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vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Example"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Example</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Example-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 Example subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Example-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-GET_request" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#GET_request"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>GET request</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-GET_request-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Response" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Response"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Response</span> 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<a class="vector-toc-link" href="#JavaScript"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</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">2.7</span> <span>MediaWiki JS</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_JS-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </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">3</span> <span>Parameter history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parameter_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Additional_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Additional_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Additional notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Additional_notes-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" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">API</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Info</span></h1> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> </header> <div 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href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Main page">MediaWiki Action API</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Main_page" title="API:Main page"> </a></span></th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading tpl-sidebar-heading-first"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Basics</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content tpl-sidebar-content-first"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Etiquette" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Etiquette">Etiquette and usage guidelines</a><span 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><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge">Purge cache for page(s)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Purge" title="API:Purge"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Rollback" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Rollback">Rollback a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Rollback" title="API:Rollback"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Move" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Move">Move a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Move" title="API:Move"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Patrol" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Patrol">Patrol a page or revision</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Patrol" title="API:Patrol"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Undelete" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Undelete">Restore revisions of a deleted page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Undelete" title="API:Undelete"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Protect" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Protect">Change a page's protection level</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Protect" 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 href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Search" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Search">Advanced search for wiki pages by title or text</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Search" title="API:Search"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Geosearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Geosearch">Search wiki pages near a location</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Geosearch" title="API:Geosearch"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch">Search for a language name</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Languagesearch" title="API:Languagesearch"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Prefixsearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Prefixsearch">Perform a prefix search for page titles</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Prefixsearch" title="API:Prefixsearch"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Developer Utilities</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Client_code" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Client code">Access libraries</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Client_code" title="API:Client code"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Cross-site_requests" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Cross-site requests">Cross-site requests</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Cross-site_requests" title="API:Cross-site requests"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions">Creating an API module in an extension</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Extensions" title="API:Extensions"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Calling_internally" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Calling internally">Using the API in MediaWiki and extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Calling_internally" title="API:Calling internally"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting API usage">Restricting API usage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="API:Restricting API usage"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Localisation" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Localisation">Localisation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Localisation" title="API:Localisation"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Implementation_Strategy" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Implementation Strategy">Implementation Strategy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Implementation_Strategy" title="API:Implementation Strategy"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Tutorials</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Tutorial" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Tutorial">Action API Tutorial</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Tutorial" title="API:Tutorial"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Article_ideas_generator" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Article ideas generator">Article ideas generator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Article_ideas_generator" title="API:Article ideas generator"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Nearby_places_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Nearby places viewer">Nearby places viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Nearby_places_viewer" title="API:Nearby places viewer"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Picture_of_the_day_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Picture of the day viewer">Picture of the day viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Picture_of_the_day_viewer" title="API:Picture of the day viewer"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Holidays_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Holidays viewer">Holidays viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Holidays_viewer" title="API:Holidays viewer"> </a></span></li></ul></td> 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.mw-version-versionbox{border-style:dotted}</style> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.43"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.8</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><b>GET request</b> to display basic information about the given page(s). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="API_documentation">API documentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&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:r6987009"><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" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/30px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/40px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">The following documentation is the output of <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/query%2Binfo" title="Special:ApiHelp/query+info">Special:<wbr />ApiHelp/<wbr />query+info</a>, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).</td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="word-wrap:break-word; overflow-wrap:break-word"><h2 class="apihelp-header apihelp-module-name" dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info">prop=info (in)</h2><div class="apihelp-linktrail">(<a href="/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/main" class="apihelp-linktrail" dir="ltr" lang="en">main</a> | <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/query" class="apihelp-linktrail" dir="ltr" lang="en">query</a> | <b dir="ltr" lang="en">info</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-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>Get basic page information. </p> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-help-urls"><ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Info" dir="ltr">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Info</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="query+info:inprop">inprop</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Which additional properties to get: </p><dl><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">protection</span></dt> <dd>List the protection level of each page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">talkid</span></dt> <dd>The page ID of the talk page for each non-talk page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">watched</span></dt> <dd>List the watched status of each page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">watchers</span></dt> <dd>The number of watchers, if allowed.