MediaWiki API help

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

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

action=paraminfo

(main | paraminfo)

Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Obtain information about API modules.

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

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

modules: List of module names (values of the action and format parameters, or main). Can specify submodules with a +, or all submodules with +*, or all submodules recursively with +**.; Separate values with | or alternative.; Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
helpformat: Format of help strings.; One of the following values: html、none、raw、wikitext; Default: none
querymodules: Deprecated.; List of query module names (value of prop, meta or list parameter). Use modules=query+foo instead of querymodules=foo.; Values (separate with | or alternative): allcategories、alldeletedrevisions、allfileusages、allimages、alllinks、allmessages、allpages、allredirects、allrevisions、alltransclusions、allusers、authmanagerinfo、backlinks、blocks、categories、categoryinfo、categorymembers、contributors、deletedrevisions、deletedrevs、duplicatefiles、embeddedin、extlinks、exturlusage、filearchive、filerepoinfo、fileusage、gadgetcategories、gadgets、imageinfo、images、imageusage、info、iwbacklinks、iwlinks、langbacklinks、langlinks、languageinfo、links、linkshere、logevents、mystashedfiles、pagepropnames、pageprops、pageswithprop、prefixsearch、protectedtitles、querypage、random、recentchanges、redirects、revisions、search、siteinfo、stashimageinfo、tags、templates、tokens、transcludedin、usercontribs、userinfo、users、watchlist、watchlistraw; Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
mainmodule: Deprecated.; Get information about the main (top-level) module as well. Use modules=main instead.
pagesetmodule: Deprecated.; Get information about the pageset module (providing titles= and friends) as well.
formatmodules: Deprecated.; List of format module names (value of format parameter). Use modules instead.; Values (separate with | or alternative): json、jsonfm、none、php、phpfm、rawfm、xml、xmlfm

Examples:

Show info for action=parse, format=jsonfm, action=query&list=allpages, and action=query&meta=siteinfo.: api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse|phpfm|query%2Ballpages|query%2Bsiteinfo [open in sandbox]
Show info for all submodules of action=query.: api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=query%2B* [open in sandbox]