In case you are using python, have a look at
https://github.com/yuvipanda/python-mwapi, for go-lang
https://github.com/kracekumar/go-mwapi.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Levin Magruder
<levin_magruder@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm trying to use the API in Mediawiki 1.17. I can't get logged in.
I am getting a "WrongToken". I think I have the right lgtoken and
session cookie, but I've never done any http programming, can anyone
tell from the sequence below what I have wrong. Probably/hopefully it's some simple newbie mistake in not understanding how to handle a cookie or make a session not expire.
The user/password combo is able to login thru the normal interactive web interface.
Thanks
Levin
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Begin Attempt
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POST /mw/api.php HTTP/1.1
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
User-Agent: Java/1.7.0_09
Host: wiki.readytheory.com
Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
Connection: keep-alive
Content-type:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 59
format=xml&action=login&lgname=mybot&lgpassword=pwd
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First response:
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:04:01 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.23 (Amazon)
X-Powered-By: Mono
Set-Cookie: wikidb_session=8foa9hj555b6re8mri4ajd7qi3; path=/; HttpOnly
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 162
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
<?xml version="1.0"?><api><login result="NeedToken" token="0e8287f8976207131b153ca2acf25cfb" cookieprefix="wikidb" sessionid="8foa9hj555b6re8mri4ajd7qi3" /></api>
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SECOND request with
cookie
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POST /mw/api.php HTTP/1.1
Cookie: wikidb_session=8foa9hj555b6re8mri4ajd7qi3
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
User-Agent: Java/1.7.0_09
Host: wiki.readytheory.com
Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
Connection: keep-alive
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 99
format=xml&action=login&lgname=mybot&lgpassword=pwd&lgtoken=0e8287f8976207131b153ca2acf25cfb
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second response, where I get "WrongToken"
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:04:01 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.23 (Amazon)
X-Powered-By: Mono
Cache-Control: private
Content-Length: 61
Connection:
close
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
<?xml version="1.0"?><api><login result="WrongToken" /></api>
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