2011/3/3 Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw@gmail.com>
2011/3/3  <richardcavell@mail.com>:
> Hi everyone.  Looking at this page:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit
>
> There are many parameters that can be set when sending an HTTP POST
> with the intention of doing an edit.  Do all of the parameters go in
> the URL?  Can I shift some of them into the HTTP POST in the body of
> the request?
>
> In particular, where does the new text go?  Does that go as a form item
> in the body of the request?

I guess, you know wikitools: http://code.google.com/p/python-wikitools/, largely using API; perhaps you'll find inside some useful suggestions.

Alex