MediaWiki API help

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action=visualeditor

(main | visualeditor)
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  • Source: VisualEditor
  • License: MIT

Returns HTML5 for a page from the Parsoid service.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
page

The page to perform actions on.

This parameter is required.
badetag

If RESTBase query returned a seemingly invalid ETag, pass it here for logging purposes.

format

The format of the output.

One of the following values: json, jsonfm
Default: jsonfm
paction

Action to perform.

This parameter is required.
One of the following values: metadata, parse, parsefragment, templatesused, wikitext
wikitext

Wikitext to send to Parsoid to convert to HTML (paction=parsefragment).

section

The section on which to act.

stash

When saving, set this true if you want to use the stashing API.

Type: boolean (details)
oldid

The revision number to use (defaults to latest revision).

Type: integer
editintro

Edit intro to add to notices.

pst

Pre-save transform wikitext before sending it to Parsoid (paction=parsefragment).

Type: boolean (details)
preload

The page to use content from if the fetched page has no content yet.

preloadparams

Parameters to substitute into the preload page, if present.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

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