API:Tag
| This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation. |
POST request to add or remove tags from individual revisions or log entries.
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.25 |
API documentation
Example
Making any POST request is a multi-step process:
- Log in, via one of the methods described on API:Login.
- GET an edit/CSRF token as shown here API:Tokens
- Send a POST request, with the CSRF token, to add or remove tags from individual revisions or log entries.
The sample codes below cover these steps.
POST request
Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason
Wrongly applied.Response
{
"tag": [
{
"logid": 123,
"status": "success",
"noop": ""
}
]
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
tag.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Tag` module: Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly
applied
MIT license
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
# Step 1: Retrieve a login token
PARAMS_1 = {
"action": "query",
"meta": "tokens",
"type": "login",
"format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_1)
DATA = R.json()
LOGIN_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['logintoken']
# Step 2: Send a POST request to log in. For this login
# method, obtain credentials by first visiting
# https://www.test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords
# See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login for more
# information on log in methods.
PARAMS_2 = {
"action": "login",
"lgname": "user_name",
"lgpassword": "password",
"format": "json",
"lgtoken": LOGIN_TOKEN
}
R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_2)
DATA = R.json()
# Step 3: While logged in, retrieve a CSRF token
PARAMS_3 = {
"action": "query",
"meta": "tokens",
"format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_3)
DATA = R.json()
CSRF_TOKEN = DATA["query"]["tokens"]["csrftoken"]
# Step 4: Send a POST request to remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123
# with the reason Wrongly applied
PARAMS_4 = {
"token":CSRF_TOKEN,
"action":"tag",
"format":"json",
"logid":"123",
"remove":"spam",
"reason":"Wrongly applied"
}
R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_4)
DATA = R.text
print(DATA)
PHP
<?php
/*
tag.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Tag` module: Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly
applied
MIT license
*/
$endPoint = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2
$csrf_Token = getCSRFToken(); // Step 3
stashEdit( $csrf_Token ); // Step 4
// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
global $endPoint;
$params1 = [
"action" => "query",
"meta" => "tokens",
"type" => "login",
"format" => "json"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params1 );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
return $result["query"]["tokens"]["logintoken"];
}
// Step 2: POST request to log in. Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest( $logintoken ) {
global $endPoint;
$params2 = [
"action" => "login",
"lgname" => "bot_user_name",
"lgpassword" => "bot_password",
"lgtoken" => $logintoken,
"format" => "json"
];
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params2 ) );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
}
// Step 3: GET request to fetch CSRF token
function getCSRFToken() {
global $endPoint;
$params3 = [
"action" => "query",
"meta" => "tokens",
"format" => "json"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params3 );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
return $result["query"]["tokens"]["csrftoken"];
}
// Step 4: Send a POST request to remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123
// with the reason Wrongly applied
function stashEdit( $csrftoken ) {
global $endPoint;
$params4 = [
"action" => "tag",
"format" => "json",
"token" => $csrftoken,
"logid" => "123",
"remove" => "spam",
"reason" => "Wrongly applied"
];
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params4 ) );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo ($response);
}
JavaScript
/*
tag.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Tag` module: Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly
applied
MIT license
*/
var request = require("request").defaults({jar: true}),
url = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
// Step 1: GET Request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
var params_0 = {
action: "query",
meta: "tokens",
type: "login",
format: "json"
};
request.get({ url: url, qs: params_0 }, function (error, res, body) {
if (error) {
return;
}
var data = JSON.parse(body);
loginRequest(data.query.tokens.logintoken);
});
}
// Step 2: POST request to log in.
// Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest(login_token) {
var params_1 = {
action: "login",
lgname: "bot_username",
lgpassword: "bot_password",
lgtoken: login_token,
format: "json"
};
request.post({ url: url, form: params_1 }, function (error, res, body) {
if (error) {
return;
}
getCsrfToken();
});
}
// Step 3: GET request to fetch CSRF token
function getCsrfToken() {
var params_2 = {
action: "query",
meta: "tokens",
format: "json"
};
request.get({ url: url, qs: params_2 }, function(error, res, body) {
if (error) {
return;
}
var data = JSON.parse(body);
stashEdit(data.query.tokens.csrftoken);
});
}
// Step 4: remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly applied
function stashEdit(csrf_token) {
var params_3 = {
action: "compare",
format: "json",
token: csrf_token,
logid: "123",
remove: "spam",
reason: "Wrongly applied"
};
request.post({ url: url, form: params_3 }, function(error, res, body) {
if (error) {
return;
}
console.log(body);
});
}
// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();
MediaWiki JS
/*
tag.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Tag` module: Remove the spam tag from log entry ID 123 with the reason Wrongly
applied
MIT license
*/
var params = {
action: "compare",
format: "json",
token: csrf_token,
logid: "123",
remove: "spam",
reason: "Wrongly applied"
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.postWithToken( 'csrf', params ).done( function ( data ) {
console.log( data );
} );
Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| apierror-blocked | You have been blocked from editing. |
| apierror-nosuchlogid | There is no log entry with ID logid. |
| apierror-nosuchrcid | There is no recent change with ID rcid. |
| apierror-nosuchrevid | There is no revision with ID revid. |
Parameter history
- v1.29: Introduced
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