API:Pageprops

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.17

GET request to get various properties defined in the page content.

API documentation

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/query+pageprops, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

Special:ApiHelp/query+pageprops

Example

GET request

Get various properties defined in the page content.

api.php?action=query&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=pageprops&format=json [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "query": {
        "pages": {
            "736": {
                "pageid": 736,
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "Albert Einstein",
                "pageprops": {
                    "defaultsort": "Einstein, Albert",
                    "page_image_free": "Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer_-_restoration.jpg",
                    "wikibase-badge-Q17437798": "1",
                    "wikibase_item": "Q937"
                }
            }
        }
    }

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    pageprops.py
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pageprops` module: Get various properties defined in the page content
    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "titles": "Albert Einstein",
    "prop": "pageprops",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    pageprops.php
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pageprops` module: Get various properties defined in the page content
    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "titles" => "Albert Einstein",
    "prop" => "pageprops",
    "format" => "json"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
    pageprops.js
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pageprops` module: Get various properties defined in the page content
    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    titles: "Albert Einstein",
    prop: "pageprops",
    format: "json"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key) { url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key]; });

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response) { return response.json(); })
    .then(function(response) { console.log(response); })
    .catch(function(error) { console.log(error); });

MediaWiki JS

/*
	pageprops.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Pageprops` module: Get various properties defined in the page content
	MIT License
*/

var params = {
	action: 'query',
	titles: 'Albert Einstein',
	prop: 'pageprops',
	format: 'json'
};
var api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).then( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );