Wikipedia / MediaWiki · Authentication Profile

Wikipedia Authentication

Authentication

Wikipedia / MediaWiki secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: cookie

Security Schemes

BearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
CookieAuth apiKey
· in: cookie ({wiki}wikiUserID)

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/wikipedia-mediawiki-action-api-openapi.yaml, openapi/wikipedia-mediawiki-core-rest-openapi.yaml,
  openapi/wikipedia-wikimedia-enterprise-openapi.yaml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - cookie
schemes:
- name: BearerAuth
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token from meta.wikimedia.org
  sources:
  - openapi/wikipedia-mediawiki-action-api-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/wikipedia-mediawiki-core-rest-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/wikipedia-wikimedia-enterprise-openapi.yaml
- name: CookieAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: cookie
  parameter: '{wiki}wikiUserID'
  description: Session cookie obtained via action=login or action=clientlogin
  sources:
  - openapi/wikipedia-mediawiki-action-api-openapi.yaml