                    timestamp      - Adds the timestamp of the edit
                    comment        - Adds the comment of the edit
                    parsedcomment  - Adds the parsed comment of the edit
                    size           - Adds the size of the page
                    flags          - Adds flags of the edit
                    patrolled      - Tags patrolled edits
                    tags           - Lists tags for the edit
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, size, flags, patrolled, tags
                   Default: ids|title|timestamp|comment|size|flags
  ucshow         - Show only items that meet this criteria, e.g. non minor edits only: ucshow=!minor
                   NOTE: if ucshow=patrolled or ucshow=!patrolled is set, revisions older than 7862400 won\'t be shown
                   Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, patrolled, !patrolled
  uctag          - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=YurikBot
  api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=217.121.114.

* list=watchlist (wl) *
  Get all recent changes to pages in the logged in user's watchlist

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  wlallrev       - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe
  wlstart        - The timestamp to start enumerating from
  wlend          - The timestamp to end enumerating
  wlnamespace    - Filter changes to only the given namespace(s)
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  wluser         - Only list changes by this user
  wlexcludeuser  - Don't list changes by this user
  wldir          - In which direction to enumerate pages
                   One value: newer, older
                   Default: older
  wllimit        - How many total results to return per request
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  wlprop         - Which additional items to get (non-generator mode only).
                    ids                    - Adds revision ids and page ids
                    title                  - Adds title of the page
                    flags                  - Adds flags for the edit
                    user                   - Adds the user who made the edit
                    userid                 - Adds user id of whom made the edit
                    comment                - Adds comment of the edit
                    parsedcomment          - Adds parsed comment of the edit
                    timestamp              - Adds timestamp of the edit
                    patrol                 - Tags edits that are patrolled
                    size                   - Adds the old and new lengths of the page
                    notificationtimestamp  - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, flags, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, timestamp, patrol, sizes, notificationtimestamp
                   Default: ids|title|flags
  wlshow         - Show only items that meet this criteria.
                   For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set wlshow=minor|!anon
                   Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, patrolled, !patrolled
  wlowner        - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
  wltoken        - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=watchlist
  api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
  api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev=&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
  api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info
  api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev=&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user
  api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlowner=Bob_Smith&wltoken=d8d562e9725ea1512894cdab28e5ceebc7f20237
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=watchlistraw (wr) *
  Get all pages on the logged in user's watchlist

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  wrcontinue     - When more results are available, use this to continue
  wrnamespace    - Only list pages in the given namespace(s)
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  wrlimit        - How many total results to return per request
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  wrprop         - Which additional properties to get (non-generator mode only)
                    changed  - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
                   Values (separate with '|'): changed
  wrshow         - Only list items that meet these criteria
                   Values (separate with '|'): changed, !changed
  wrowner        - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
  wrtoken        - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&list=watchlistraw
  api.php?action=query&generator=watchlistraw&gwrshow=changed&prop=revisions
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=exturlusage (eu) *
  Enumerate pages that contain a given URL

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  euprop         - What pieces of information to include
                    ids    - Adds the id of page
                    title  - Adds the title and namespace id of the page
                    url    - Adds the URL used in the page
                   Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, url
                   Default: ids|title|url
  euoffset       - Used for paging. Use the value returned for "continue"
  euprotocol     - Protocol of the url. If empty and euquery set, the protocol is http.
                   Leave both this and euquery empty to list all external links
                   Can be empty, or One value: http, https, ftp, irc, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind, mailto, news, svn, git, mms
                   Default: 
  euquery        - Search string without protocol. See [[Special:LinkSearch]]. Leave empty to list all external links
  eunamespace    - The page namespace(s) to enumerate.
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  eulimit        - How many pages to return.
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=www.mediawiki.org
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=users (us) *
  Get information about a list of users

