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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Examples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Examples</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Examples-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Examples subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Examples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Example_1:_Purge_one_or_two_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Example_1:_Purge_one_or_two_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Example 1: Purge one or two pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Example_1:_Purge_one_or_two_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-POST_request" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a 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class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Python</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Python-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-PHP" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PHP"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>PHP</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PHP-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-JavaScript" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#JavaScript"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>JavaScript</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-JavaScript-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MediaWiki_JS" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MediaWiki_JS"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>MediaWiki JS</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_JS-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Example_2:_Purge_first_10_pages_in_the_main_namespace" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Example_2:_Purge_first_10_pages_in_the_main_namespace"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Example 2: Purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Example_2:_Purge_first_10_pages_in_the_main_namespace-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-POST_request_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#POST_request_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>POST request</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-POST_request_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Response_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Response_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.2</span> <span>Response</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Response_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sample_code_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sample_code_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.3</span> <span>Sample code</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sample_code_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Python_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Python_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Python</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Python_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-PHP_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PHP_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>PHP</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PHP_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-JavaScript_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#JavaScript_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>JavaScript</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-JavaScript_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MediaWiki_JS_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MediaWiki_JS_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>MediaWiki JS</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_JS_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Possible_errors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Possible_errors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Possible errors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Possible_errors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parameter_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parameter_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Parameter history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parameter_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Etiquette" title="API:Etiquette"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Query" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Query">All query modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Query" title="API:Query"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Properties" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Properties">All page properties</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Properties" title="API:Properties"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Lists" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Lists">All list modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Lists" title="API:Lists"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Meta" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Meta">All meta modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Meta" title="API:Meta"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Data_formats" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Data formats">Output formats</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Data_formats" title="API:Data formats"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Authentication</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Tokens" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Tokens">Get tokens for data modifying operations</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Tokens" title="API:Tokens"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Login" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Login">Login</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Login" title="API:Login"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Logout" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Logout">Logout</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Logout" title="API:Logout"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Assert" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Assert">Verifying authentication (assertions)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Assert" title="API:Assert"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Accounts and Users</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Account_creation" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Account creation">Create an account</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Account_creation" title="API:Account creation"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Block" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Block">Block or unblock a user</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Block" title="API:Block"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo">Get info about the current user</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Userinfo" title="API:Userinfo"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Watchlist_feed" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Watchlist feed">Get the current user's watchlist as a feed</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Watchlist_feed" title="API:Watchlist feed"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Options" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Options">Change user options</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Options" title="API:Options"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:User_group_membership" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:User group membership">Change user group membership</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:User_group_membership" title="API:User group membership"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Emailuser" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Emailuser">Send an email</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Emailuser" title="API:Emailuser"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Page Operations</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Edit" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Edit">Create and edit a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Edit" title="API:Edit"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Get_the_contents_of_a_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Get the contents of a page">Get the contents of a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Get_the_contents_of_a_page" title="API:Get the contents of a page"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Upload" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Upload">Upload a file</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Upload" title="API:Upload"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Import" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Import">Import a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Import" title="API:Import"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Delete" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Delete">Delete a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Delete" title="API:Delete"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Parsing_wikitext" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Parsing wikitext">Parse content of a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext" title="API:Parsing wikitext"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Watch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Watch">Watch or unwatch a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Watch" title="API:Watch"> </a></span></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge">Purge cache for page(s)</a></b><span style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></span></li> <li><a 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title="API:Protect"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:SetPageLanguage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:SetPageLanguage">Change a page's language</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:SetPageLanguage" title="API:SetPageLanguage"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Changing_wiki_content" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Changing wiki content">More...