API:Account creation/Sample code 1

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    create_account.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `createaccount` module: Create an account on a wiki without the
    special authentication extensions

    MIT license
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

WIKI_URL = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080"
API_ENDPOINT = WIKI_URL + "/w/api.php"

# First step
# Retrieve account creation token from `tokens` module

PARAMS_0 = {
    'action':"query",
    'meta':"tokens",
    'type':"createaccount",
    'format':"json"
}

R = S.get(url=API_ENDPOINT, params=PARAMS_0)
DATA = R.json()

TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['createaccounttoken']

# Second step
# Send a post request with the fetched token and other data (user information,
# return URL, etc.)  to the API to create an account

PARAMS_1 = {
    'action': "createaccount",
    'createtoken': TOKEN,
    'username': 'your_username',
    'password': 'your_password',
    'retype': 'retype_your_password',
    'createreturnurl': WIKI_URL,
    'format': "json"
}

R = S.post(API_ENDPOINT, data=PARAMS_1)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    create_account.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `createaccount` module: Create an account on a wiki without the
    special authentication extensions
    MIT license
*/

$wikiUrl = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080";
$endPoint = $wikiUrl . "/w/api.php";

$createAccount_Token = getCreateAccountToken(); // Step 1
createAccount( $createAccount_Token ); // Step 2

// Step 1: GET request to fetch createaccount token
function getCreateAccountToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params1 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "createaccount",
		"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"]["createaccounttoken"];
}

// Step 2: POST request with the fetched token and other data (user information,
// return URL, etc.)  to the API to create an account
function createAccount( $createAccount_Token ) {
	global $endPoint, $wikiUrl;

	$params2 = [
		"action" => "createaccount",
		"createtoken" => $createAccount_Token,
		"username" => "your_username",
		"password" => "your_password",
		"retype" => "retype_your_password",
		"createreturnurl" => $wikiUrl,
		"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 );

	echo( $output );
}

JavaScript

/*  
    create_account.js
 
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `createaccount` module: Create an account on a wiki without the
    special authentication extensions

    MIT license
*/

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),
    wikiUrl = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080",
    endPoint = wikiUrl + "/w/api.php";

// Step 1: GET request to fetch createaccount token
function getCreateAccountToken() {
    var params_0 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "createaccount",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: endPoint, qs: params_0 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        createaccount(data.query.tokens.createaccounttoken);
    });
}

// Step 2: POST request with the fetched token and other data (user information,
// return URL, etc.)  to the API to create an account
function createaccount(createaccount_token) {
    var params_1 = {
        action: "createaccount",
        username: "your_username",
        password: "your_password",
        retype: "retype_your_password",
        createreturnurl: wikiUrl,
        createtoken: createaccount_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: endPoint, form: params_1 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        console.log(body);
    });
}

// Start From Step 1
getCreateAccountToken();

MediaWiki JS

/*
	create_account.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `createaccount` module: Create an account on a wiki without the
    special authentication extensions

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		meta: 'tokens',
		type: 'createaccount',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var token = data.query.tokens.createaccounttoken,
		params1 = {
			action: 'createaccount',
			username: 'your_username',
			password: 'your_password',
			retype: 'retype_your_password',
			createreturnurl: 'http:' + mw.config.get( 'wgServer' ),
			createtoken: token,
			format: 'json'
		};

	api.post( params1 ).done( function ( data ) {
		console.log( data );
	} );
} );