API:Manage authentication data

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

Parameters

changeauthrequest: see below
changeauthtoken: see below
*: see below

Example

Possible errors

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/changeauthenticationdata, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

action=changeauthenticationdata (changeauth)

(main | changeauthenticationdata)

This module requires read rights.
This module requires write rights.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Change authentication data for the current user.

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

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

changeauthrequest: Use this authentication request, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change.; This parameter is required.
changeauthtoken: A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens; This parameter is required.
*: This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.

Example:

Attempt to change the current user's password to ExamplePassword.: api.php?action=changeauthenticationdata&changeauthrequest=MediaWiki%5CAuth%5CPasswordAuthenticationRequest&password=ExamplePassword&retype=ExamplePassword&changeauthtoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]