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  usprop         - What pieces of information to include
                     blockinfo    - Tags if the user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
                     groups       - Lists all the groups the user(s) belongs to
                     rights       - Lists all the rights the user(s) has
                     editcount    - Adds the user's edit count
                     registration - Adds the user's registration timestamp
                     emailable    - Tags if the user can and wants to receive e-mail through [[Special:Emailuser]]
                     gender       - Tags the gender of the user. Returns "male", "female", or "unknown"
                   Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, editcount, registration, emailable, gender
  ususers        - A list of users to obtain the same information for
  ustoken        - Which tokens to obtain for each user
                   Values (separate with '|'): userrights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=brion|TimStarling&usprop=groups|editcount|gender

* list=random (rn) *
  Get a set of random pages
  NOTE: Pages are listed in a fixed sequence, only the starting point is random. This means that if, for example, "Main Page" is the first 
        random page on your list, "List of fictional monkeys" will *always* be second, "List of people on stamps of Vanuatu" third, etc
  NOTE: If the number of pages in the namespace is lower than rnlimit, you will get fewer pages. You will not get the same page twice

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  rnnamespace    - Return pages in these namespaces only
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  rnlimit        - Limit how many random pages will be returned
                   No more than 10 (20 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 1
  rnredirect     - Load a random redirect instead of a random page
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

* list=protectedtitles (pt) *
  List all titles protected from creation

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  ptnamespace    - Only list titles in these namespaces
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
  ptlevel        - Only list titles with these protection levels
                   Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
  ptlimit        - How many total pages to return
                   No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  ptdir          - The direction in which to list
                   One value: older, newer
                   Default: older
  ptstart        - Start listing at this protection timestamp
  ptend          - Stop listing at this protection timestamp
  ptprop         - Which properties to get
                    timestamp      - Adds the timestamp of when protection was added
                    user           - Adds the user to add the protection
                    userid         - Adds the user id to add the protection
                    comment        - Adds the comment for the protection
                    parsedcomment  - Adds the parsed comment for the protection
                    expiry         - Adds the timestamp of when the protection will be lifted
                    level          - Adds the protection level
                   Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, expiry, level
                   Default: timestamp|level
Example:
  api.php?action=query&list=protectedtitles
Generator:
  This module may be used as a generator

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  Query: Meta  --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 

* meta=siteinfo (si) *
  Return general information about the site

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  siprop         - Which sysinfo properties to get:
                    general               - Overall system information
                    namespaces            - List of registered namespaces and their canonical names
                    namespacealiases      - List of registered namespace aliases
                    specialpagealiases    - List of special page aliases
                    magicwords            - List of magic words and their aliases
                    statistics            - Returns site statistics
                    interwikimap          - Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered)
                    dbrepllag             - Returns database server with the highest replication lag
                    usergroups            - Returns user groups and the associated permissions
                    extensions            - Returns extensions installed on the wiki
                    fileextensions        - Returns list of file extensions allowed to be uploaded
                    rightsinfo            - Returns wiki rights (license) information if available
                    languages             - Returns a list of languages MediaWiki supports
                   Values (separate with '|'): general, namespaces, namespacealiases, specialpagealiases, magicwords, interwikimap, dbrepllag, statistics, usergroups, extensions, fileextensions, rightsinfo, languages
                   Default: general
  sifilteriw     - Return only local or only nonlocal entries of the interwiki map
                   One value: local, !local
  sishowalldb    - List all database servers, not just the one lagging the most
  sinumberingroup - Lists the number of users in user groups
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb=

* meta=userinfo (ui) *
  Get information about the current user

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  uiprop         - What pieces of information to include
                     blockinfo        - Tags if the current user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
                     hasmsg           - Adds a tag "message" if the current user has pending messages
                     groups           - Lists all the groups the current user belongs to
                     rights           - Lists all the rights the current user has
                     changeablegroups - Lists the groups the current user can add to and remove from
                     options          - Lists all preferences the current user has set
                     editcount        - Adds the current user's edit count
                     ratelimits       - Lists all rate limits applying to the current user
                     email            - Adds the user's email address and email authentication date
                     acceptlang       - Echoes the Accept-Language header sent by the client in a structured format
                   Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, hasmsg, groups, rights, changeablegroups, options, preferencestoken, editcount, ratelimits, email, acceptlang
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo
  api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg

