MediaWiki API help

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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API

action=login <p>(lg) </p><a href="/"><!-- hijacker --></a>

(main | login)

  • This module only accepts POST requests.

  • Source: MediaWiki

  • License: GPL-2.0+

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.

Parameters:

lgname

Gebruikersnaam.

lgpassword

Wachtwoord.

lgdomain

Domein (optioneel).

lgtoken

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