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== Intro ==
[[API#MediaWiki_API|Using the MediaWiki API]], we want to query a wiki installation about the
site's metadata that tells us the version, and the extensions running there.
== Background ==
The MediaWiki <abbr title="Application Programming Interface">[[API]]</abbr> 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 most popular data format for API communication is <abbr title="JavaScript Object Notation">[http://www.json.org/ JSON]</abbr>.
[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].