* meta=allmessages (am) *
  Return messages from this site

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  ammessages     - Which messages to output. "*" means all messages
                   Default: *
  amprop         - Which properties to get
                   Values (separate with '|'): default
  amenableparser - Set to enable parser, will preprocess the wikitext of message
                   Will substitute magic words, handle templates etc.
  amargs         - Arguments to be substituted into message
  amfilter       - Return only messages that contain this string
  amlang         - Return messages in this language
  amfrom         - Return messages starting at this message
  amto           - Return messages ending at this message
Examples:
  api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&amfilter=ipb-
  api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de


*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***  Modules: continuation  *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 


* action=expandtemplates *
  This module expand all templates in wikitext

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  title          - Title of page
                   Default: API
  text           - Wikitext to convert
  generatexml    - Generate XML parse tree
Example:
  api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}

* action=parse *
  This module parses wikitext and returns parser output

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  title          - Title of page the text belongs to
                   Default: API
  text           - Wikitext to parse
  summary        - Summary to parse
  page           - Parse the content of this page. Cannot be used together with text and title
  pageid         - Parse the content of this page. Overrides page
  redirects      - If the page parameter is set to a redirect, resolve it
  oldid          - Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page and pageid
  prop           - Which pieces of information to get
                    text           - Gives the parsed text of the wikitext
                    langlinks      - Gives the langlinks the parsed wikitext
                    categories     - Gives the categories of the parsed wikitext
                    categorieshtml - Gives the html version of the categories
                    languageshtml  - Gives the html version of the languagelinks
                    links          - Gives the internal links in the parsed wikitext
                    templates      - Gives the templates in the parsed wikitext
                    images         - Gives the images in the parsed wikitext
                    externallinks  - Gives the external links in the parsed wikitext
                    sections       - Gives the sections in the parsed wikitext
                    revid          - Adds the revision id of the parsed page
                    displaytitle   - Adds the title of the parsed wikitext
                    headitems      - Gives items to put in the <head> of the page
                    headhtml       - Gives parsed <head> of the page
                    iwlinks        - Gives interwiki links in the parsed wikitext
                    wikitext       - Gives the original wikitext that was parsed
                   Values (separate with '|'): text, langlinks, languageshtml, categories, categorieshtml, links, templates, images, externallinks, sections, revid, displaytitle, headitems, headhtml, iwlinks, wikitext
                   Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|externallinks|sections|revid|displaytitle
  pst            - Do a pre-save transform on the input before parsing it
                   Ignored if page, pageid or oldid is used
  onlypst        - Do a pre-save transform (PST) on the input, but don't parse it
                   Returns the same wikitext, after a PST has been applied. Ignored if page, pageid or oldid is used
  uselang        - Which language to parse the request in
  section        - Only retrieve the content of this section number
  disablepp      - Disable the PP Report from the parser output
Example:
  api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}

* action=opensearch *
  This module implements OpenSearch protocol

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  search         - Search string
  limit          - Maximum amount of results to return
                   No more than 100 (100 for bots) allowed
                   Default: 10
  namespace      - Namespaces to search
                   Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
                   Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
                   Default: 0
  suggest        - Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false
Example:
  api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te

* action=feedwatchlist *
  This module returns a watchlist feed

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  feedformat     - The format of the feed
                   One value: rss, atom
                   Default: rss
  hours          - List pages modified within this many hours from now
                   The value must be between 1 and 72
                   Default: 24
  allrev         - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe
  wlowner        - The user whose watchlist you want (must be accompanied by token if it's not you)
  wltoken        - Security token that requested user set in their preferences
  linktodiffs    - Link to change differences instead of article pages
Examples:
  api.php?action=feedwatchlist
  api.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev=allrev&linktodiffs=&hours=6

* action=help *
  Display this help screen. Or the help screen for the specified module
Parameters:
  modules        - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
  querymodules   - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Examples:
  Whole help page:
    api.php?action=help
  Module (action) help page:
    api.php?action=help&modules=protect
  Query (list) modules help page:
    api.php?action=help&querymodules=categorymembers
  Query (prop) modules help page:
    api.php?action=help&querymodules=info
  Query (meta) modules help page:
    api.php?action=help&querymodules=siteinfo

* action=paraminfo *
  Obtain information about certain API parameters and errors
Parameters:
  modules        - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
  querymodules   - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
  mainmodule     - Get information about the main (top-level) module as well
  pagesetmodule  - Get information about the pageset module (providing titles= and friends) as well
Example:
  api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse&querymodules=allpages|siteinfo

* action=rsd *
  Export an RSD schema

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=rsd

* action=purge *
  Purge the cache for the given titles.
  This module requires a POST request if the user is not logged in.

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
Parameters:
  titles         - A list of titles
                   This parameter is required
Example:
  api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page|API

* action=rollback *
  Undo the last edit to the page. If the last user who edited the page made multiple edits in a row,
  they will all be rolled back

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  title          - Title of the page you want to rollback.
                   This parameter is required
  user           - Name of the user whose edits are to be rolled back. If set incorrectly, you'll get a badtoken error.
                   This parameter is required
  token          - A rollback token previously retrieved through prop=revisions
  summary        - Custom edit summary. If not set, default summary will be used
  markbot        - Mark the reverted edits and the revert as bot edits
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
Examples:
  api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Catrope&token=123ABC
  api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=217.121.114.116&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1

* action=delete *
  Delete a page

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  title          - Title of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with pageid
  pageid         - Page ID of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with title
  token          - A delete token previously retrieved through prop=info
  reason         - Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used
  watch          - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
  unwatch        - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
  oldimage       - The name of the old image to delete as provided by iiprop=archivename
Examples:
  api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC
  api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move

* action=undelete *
  Restore certain revisions of a deleted page. A list of deleted revisions (including timestamps) can be
  retrieved through list=deletedrevs

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  title          - Title of the page you want to restore
                   This parameter is required
  token          - An undelete token previously retrieved through list=deletedrevs
  reason         - Reason for restoring (optional)
                   Default: 
  timestamps     - Timestamps of the revisions to restore. If not set, all revisions will be restored.
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
Examples:
  api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20page
  api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&timestamps=20070703220045|20070702194856

* action=protect *
  Change the protection level of a page

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  title          - Title of the page you want to (un)protect
                   This parameter is required
  token          - A protect token previously retrieved through prop=info
  protections    - Pipe-separated list of protection levels, formatted action=group (e.g. edit=sysop)
                   This parameter is required
  expiry         - Expiry timestamps. If only one timestamp is set, it'll be used for all protections.
                   Use 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', for a neverexpiring protection.
                   Default: infinite
  reason         - Reason for (un)protecting (optional)
                   Default: 
  cascade        - Enable cascading protection (i.e. protect pages included in this page)
                   Ignored if not all protection levels are 'sysop' or 'protect'
  watch          - DEPRECATED! If set, add the page being (un)protected to your watchlist
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
Examples:
  api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade=&expiry=20070901163000|never
  api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions

* action=block *
  Block a user

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  user           - Username, IP address or IP range you want to block
                   This parameter is required
  token          - A block token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter or prop=info
  gettoken       - If set, a block token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
  expiry         - Relative expiry time, e.g. '5 months' or '2 weeks'. If set to 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', the block will never expire.
                   Default: never
  reason         - Reason for block (optional)
  anononly       - Block anonymous users only (i.e. disable anonymous edits for this IP)
  nocreate       - Prevent account creation
  autoblock      - Automatically block the last used IP address, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to login from
  noemail        - Prevent user from sending e-mail through the wiki. (Requires the "blockemail" right.)
  hidename       - Hide the username from the block log. (Requires the "hideuser" right.)
  allowusertalk  - Allow the user to edit their own talk page (depends on $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit)
  reblock        - If the user is already blocked, overwrite the existing block
Examples:
  api.php?action=block&user=123.5.5.12&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strike
  api.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate=&autoblock=&noemail=

