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data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakendusliides" title="Rakendusliides – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rakendusliides" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="واسط برنامه‌نویسی کاربردی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="واسط برنامه‌نویسی کاربردی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohjelmointirajapinta" title="Ohjelmointirajapinta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ohjelmointirajapinta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_de_programmation" title="Interface de programmation – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Interface de programmation" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comh%C3%A9adan_feidhmchl%C3%A1ir" title="Comhéadan feidhmchláir – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Comhéadan feidhmchláir" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_de_programaci%C3%B3n_de_aplicaci%C3%B3n" title="Interface de programación de aplicación – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Interface de programación de aplicación" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7_%D7%AA%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ממשק תכנות יישומים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ממשק תכנות יישומים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%88" title="एपीआई – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एपीआई" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkalmaz%C3%A1sprogramoz%C3%A1si_fel%C3%BClet" title="Alkalmazásprogramozási felület – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Alkalmazásprogramozási felület" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Programming_Interface_(API)" title="Application Programming Interface (API) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Application Programming Interface (API)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarmuka_pemrograman_aplikasi" title="Antarmuka pemrograman aplikasi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Antarmuka pemrograman aplikasi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplikala_programif-interkonekto" title="Aplikala programif-interkonekto – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Aplikala programif-interkonekto" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Application programming interface" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9" title="アプリケーションプログラミングインタフェース – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アプリケーションプログラミングインタフェース" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="აპლიკაციის პროგრამირების ინტერფეისი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აპლიკაციის პროგრამირების ინტერფეისი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81" title="Программалық интерфейс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Программалық интерфейс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplikacij%C5%B3_programavimo_s%C4%85saja" title="Aplikacijų programavimo sąsaja – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Aplikacijų programavimo sąsaja" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietojumprogrammas_saskarne" title="Lietojumprogrammas saskarne – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lietojumprogrammas saskarne" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ആപ്ലിക്കേഷൻ പ്രോഗ്രാമിങ് ഇന്റർഫേസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആപ്ലിക്കേഷൻ പ്രോഗ്രാമിങ് ഇന്റർഫേസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antara_muka_pengaturcaraan_aplikasi" title="Antara muka pengaturcaraan aplikasi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Antara muka pengaturcaraan aplikasi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Application programming interface" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmeringsgrensesnitt" title="Programmeringsgrensesnitt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Programmeringsgrensesnitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmeringsgrensesnitt" title="Programmeringsgrensesnitt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Programmeringsgrensesnitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfejs_programowania_aplikacji" title="Interfejs programowania aplikacji – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Interfejs programowania aplikacji" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_de_programa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_aplica%C3%A7%C3%B5es" title="Interface de programação de aplicações – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Interface de programação de aplicações" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_Programming_Interface" title="Application Programming Interface – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Application Programming Interface" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplikacijsko_programsko_su%C4%8Delje" title="Aplikacijsko programsko sučelje – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Aplikacijsko programsko sučelje" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Application programming interface" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Application programming interface" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmesnik_za_namensko_programiranje" title="Vmesnik za namensko programiranje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vmesnik za namensko programiranje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfejsi_p%C3%ABr_programimin_e_aplikacioneve" title="Interfejsi për programimin e aplikacioneve – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Interfejsi për programimin e aplikacioneve" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" title="API – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="API" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applikationsprogrammeringsgr%C3%A4nssnitt" title="Applikationsprogrammeringsgränssnitt – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Applikationsprogrammeringsgränssnitt" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="செயலி நிரலாக்க இடைமுகம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="செயலி நிரலாக்க இடைமுகம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="ส่วนต่อประสานโปรแกรมประยุกต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ส่วนต่อประสานโปรแกรมประยุกต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Application programming interface" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uygulama_programlama_aray%C3%BCz%C3%BC" title="Uygulama programlama arayüzü – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Uygulama programlama arayüzü" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81" title="Прикладний програмний інтерфейс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Прикладний програмний інтерфейс" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="ایپلیکیشن پروگرامنگ انٹرفیس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ایپلیکیشن پروگرامنگ انٹرفیس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz 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<div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/API"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-viewsource" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API&action=edit"><span>View source</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/API" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/API" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API&oldid=6857537" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=API&id=6857537&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FAPI"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FAPI"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-create_a_book" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=API"><span>Create a book</span></a></li><li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=API&action=show-download-screen"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Application_programming_interfaces" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikipedia mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" hreflang="en"><span>Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q165194" title="Link to connected data repository item [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From mediawiki.org</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-pt-translate-header noprint nomobile" dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-API&action=page&filter=&action_source=translate_page" title="Special:Translate">Translate this page</a></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages noprint navigation-not-searchable" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages-label">Languages:</div><ul class="mw-pt-languages-list"><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-API&language=&task=view" class="new" title="Start translation for this language" lang="" dir="ltr"></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/id" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="API (95% translated)" lang="id" dir="ltr">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/de" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="API (100% translated)" lang="de" dir="ltr">Deutsch</a></li> <li><span class="mw-pt-languages-ui mw-pt-languages-selected mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" lang="en" dir="ltr">English</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/tr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="API (86% translated)" lang="tr" dir="ltr">Türkçe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/es" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API/es (10% translated)" lang="es" dir="ltr">español</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/fr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="API (100% translated)" lang="fr" dir="ltr">français</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/it" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="API (29% translated)" lang="it" dir="ltr">italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API (14% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/pt-br" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="API (90% translated)" lang="pt-BR" dir="ltr">português do Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="API (57% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/sr" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API (14% translated)" lang="sr" dir="ltr">српски / srpski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API/uk (0% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="واجهة برمجة التطبيقات (100% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="API/fa (29% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="এপিআই (81% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API/gu (5% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API (10% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="API/my (43% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="API (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="API (67% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API/yue (0% translated)" lang="yue" dir="ltr">粵語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/API/ko" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="API/ko (0% translated)" lang="ko" dir="ltr">한국어</a></li></ul></div> <p>MediaWiki has several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" class="extiw" title="w:API">application programming interfaces</a> (<b>APIs</b>). </p><p>The three most important APIs of MediaWiki are: </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Main page">MediaWiki Action API</a> (<i>api.php</i>), which is a web API that lets you read and write content of a <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_wiki" title="Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki wiki">MediaWiki wiki</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_wiki" title="MediaWiki wiki"> </a></span></li> <li>the <a href="https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/php/" class="extiw" title="wmdoc:mediawiki-core/master/php/">MediaWiki PHP API</a>, which can be used to develop <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/extensions">extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extensions" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensions"> </a></span> for MediaWiki in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/PHP" title="Special:MyLanguage/PHP">PHP</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/PHP" class="mw-disambig" title="PHP"> </a></span></li> <li>the <a href="https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/js/" class="extiw" title="wmdoc:mediawiki-core/master/js/">MediaWiki JavaScript API</a> (<i>mw</i>), which can be used to develop <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/user_scripts" title="Special:MyLanguage/user scripts">user scripts and gadgets</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/User_scripts" class="mw-redirect" title="User scripts"> </a></span> to extend the MediaWiki user interface</li></ul> <p>Note that the MediaWiki Action API and the MediaWiki JavaScript API are both modular: both can be extended by extensions, so the available API modules can differ from wiki to wiki.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the API modules built into <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki_Core" title="Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki Core">MediaWiki Core</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_Core" class="mw-redirect" title="MediaWiki Core"> </a></span> are available in most MediaWiki wikis, built-in Action API modules <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting API usage">can also be disabled</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="API:Restricting API usage"> </a></span>. </p><p>Within the context of the MediaWiki website the Action API can be accessed from JavaScript via the <a href="https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/js/mw.Api.html" class="extiw" title="wmdoc:mediawiki-core/master/js/mw.Api.html">mw.Api</a> JavaScript API. (<a href="https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/js/mw.ForeignApi.html" class="extiw" title="wmdoc:mediawiki-core/master/js/mw.ForeignApi.html">mw.ForeignApi</a> for allowed cross-site requests, e.g. between WMF wikis.) For libraries to access the MediaWiki Action API from your favorite programming language, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Client_code" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Client code">API:Client code</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Client_code" title="API:Client code"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_web_APIs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_web_APIs"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_web_APIs"></span>Other web APIs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_web_APIs"></span></h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4692751">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em;width:6em}</style><span class="noprint plainlinks navbar" style="float:right"><small><span style="">This table: </span><span style="white-space:nowrap;word-spacing:-.12em;"><a href="/wiki/Template:API_comparison" title="Template:API comparison"><span style="" title="View this template">view</span></a><span style=""> <b>·</b> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template_talk:API_comparison"><span style="" title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a><span style=""> <b>·</b> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:API_comparison&action=edit"><span style="" title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></span></small></span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>API </th> <th>Availability </th> <th>URL base </th> <th>Example </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/20px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/27px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/36px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="25" data-file-height="25" /></a></span> <b><a 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></b> </td> <td>Included with MediaWiki <p>Enabled on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects">Wikimedia projects</a> </p> </td> <td>/api.php </td> <td><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Earth">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Earth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/20px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/27px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg/36px-MediaWiki-2020-small-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="25" data-file-height="25" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:REST_API" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:REST API">MediaWiki REST API</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:REST_API" title="API:REST API"> </a></span></b> </td> <td>Included with MediaWiki 1.35+ <p>Enabled on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects">Wikimedia projects</a> </p> </td> <td>/rest.php </td> <td><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/Earth">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/v1/page/Earth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/20px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/40px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_REST_API" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia REST API">Wikimedia REST API</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_REST_API" title="Wikimedia REST API"> </a></span></b> </td> <td>Not included with MediaWiki <p>Available for <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_projects" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia projects">Wikimedia projects</a> only </p> </td> <td>/api/rest </td> <td><a class="external free" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/title/Earth">https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/title/Earth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Enterprise_squirrel.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Wikimedia_Enterprise_squirrel.svg/20px-Wikimedia_Enterprise_squirrel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Wikimedia_Enterprise_squirrel.svg/40px-Wikimedia_Enterprise_squirrel.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="142" /></a></span> For commercial-scale APIs for Wikimedia projects, see <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise">Wikimedia Enterprise</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise" title="Wikimedia Enterprise"> </a></span></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="anchor" id="phabricator"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <p>Suggestions and ideas for the MediaWiki APIs are tracked on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator" title="Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator">Phabricator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Phabricator" title="Phabricator"> </a></span>: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/MediaWiki-Action-API" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/MediaWiki-Action-API">Phabricator tasks for the MediaWiki-Action-API</a></li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/MediaWiki-Core-Hooks" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/MediaWiki-Core-Hooks">Phabricator tasks for the MediaWiki-Core-Hooks</a> that are part of the PHP API</li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/javascript" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/javascript">Phabricator tasks related to JavaScript</a> in MediaWiki core or extensions</li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/MediaWiki-REST-API" class="extiw" title="phab:tag/MediaWiki-REST-API">Phabricator tasks for the MediaWiki-REST-API</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Footnotes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Footnotes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Footnotes"></span>Footnotes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Footnotes"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> For extending the Action API, see <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions">API:Extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Extensions" title="API:Extensions"> </a></span>. 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