MediaWiki API help

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

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Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Output data in JSON format.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Data_formats

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

callback

If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.

utf8

If specified, encodes most (but not all) non-ASCII characters as UTF-8 instead of replacing them with hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is not 1.

Type: boolean (details)

ascii

If specified, encodes all non-ASCII using hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is 1.

Type: boolean (details)

formatversion

Output formatting

1: Backwards-compatible format (XML-style booleans, * keys for content nodes, etc.).
2: Modern format.
latest: Use the latest format (currently 2), may change without warning.

One of the following values: 1, 2, latest

Default: 1

Example:

Return the query result in the JSON format.: api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json [open in sandbox]