[Mediawiki-api] How does API work?

[Herulee]

Hello,

Thanx for the quick reply

So to disply the wiki page 
we need to transform or map xml contents to wki markup language

right ?


Roan Kattouw-2 wrote:
> 
> 2010/2/2 Herulee <heramb.forums at googlemail.com>:
>>
>> hello,
>>
>> Sorry to post a very basic question as I am new to API
>>
>> I couldnt get the overall idea of using API as I went through the
>> mediawiki
>> API.
>>
>> I still wonder how does it work in general?
>>
> You can request information by sending HTTP requests to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php
> 
>> I have a xml file and want to export to wiki using api
>>
> See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit_-_Import
> 
>> I want to use this API through a programming language VB
>>
>> I still wonder how would it be possible? and how do we display pages
>> using
>> api?
>>
> See http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQ for some frequently used
> requests. That FAQ page is not really finished yet but it contains
> some useful information already.
> 
> Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
> 
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