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== Background == | == Background == | ||
The MediaWiki | The MediaWiki [[API]] offers great detail into what a [[MediaWiki]] wiki is running. | ||
The ApiSandbox extension offers a GUI way to explore and even operate on the API <ref>[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FApiSandbox/c69d2923bd5ff5424ce89a12b87f02708c80d487/SpecialApiSandbox.php code]</ref> | The ApiSandbox extension offers a GUI way to explore and even operate on the API <ref>[https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FApiSandbox/c69d2923bd5ff5424ce89a12b87f02708c80d487/SpecialApiSandbox.php code]</ref> | ||
The most popular data format for API communication is | The most popular data format for API communication is [http://www.json.org/ JSON]. | ||
[https://php.net/manual/en/intro.json.php PHP handles JSON] consistent with the expanded definition of "JSON text" in the newer [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc7159.html RFC 7159]. | [https://php.net/manual/en/intro.json.php PHP handles JSON] consistent with the expanded definition of "JSON text" in the newer [http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc7159.html RFC 7159]. | ||