User:Cronolio/test

action=login (lg)

(main | login)

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

Log in and get authentication cookies.

This action should only be used in combination with Special:BotPasswords; use for main-account login is deprecated and may fail without warning. To safely log in to the main account, use action=clientlogin.

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Login

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

lgname

Username.

lgpassword

Password.

lgdomain

Domain (optional).

lgtoken

A "login" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

Example:

Log in.

api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password&lgtoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]