User:Varshith2024/sandbox/API

Extension: Media Wiki API

Purpose:

The purpose of the MediaWiki API is to provide a structured and programmatic way to interact with a MediaWiki installation. This API enables automation of repetitive tasks, such as creating and editing pages, which saves time and reduces manual effort. It facilitates data retrieval, allowing users to fetch page content, metadata, and perform complex searches. Additionally, the API supports user management functions like authentication, account creation, and retrieving user information. Integration with external systems is another key purpose, enabling the development of bots, custom interfaces, and third-party applications that interact with the wiki.

Features

Key features include the ability to perform page operations such as retrieving, editing, and deleting content, as well as accessing page histories and specific revisions. The API supports extensive data querying capabilities, allowing users to search within the wiki, retrieve lists of pages by categories or properties, and find backlinks.The API facilitates file management through uploading and retrieving metadata about media files. It also supports Echo notifications for managing user alerts and events. Content formatting is made easier with tools for parsing wiki text and expanding templates. Integration with extensions, like OAuth for secure authentication.

Functions

The Media Wiki API extension includes the following types of functions:

1. OAuth
It Adds OAuth authentication support to the MediaWiki API, allowing third-party applications to securely interact with the wiki on behalf of users.

2. Cite

It Extends the API to handle citations and references in wiki articles.

3. Echo

Adds notification functionalities to the API, enabling users to manage and query.

4. Cargo

Provides an API for querying and managing data stored using the Cargo extension, which is used for lightweight data storage.

5. TimedMediaHandler

Extends the API to handle multimedia files, including audio and video.

6. SpamBlacklist

Adds API functionality to manage the spam blacklist, which helps prevent spam by blacklisting certain URLs.