</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Changing_wiki_content" title="API:Changing wiki content"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Search</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Opensearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Opensearch">Search wiki pages by title (OpenSearch)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Opensearch" title="API:Opensearch"> </a></span></li> <li><a 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: API documentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background-color: var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); padding: 20px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-divider, #a2a9b1); overflow: hidden;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651108"><table class="ombox ombox-notice plainlinks" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/20px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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lang="en">purge</b>)</div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-flags"><ul><li><span class="apihelp-flag-readrights">This module requires read rights.</span></li><li><span class="apihelp-flag-writerights">This module requires write rights.</span></li><li><span class="apihelp-flag-mustbeposted">This module only accepts POST requests.</span></li><li><span class="apihelp-source">Source: <span dir="ltr" lang="en">MediaWiki</span></span></li><li><span class="apihelp-license">License: <a href="/wiki/Special:Version/License/MediaWiki" title="Special:Version/License/MediaWiki"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">GPL-2.0-or-later</span></a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Purge the cache for the given titles. </p> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-help-urls"><ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge" dir="ltr">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge</a></li></ul></div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-parameters"><div class="apihelp-block-head">Specific parameters:</div><div class="apihelp-block-header">Other general parameters are available.</div><dl><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:forcelinkupdate">forcelinkupdate</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Update the links tables and do other secondary data updates. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: boolean (<a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatype/boolean">details</a>)</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:forcerecursivelinkupdate">forcerecursivelinkupdate</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Same as <kbd>forcelinkupdate</kbd>, and update the links tables for any page that uses this page as a template. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: boolean (<a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatype/boolean">details</a>)</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:continue">continue</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Continue" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Continue">can be found on mediawiki.org</a>. </p></dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:titles">titles</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>A list of titles to work on. </p></dd><dd class="info">Separate values with <kbd>|</kbd> or <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatypes">alternative</a>.</dd><dd class="info">Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:pageids">pageids</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>A list of page IDs to work on. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: list of integers</dd><dd class="info">Separate values with <kbd>|</kbd> or <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatypes">alternative</a>.</dd><dd class="info">Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:revids">revids</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>A list of revision IDs to work on. Note that almost all query modules will convert revision IDs to the corresponding page ID and work on the latest revision instead. Only <kbd>prop=revisions</kbd> uses exact revisions for its response. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: list of integers</dd><dd class="info">Separate values with <kbd>|</kbd> or <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatypes">alternative</a>.</dd><dd class="info">Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:generator">generator</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module. </p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Generator parameter names must be prefixed with a "g", see examples. </p><dl><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballcategories">allcategories</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate all categories.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balldeletedrevisions">alldeletedrevisions</a></span></dt> <dd>List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballfileusages">allfileusages</a></span></dt> <dd>List all file usages, including non-existing.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballimages">allimages</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate all images sequentially.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balllinks">alllinks</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballpages">allpages</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballredirects">allredirects</a></span></dt> <dd>List all redirects to a namespace.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballrevisions">allrevisions</a></span></dt> <dd>List all revisions.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balltransclusions">alltransclusions</a></span></dt> <dd>List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bbacklinks">backlinks</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that link to the given page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bcategories">categories</a></span></dt> <dd>List all categories the pages belong to.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bcategorymembers">categorymembers</a></span></dt> <dd>List all pages in a given category.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bdeletedrevisions">deletedrevisions</a></span></dt> <dd>Get deleted revision information.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bduplicatefiles">duplicatefiles</a></span></dt> <dd>List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bembeddedin">embeddedin</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bexturlusage">exturlusage</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bfileusage">fileusage</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that use the given files.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bimages">images</a></span></dt> <dd>Returns all files contained on the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bimageusage">imageusage</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that use the given image title.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Biwbacklinks">iwbacklinks</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blangbacklinks">langbacklinks</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that link to the given language link.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blinks">links</a></span></dt> <dd>Returns all links from the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blinkshere">linkshere</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that link to the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bmessagecollection">messagecollection</a></span></dt> <dd>Query MessageCollection about translations.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bmostviewed">mostviewed</a></span></dt> <dd>Lists the most viewed pages (based on last day's pageview count).</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bpageswithprop">pageswithprop</a></span></dt> <dd>List all pages using a given page property.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bprefixsearch">prefixsearch</a></span></dt> <dd>Perform a prefix search for page titles.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bprotectedtitles">protectedtitles</a></span></dt> <dd>List all titles protected from creation.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bquerypage">querypage</a></span></dt> <dd>Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brandom">random</a></span></dt> <dd>Get a set of random pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brecentchanges">recentchanges</a></span></dt> <dd>Enumerate recent changes.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bredirects">redirects</a></span></dt> <dd>Returns all redirects to the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brevisions">revisions</a></span></dt> <dd>Get revision information.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bsearch">search</a></span></dt> <dd>Perform a full text search.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Btemplates">templates</a></span></dt> <dd>Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Btranscludedin">transcludedin</a></span></dt> <dd>Find all pages that transclude the given pages.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwatchlist">watchlist</a></span></dt> <dd>Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwatchlistraw">watchlistraw</a></span></dt> <dd>Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwblistentityusage">wblistentityusage</a></span></dt> <dd>Returns all pages that use the given entity IDs.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Breadinglistentries">readinglistentries</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="apihelp-internal">Internal.</span> List the pages of a certain list.