* action=unblock *
  Unblock a user

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  id             - ID of the block you want to unblock (obtained through list=blocks). Cannot be used together with user
  user           - Username, IP address or IP range you want to unblock. Cannot be used together with id
  token          - An unblock token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter or prop=info
  gettoken       - If set, an unblock token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
  reason         - Reason for unblock (optional)
Examples:
  api.php?action=unblock&id=105
  api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob

* action=move *
  Move a page

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  from           - Title of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with fromid
  fromid         - Page ID of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with from
  to             - Title you want to rename the page to
                   This parameter is required
  token          - A move token previously retrieved through prop=info
  reason         - Reason for the move (optional)
  movetalk       - Move the talk page, if it exists
  movesubpages   - Move subpages, if applicable
  noredirect     - Don't create a redirect
  watch          - DEPRECATED! Add the page and the redirect to your watchlist
  unwatch        - DEPRECATED! Remove the page and the redirect from your watchlist
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
  ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
Example:
  api.php?action=move&from=Exampel&to=Example&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk=&noredirect=

* action=edit *
  Create and edit pages.

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  title          - Page title
                   This parameter is required
  section        - Section number. 0 for the top section, 'new' for a new section
  text           - Page content
  token          - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
  summary        - Edit summary. Also section title when section=new
  minor          - Minor edit
  notminor       - Non-minor edit
  bot            - Mark this edit as bot
  basetimestamp  - Timestamp of the base revision (gotten through prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp).
                   Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts.
  starttimestamp - Timestamp when you obtained the edit token.
                   Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts
  recreate       - Override any errors about the article having been deleted in the meantime
  createonly     - Don't edit the page if it exists already
  nocreate       - Throw an error if the page doesn't exist
  captchaword    - Answer to the CAPTCHA
  captchaid      - CAPTCHA ID from previous request
  watch          - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
  unwatch        - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
  md5            - The MD5 hash of the text parameter, or the prependtext and appendtext parameters concatenated.
                   If set, the edit won't be done unless the hash is correct
  prependtext    - Add this text to the beginning of the page. Overrides text
  appendtext     - Add this text to the end of the page. Overrides text
  undo           - Undo this revision. Overrides text, prependtext and appendtext
  undoafter      - Undo all revisions from undo to this one. If not set, just undo one revision
  redirect       - Automatically resolve redirects
Examples:
  Edit a page (anonymous user):
      api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
  Prepend __NOTOC__ to a page (anonymous user):
      api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=NOTOC&minor=&prependtext=__NOTOC__%0A&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
  Undo r13579 through r13585 with autosummary (anonymous user):
      api.php?action=edit&title=Test&undo=13585&undoafter=13579&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\

* action=upload *
  Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads. Several methods are available:
   * Upload file contents directly, using the "file" parameter
   * Have the MediaWiki server fetch a file from a URL, using the "url" parameter
   * Complete an earlier upload that failed due to warnings, using the "sessionkey" parameter
  Note that the HTTP POST must be done as a file upload (i.e. using multipart/form-data) when
  sending the "file". Note also that queries using session keys must be
  done in the same login session as the query that originally returned the key (i.e. do not
  log out and then log back in). Also you must get and send an edit token before doing any upload stuff

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  filename       - Target filename
  comment        - Upload comment. Also used as the initial page text for new files if "text" is not specified
                   Default: 
  text           - Initial page text for new files
  token          - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
  watch          - DEPRECATED! Watch the page
  watchlist      - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
                   One value: watch, preferences, nochange
                   Default: preferences
  ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
  file           - File contents
  url            - Url to fetch the file from
  sessionkey     - Session key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
  stash          - If set, the server will not add the file to the repository and stash it temporarily.
Examples:
  Upload from a URL:
      api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&url=http%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png
  Complete an upload that failed due to warnings:
      api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&sessionkey=sessionkey&ignorewarnings=1

* action=emailuser *
  Email a user.

