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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/Newburyport_GNUs Freephile_Wiki Wiki Apiary] (clever name!) Similarly, there is a [[wp:Module:Sandbox|Module:Sandbox]] for testing Lua scripts ===Example Questions ===Here are some example requests to the API# https://freephile.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=extensions With no 'format' argument, you will get a "pretty" HTML output that you can read in your browser.# https://freephile.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=extensions&format=json With *json* explicitly requested as the format, you can get values suitable for actual programming. == Developer Tools ==Among other tools, you're going to need to look at HTTP requests and responses to develop web services using APIs. So, check out tools like [[Wireshark]] (https://www.wireshark.org/), the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Network_Monitor Network Monitor]<ref>The "Live HTTP Headers" add-on still exists, but that is no longer neccessary given the development of the core features of the in-browser developer tools</ref> in [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools Developer Tools] for [[Firefox]], or [https://developer.chrome.com/devtools Chrome Developer Tools] == Integrators ==Companies like [https://platform.ifttt.com/docs IFTTT] (If This Then That) and [https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zapier#/entity Zapier] offer API integrations so that you can tie together applications via their APIs without any coding. {{References}}