</dd></dl></dd><dd class="info">One of the following values: <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballcategories"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allcategories</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balldeletedrevisions"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">alldeletedrevisions</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballfileusages"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allfileusages</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballimages"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allimages</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balllinks"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">alllinks</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballpages"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allpages</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballredirects"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allredirects</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Ballrevisions"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">allrevisions</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Balltransclusions"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">alltransclusions</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bbacklinks"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">backlinks</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bcategories"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">categories</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bcategorymembers"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">categorymembers</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bdeletedrevisions"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">deletedrevisions</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bduplicatefiles"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">duplicatefiles</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bembeddedin"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">embeddedin</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bexturlusage"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">exturlusage</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bfileusage"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">fileusage</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bimages"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">images</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bimageusage"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">imageusage</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Biwbacklinks"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">iwbacklinks</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blangbacklinks"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">langbacklinks</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blinks"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">links</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Blinkshere"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">linkshere</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bmessagecollection"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">messagecollection</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bmostviewed"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">mostviewed</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bpageswithprop"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">pageswithprop</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bprefixsearch"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">prefixsearch</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bprotectedtitles"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">protectedtitles</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bquerypage"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">querypage</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brandom"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">random</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brecentchanges"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">recentchanges</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bredirects"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">redirects</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Brevisions"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">revisions</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bsearch"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">search</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Btemplates"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">templates</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Btranscludedin"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">transcludedin</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwatchlist"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">watchlist</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwatchlistraw"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">watchlistraw</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bwblistentityusage"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">wblistentityusage</span></a>, <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Breadinglistentries"><span dir="ltr" lang="en" class="apihelp-internal-value">readinglistentries</span></a></dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:redirects">redirects</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Automatically resolve redirects in <var>titles</var>, <var>pageids</var>, and <var>revids</var>, and in pages returned by <var>generator</var>. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: boolean (<a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatype/boolean">details</a>)</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="purge:converttitles">converttitles</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion. Languages that support variant conversion include ban, en, crh, gan, iu, ku, mni, sh, shi, sr, tg, tly, uz, wuu, zgh and zh. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: boolean (<a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatype/boolean">details</a>)</dd></dl></div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-examples"><div class="apihelp-block-head">Examples:</div><dl><dt>Purge <kbd><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a></kbd> and the <kbd>API</kbd> page.</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=purge&titles=MediaWiki|API" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=purge&titles=MediaWiki|API</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=purge&titles=MediaWiki|API"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd><dt>Purge the first 10 pages in the main namespace.</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd></dl></div> </div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example_1:_Purge_one_or_two_pages">Example 1: Purge one or two pages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Example 1: Purge one or two pages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="POST_request">POST request</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: POST request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="plainlinks" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em"><b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page%7CNonexistentArticle">api.php<span style="margin:0 0.5em">?</span><wbr />action=purge<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />titles=Main_Page|NonexistentArticle</a></b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=purge&titles=Main_Page%7CNonexistentArticle">[try in ApiSandbox]</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Response">Response</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width:65%"> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-json mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"batchcomplete"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"purge"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ns"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"title"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"NonexistentArticle"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"missing"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ns"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"title"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Main Page"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"purged"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"normalized"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"from"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Main_Page"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"to"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Main Page"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sample_code">Sample code</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sample code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-gadget-tabbedwindow" style="width:100%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Python">Python</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Python"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-python mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/python3</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="sd"> purge_two_pages.py</span> <span class="sd"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="sd"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge two or more pages</span> <span class="sd"> MIT license</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">requests</span> <span class="n">S</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">requests</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Session</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">URL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span> <span class="n">PARAMS</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"titles"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Main_Page|Nonexistent"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="n">R</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">S</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">url</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">URL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">params</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">PARAMS</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">DATA</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">R</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DATA</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PHP">PHP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: PHP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?php</span> <span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> purge_two_pages.php</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge two or more pages</span> <span class="cm"> MIT license</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">purge</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">global</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"titles"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"Main_Page|Nonexistent"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_init</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_URL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_POST</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">http_build_query</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_exec</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_close</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$output</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JavaScript">JavaScript</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: JavaScript"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/* </span> <span class="cm"> purge_two_pages.js</span> <span class="cm"> </span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge two or more pages</span> <span class="cm"> MIT license</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">request</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'request'</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">defaults</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="nx">jar</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">}),</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">titles</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Main_Page|Nonexistent"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">};</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">request</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">post</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">form</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">});</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="c1">// Start the function</span> <span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MediaWiki_JS">MediaWiki JS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: MediaWiki JS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> purge_two_pages.