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== MediaWiki API ==
== MediaWiki API ==
MediaWiki has a strong '''action''' API (also called the web service API) which has it's endpoint at api.php. See the docs at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page 
Since MW 1.27, there is also a SpecialPage [[mw:Special:ApiSandbox|Special:ApiSandbox]] [https://demo.qualitybox.us/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox Demo site] for interacting with the API - just like the API explorer for CiviCRM. (previously it was an extension)
An example of the MediaWiki API in use is at the "[https://freephile.org/wikireport/index.php Wiki Report]" project.  Another very interesting example is the [https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Freephile_Wiki Wiki Apiary] (clever name!)
An example of the MediaWiki API in use is at the "[https://freephile.org/wikireport/index.php Wiki Report]" project.  Another very interesting example is the [https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Freephile_Wiki Wiki Apiary] (clever name!)
Similarly, there is a [[wp:Module:Sandbox|Module:Sandbox]] for testing Lua scripts


===Example Questions ===
===Example Questions ===