See the announcement at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-June/078214.html
For the avoidance of confusion: Yes, the move to HTTPS will affect API
requests as well. Your HTTP library should be handling HTTPS for you
transparently, but if for some reason it doesn't you may have to update
your client.
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Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
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