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge two or more pages</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'purge'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">titles</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'Main_Page|Nonexistent'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'json'</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">api</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Api</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">api</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">done</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example_2:_Purge_first_10_pages_in_the_main_namespace">Example 2: Purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Example 2: Purge first 10 pages in the main namespace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="POST_request_2">POST request</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: POST request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="plainlinks" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em"><b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10">api.php<span style="margin:0 0.5em">?</span><wbr />action=purge<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />generator=allpages<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />gapnamespace=0<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />gaplimit=10</a></b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10">[try in ApiSandbox]</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Response_2">Response</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width:65%"> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-json mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"batchcomplete"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"continue"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"gapcontinue"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"!!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"continue"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"gapcontinue||"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"purge"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ns"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"title"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"!"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"purged"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"ns"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"title"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"!!"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"purged"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">""</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="err">...</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sample_code_2">Sample code</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sample code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-gadget-tabbedwindow" style="width:100%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Python_2">Python</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_2&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Python"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-python mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/python3</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="sd"> purge_namespace_pages.py</span> <span class="sd"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="sd"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</span> <span class="sd"> MIT license</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">requests</span> <span class="n">S</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">requests</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Session</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">URL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span> <span class="n">PARAMS</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"generator"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"allpages"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"gapnamespace"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"0"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"gaplimit"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"10"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="n">R</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">S</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">url</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">URL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">params</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">PARAMS</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">DATA</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">R</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">text</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DATA</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PHP_2">PHP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_2&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: PHP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?php</span> <span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> purge_namespace_pages.php</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</span> <span class="cm"> MIT license</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">purge</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">global</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"generator"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"allpages"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"gapnamespace"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"0"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"gaplimit"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"10"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_init</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_URL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_POST</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">http_build_query</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_exec</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_close</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$output</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JavaScript_2">JavaScript</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_2&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: JavaScript"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/* </span> <span class="cm"> purge_namespace_pages.js</span> <span class="cm"> </span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</span> <span class="cm"> MIT license</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">request</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">require</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'request'</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">defaults</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="nx">jar</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">}),</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"purge"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">generator</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"allpages"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">gapnamespace</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"0"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">gaplimit</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"10"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">};</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">request</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">post</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">form</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">res</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">});</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="c1">// Start the function</span> <span class="nx">purge</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MediaWiki_JS_2">MediaWiki JS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge/Sample_code_2&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: MediaWiki JS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> purge_namespace_pages.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `purge` module: Sending post request to purge first 10 pages in the main namespace</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'purge'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">generator</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'allpages'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">gapnamespace</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'0'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">gaplimit</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'10'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'json'</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">api</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Api</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">api</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">post</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">done</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_errors">Possible errors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Possible errors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Code</th> <th>Info </th></tr> <tr> <td>cantpurge</td> <td>Only users with the 'purge' right can purge pages via the API </td></tr> <tr> <td>mustbeposted</td> <td>The <kbd>purge</kbd> module requires a POST request. </td></tr> <tr> <td>invalidreason</td> <td>The requested page title contains invalid characters: "title". </td></tr> <tr> <td>assertuserfailed</td> <td>You are no longer logged in, so the action could not be completed. </td></tr> <tr> <td>readonly</td> <td>Database locked </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parameter_history">Parameter history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Purge&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parameter history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>v1.20: Introduced <code>pageid</code></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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