MediaWiki API help
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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page
action=createapage
(main | createapage)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: CreateAPage
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
CreateAPage API module: get createplate HTML and handle switching to regular wikitext editing mode on Special:CreatePage
Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
- template
Name of the createplate to load when the what param is set to multieditparse
- This parameter is required.
- what
Name of the action to take, either multieditparse or switchtoadvancedediting
- This parameter is required.
- One of the following values: multieditparse, switchtoadvancedediting
Examples:
- Get the HTML (not wikitext) of MediaWiki:Createplate-Actor for Special:CreatePage use only!
- api.php?action=createapage&what=multieditparse&template=Actor [open in sandbox]
- Store the user-supplied original, unmodified (by CreateAPage) wikitext into the PHP $_SESSION['article_content'] superglobal for further use
- api.php?action=createapage&what=switchtoadvancedediting&template=Actor [open in sandbox]