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TheMediaWiki Action API is a web service that allows access to some wiki-features like authentication, page operations, and search. It can provide meta information about the wiki and the logged-in user. This repository contains code snippets and demo apps in various programming languages to assist developers for easy use of various modules of the API.

ℹ️View a showcase of interactive demo apps built using the API on Wikimedia Toolforge:https://tools.wmflabs.org/apps-gallery/

• Python
• Javascript
• PHP
• MediaWikiJS

• Holidays viewer:Demo app that fetches the holidays for a given date from Wikipedia, with an option to login to add new holidays. The app usesAPI:Parse to fetch the holidays andAPI:Edit to add a new holiday.
• Nearby places viewer:Demo of geo search for wiki pages near a location using theGeolocation API and MediaWiki Action API'sGeosearch module.
• Picture of the day viewer:Demo app that usesprop=images module to fetch Wikipedia's Picture of the Day (POTD) from a template page and displays it on a webpage. The app also allows users to go backward or forward a date to view other POTD.
• User contributions feed:Demo app that useslist=usercontribs module to fetch the top 50 edits made by a user.
• View more demo apps

$ git clone https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-api-demos.git$ cd mediawiki-api-demosFor running python code samples: $ cd python$ python3 filename.py Note: Install any necessary python modules with pip and enter any credentials required in the file to run the sample codeFor running javascript code samples:$ cd javascript$ node filename.jsNote: Install any necessary node modules with npm and enter any credentials requiredin the file to run the sample codeFor running php code samples:$ cd php$ php filename.phpNote: Install necessary modules by `apt-get install php-cli php-curl` and enter any credentialsrequired in the file to run the sample code