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">visitingwatchers</span></dt> <dd>The number of watchers of each page who have visited recent edits to that page, if allowed.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">notificationtimestamp</span></dt> <dd>The watchlist notification timestamp of each page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">subjectid</span></dt> <dd>The page ID of the parent page for each talk page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">associatedpage</span></dt> <dd>The prefixed title of the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Associated_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Associated pages">associated subject or talk page</a>.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">url</span></dt> <dd>Gives a full URL, an edit URL, and the canonical URL for each page.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">readable</span></dt> <dd><span class="apihelp-deprecated">Deprecated.</span> Whether the user can read this page. Use <kbd>intestactions=read</kbd> instead.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">preload</span></dt> <dd><span class="apihelp-deprecated">Deprecated.</span> Gives the text returned by EditFormPreloadText. Use <kbd>preloadcontent</kbd> instead, which supports other kinds of preloaded text too.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">preloadcontent</span></dt> <dd>Gives the content to be shown in the editor when the page does not exist or while adding a new section.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">editintro</span></dt> <dd>Gives the intro messages that should be shown to the user while editing this page or revision, as HTML.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">displaytitle</span></dt> <dd>Gives the manner in which the page title is actually displayed.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">varianttitles</span></dt> <dd>Gives the display title in all variants of the site content language.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">linkclasses</span></dt> <dd>Gives the additional CSS classes (e.g. link colors) used for links to this page if they were to appear on the page named by <var>inlinkcontext</var>.</dd></dl></dd><dd class="info">Values (separate with <kbd>|</kbd> or <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main#main/datatypes">alternative</a>): associatedpage, displaytitle, editintro, linkclasses, notificationtimestamp, preloadcontent, protection, subjectid, talkid, url, varianttitles, visitingwatchers, watched, watchers, preload, readable</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:inlinkcontext">inlinkcontext</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>The context title to use when determining extra CSS classes (e.g. link colors) when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>linkclasses</var>. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: page title</dd><dd class="info">Accepts non-existent pages.</dd><dd class="info">Default: MediaWiki</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:intestactions">intestactions</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Test whether the current user can perform certain actions on the page. </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="query+info:intestactionsdetail">intestactionsdetail</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Detail level for <var>intestactions</var>. Use the <a href="/w/api.php?action=help&modules=main">main module</a>'s <var>errorformat</var> and <var>errorlang</var> parameters to control the format of the messages returned. </p><dl><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">boolean</span></dt> <dd>Return a boolean value for each action.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">full</span></dt> <dd>Return messages describing why the action is disallowed, or an empty array if it is allowed.</dd> <dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en">quick</span></dt> <dd>Like <kbd>full</kbd> but skipping expensive checks.</dd></dl></dd><dd class="info">One of the following values: boolean, full, quick</dd><dd class="info">Default: boolean</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:intestactionsautocreate">intestactionsautocreate</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Test whether performing <var>intestactions</var> would automatically create a temporary account. </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="query+info:inpreloadcustom">inpreloadcustom</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Title of a custom page to use as preloaded content. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>preloadcontent</var>.</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:inpreloadparams">inpreloadparams</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Parameters for the custom page being used as preloaded content. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>preloadcontent</var>.</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="query+info:inpreloadnewsection">inpreloadnewsection</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Return preloaded content for a new section on the page, rather than a new page. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>preloadcontent</var>.</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="query+info:ineditintrostyle">ineditintrostyle</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Some intro messages come with optional wrapper frames. Use <kbd>moreframes</kbd> to include them or <kbd>lessframes</kbd> to omit them. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>editintro</var>.</dd><dd class="info">One of the following values: lessframes, moreframes</dd><dd class="info">Default: moreframes</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:ineditintroskip">ineditintroskip</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>List of intro messages to remove from the response. Use this if a specific message is not relevant to your tool, or if the information is conveyed in a different way. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>editintro</var>.</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="query+info:ineditintrocustom">ineditintrocustom</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Title of a custom page to use as an additional intro message. </p></dd><dd class="info">Only used when <var>inprop</var> contains <var>editintro</var>.</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="query+info:incontinue">incontinue</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></dl></div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-examples"><div class="apihelp-block-head">Examples:</div><dl><dt>Get information about the page <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>.</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=MediaWiki" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=MediaWiki</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&prop=info&titles=MediaWiki"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd><dt>Get general and protection information about the page <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a>.</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=MediaWiki" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=MediaWiki</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=MediaWiki"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd></dl></div> </div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example">Example</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GET_request">GET request</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: GET request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div>Get info about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein" class="extiw" title="w:Albert Einstein">w:Albert Einstein</a> page, including the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Talk pages">talk page's</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_pages" title="Help:Talk pages"> </a></span> id, and URLs associated with the page</div><div class="plainlinks" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em"><b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info&inprop=url%7Ctalkid">api.php<span style="margin:0 0.5em">?</span><wbr />action=query<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />titles=Albert%20Einstein<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />prop=info<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />inprop=url|talkid</a></b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info&inprop=url%7Ctalkid">[try in ApiSandbox]</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Response">Response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width:60%;"> <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">"query"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"pages"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"736"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"pageid"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">736</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">"Albert Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"contentmodel"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"wikitext"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"pagelanguage"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"en"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"pagelanguagehtmlcode"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"en"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"pagelanguagedir"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"ltr"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"touched"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"2018-12-13T11:58:27Z"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"lastrevid"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">873382746</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"length"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">154728</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"talkid"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">21091085</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"fullurl"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"editurl"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Einstein&action=edit"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"canonicalurl"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</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-heading3"><h3 id="Sample_code">Sample code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=5" 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:Info/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"> get_info.py</span> <span class="sd"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="sd"> Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.