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