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  target         - User to send email to
                   This parameter is required
  subject        - Subject header
  text           - Mail body
                   This parameter is required
  token          - A token previously acquired via prop=info
  ccme           - Send a copy of this mail to me
Example:
  api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content

* action=watch *
  Add or remove a page from/to the current user's watchlist

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
Parameters:
  title          - The page to (un)watch
                   This parameter is required
  unwatch        - If set the page will be unwatched rather than watched
Examples:
  api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page
  api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page&unwatch=

* action=patrol *
  Patrol a page or revision

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  token          - Patrol token obtained from list=recentchanges
  rcid           - Recentchanges ID to patrol
                   This parameter is required
Example:
  api.php?action=patrol&token=123abc&rcid=230672766

* action=import *
  Import a page from another wiki, or an XML file

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  token          - Import token obtained through prop=info
  summary        - Import summary
  xml            - Uploaded XML file
  interwikisource - For interwiki imports: wiki to import from
                   One value: 
  interwikipage  - For interwiki imports: page to import
  fullhistory    - For interwiki imports: import the full history, not just the current version
  templates      - For interwiki imports: import all included templates as well
  namespace      - For interwiki imports: import to this namespace
                   One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Examples:
  Import [[meta:Help:Parserfunctions]] to namespace 100 with full history:
    api.php?action=import&interwikisource=meta&interwikipage=Help:ParserFunctions&namespace=100&fullhistory=&token=123ABC

* action=userrights *
  Add/remove a user to/from groups

This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
  user           - User name
                   This parameter is required
  add            - Add the user to these groups
                   Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, trusted
  remove         - Remove the user from these groups
                   Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, trusted
  token          - A userrights token previously retrieved through list=users
  reason         - Reason for the change
                   Default: 
Example:
  api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC


*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***  Permissions *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 

* writeapi *
  Use of the write API
Granted to:
  all, user, bot

* apihighlimits *
  Use higher limits in API queries (Slow queries: 500 results; Fast queries: 5000 results). The limits for slow queries also apply to multivalue parameters.
Granted to:
  bot, sysop


*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***  Formats  *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 

* format=json *
  Output data in JSON format

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  callback       - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json

* format=jsonfm *
  Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  callback       - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm

* format=php *
  Output data in serialized PHP format

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php

* format=phpfm *
  Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML)

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm

* format=wddx *
  Output data in WDDX format

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddx

* format=wddxfm *
  Output data in WDDX format (pretty-print in HTML)

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddxfm

* format=xml *
  Output data in XML format

This module requires read rights
Parameters:
  xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content
  xslt           - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml

* format=xmlfm *
  Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML)

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Parameters:
  xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content
  xslt           - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm

* format=yaml *
  Output data in YAML format

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yaml

* format=yamlfm *
  Output data in YAML format (pretty-print in HTML)

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Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yamlfm

* format=rawfm *
  Output data with the debuging elements in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)

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Parameters:
  callback       - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm

* format=txt *
  Output data in PHP's print_r() format

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Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txt

* format=txtfm *
  Output data in PHP's print_r() format (pretty-print in HTML)

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Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txtfm

* format=dbg *
  Output data in PHP's var_export() format

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Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbg

* format=dbgfm *
  Output data in PHP's var_export() format (pretty-print in HTML)

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbgfm

* format=dump *
  Output data in PHP's var_dump() format

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dump

* format=dumpfm *
  Output data in PHP's var_dump() format (pretty-print in HTML)

This module requires read rights
Example:
  api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dumpfm


*** Credits: ***
   API developers:
       Roan Kattouw <Firstname>.<Lastname>@home.nl (lead developer Sep 2007-present)
       Victor Vasiliev - vasilvv at gee mail dot com
       Bryan Tong Minh - bryan . tongminh @ gmail . com
       Sam Reed - sam @ reedyboy . net
       Yuri Astrakhan <Firstname><Lastname>@gmail.com (creator, lead developer Sep 2006-Sep 2007)
   
   Please send your comments, suggestions and questions to mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
   or file a bug report at http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/
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