</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">"query"</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="s2">"titles"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Albert Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"prop"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"info"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"inprop"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"url|talkid"</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">get</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">json</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">PAGES</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">DATA</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"query"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s2">"pages"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">k</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">v</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">PAGES</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">():</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"title"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s2">" has "</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"length"</span><span class="p">])</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s2">" bytes."</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:Info/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"> get_info.php</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"query"</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="s2">"titles"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"Albert Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"prop"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"info"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"inprop"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"url|talkid"</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">"?"</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nb">http_build_query</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_init</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$url</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$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">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">json_decode</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$output</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$result</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"query"</span><span class="p">][</span><span class="s2">"pages"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$k</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nv">$v</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$v</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"title"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">" has "</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nv">$v</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"length"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">" bytes."</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</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:Info/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"> get_info.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</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="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">"query"</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="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">titles</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Albert Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">prop</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"info"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">inprop</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"url|talkid"</span> <span class="p">};</span> <span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</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">"?origin=*"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nb">Object</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">keys</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">forEach</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"&"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"="</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="p">];});</span> <span class="nx">fetch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">json</span><span class="p">();})</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">response</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">pages</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">query</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">pages</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">pages</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">pages</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="p">].</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">" has "</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">pages</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="p">].</span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">" bytes."</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="p">.</span><span class="k">catch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</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:Info/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"> get_info.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.</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">'query'</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="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">titles</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'Albert Einstein'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">prop</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'info'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">inprop</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'url|talkid'</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">get</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="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">pages</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">query</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">pages</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">pages</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">pages</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">].</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">' has '</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">pages</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">p</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">].</span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">' bytes.'</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</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="Parameter_history">Parameter history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parameter history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>v1.41: Deprecated <code>preload</code></li> <li>v1.32: Deprecated <code>readable</code></li> <li>v1.27: Introduced <code>visitingwatchers</code></li> <li>v1.25: Introduced <code>intestactions</code></li> <li>v1.24: Deprecated <code>intoken</code></li> <li>v1.21: Introduced <code>watchers</code></li> <li>v1.20: Introduced <code>notificationtimestamp</code></li> <li>v1.17: Introduced <code>displaytitle</code></li> <li>v1.16: Introduced <code>watched</code>, <code>preload</code></li> <li>v1.14: Introduced <code>url</code>, <code>readable</code></li> <li>v1.13: Introduced <code>talkid</code>, <code>subjectid</code></li> <li>v1.11: Introduced <code>inprop</code>, <code>protection</code>, <code>intoken</code></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_notes">Additional notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Additional notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Pages in the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Special_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Special pages">special page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Special_pages" title="Special pages"> </a></span> namespace, such as <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watchlist" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watchlist">Watchlist</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Watchlist" title="Help:Watchlist"> </a></span>, are not supported.</li> <li>This page covers the <code>list</code> module, <code>info</code>. Please see the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters to index.php">Parameters to index</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions" title="Manual:Parameters to index.php"> </a></span> page if you are seeking details on <code>action=info</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 href="/w/index.php?title=API:Info&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Parameters to index.php">Action=info</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Parameters_to_index.php#Actions" title="Manual:Parameters to index.php"> </a></span> - a separate module used by MediaWiki's own <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Page_information" title="Special:MyLanguage/Page information">Page information</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Page_information" title="Page information"> </a></span> tool; much of the information it returns overlaps this module.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bpageterms">API:Pageterms</a> displays any <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Introduction" class="extiw" title="d:Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Introduction">Wikidata</a> terms, such as <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label" class="extiw" title="d:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Label">labels</a> or <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description" class="extiw" title="d:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Description">descriptions</a>, associated with a page. 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