# MediaWiki Action API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/mediawiki-action-api/  
**Provider:** Wikisource — https://apis.io/providers/wikisource/  
**Base URL:** https://en.wikisource.org/w/api.php  
**Documentation:** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page

MediaWiki Action API is one of 10 APIs that [Wikisource](https://apis.io/providers/wikisource/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Action API, Edit, Search, and Parse. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The primary programmatic interface to Wikisource, exposed at /w/api.php on each language subdomain. Operations are dispatched via the action= parameter (query, parse, edit, upload, login, patrol, ...). Key for reading transcribed texts, searching categories, and editing or proofread-status updating. JSON is the recommended response format. Requests must carry a contactable User-Agent header.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
- **Sandbox** — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox
- **Tutorials** — https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Tutorial
- **Etiquette** — https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Etiquette
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wikisource/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Wikisource APIs (9)

- [MediaWiki Core REST API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/mediawiki-core-rest-api/)
- [Wikimedia REST API v1](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikimedia-rest-api-v1/)
- [Wikisource Citation API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-citation-api/)
- [Wikisource Math API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-math-api/)
- [Wikisource Mobile API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-mobile-api/)
- [Wikisource Page content API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-page-content-api/)
- [Wikisource Reading lists API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-reading-lists-api/)
- [Wikisource Recommendation API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-recommendation-api/)
- [Wikisource Transforms API](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/wikisource-transforms-api/)

## Tags

Action API, Edit, Search, Parse

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/wikisource/mediawiki-action-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/wikisource/.