API:Info/bho
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MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.8 |
GET request to display basic information about the given page(s).
API documentation
Example
GET request
Get info about the w:Albert Einstein page, including the talk page's id, and URLs associated with the page
Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"query": {
"pages": {
"736": {
"pageid": 736,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Albert Einstein",
"contentmodel": "wikitext",
"pagelanguage": "en",
"pagelanguagehtmlcode": "en",
"pagelanguagedir": "ltr",
"touched": "2018-12-13T11:58:27Z",
"lastrevid": 873382746,
"length": 154728,
"talkid": 21091085,
"fullurl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein",
"editurl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Einstein&action=edit",
"canonicalurl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"
}
}
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_info.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"format": "json",
"titles": "Albert Einstein",
"prop": "info",
"inprop": "url|talkid"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
PAGES = DATA["query"]["pages"]
for k, v in PAGES.items():
print(v["title"] + " has " + str(v["length"]) + " bytes.")
PHP
<?php
/*
get_info.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"format" => "json",
"titles" => "Albert Einstein",
"prop" => "info",
"inprop" => "url|talkid"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
foreach( $result["query"]["pages"] as $k => $v ) {
echo( $v["title"] . " has " . $v["length"] . " bytes." . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_info.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
format: "json",
titles: "Albert Einstein",
prop: "info",
inprop: "url|talkid"
};
url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});
fetch(url)
.then(function(response){return response.json();})
.then(function(response) {
var pages = response.query.pages;
for (var p in pages) {
console.log(pages[p].title + " has " + pages[p].length + " bytes.");
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_info.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Info` module: Send a GET request to display information about a page.
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
format: 'json',
titles: 'Albert Einstein',
prop: 'info',
inprop: 'url|talkid'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var pages = data.query.pages,
p;
for ( p in pages ) {
console.log( pages[ p ].title + ' has ' + pages[ p ].length + ' bytes.' );
}
} );
Parameter history
- v1.41: Deprecated
preload
- v1.32: Deprecated
readable
- v1.27: Introduced
visitingwatchers
- v1.25: Introduced
intestactions
- v1.24: Deprecated
intoken
- v1.21: Introduced
watchers
- v1.20: Introduced
notificationtimestamp
- v1.17: Introduced
displaytitle
- v1.16: Introduced
watched
,preload
- v1.14: Introduced
url
,readable
- v1.13: Introduced
talkid
,subjectid
- v1.11: Introduced
inprop
,protection
,intoken
Additional notes
- Pages in the special page namespace, such as Watchlist , are not supported.
- This page covers the
list
module,info
.
Please see the Parameters to index page if you are seeking details on action=info
.
See also
- Action=info - a separate module used by MediaWiki's own Page information tool; much of the information it returns overlaps this module.
- API:Pageterms displays any Wikidata terms, such as labels or descriptions, associated with a page.
See the Wikidata site for more information on this special class of information.
- API:Imageinfo - displays information specific to image files
- API:Stashimageinfo - displays information about stashed image files
- API:Categoryinfo - displays information about categories, such as number of pages
- API:Users - displays information about a list of users, such as their group membership or edit count
- API:Parameter information - an API about other APIs, showing information about API parameters