Mediawiki-api April 2021

mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org

2 participants
1 discussions

Correct documentation about api.php usage

by Henrik Rasmussen

My current version of mediawiki installation is 1.32.0. I am trying to use Ansible to interface update Mediawiki. There seems to be some contradictions in the API documentation. * The Help:Creating a bot - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Creating_a_bot#Logging_in> says that lgname, lgpassword and lgtoken should be used in a POST, * while the MediaWiki API help<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=login> says that user id and password should be a part of the URI: api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password<https://t-dokuwiki.it.ku.dk/dokuwiki/api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpas…>. * Also API:Main page - MediaWiki<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page> says that "tokens<https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=tokens> is Deprecated. Get tokens for data-modifying actions". >From the ansible.builtin.uri - Interacts with webservices - Ansible Documentation<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/uri_mod…>, the way to POST, is to insert body_format: form-urlencoded body: name: your_username password: your_password enter: Sign in which I think must be - name: Logging in to wiki.server uri: url: https://wiki.server/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=tokens&type=login&format… method: POST force_basic_auth: yes body_format: form-urlencoded body: lgname: your_username lgpassword: your_password lgtoken: Sign in but this gives me "warnings": { "main": { "*": "Unrecognized parameters: lgname, lgtoken, lgpassword." } What is the correct documentation? Your sincerily Henrik Rasmussen System administrator

1 year, 11 months

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Mediawiki-api April 2021