API:User group membership/Sample code 1

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    userrights.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Userrights` module: Add and remove user rights by
    changing the user's group membership.
    MIT license
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

# Step 1: Retrieve a login token
PARAMS_1 = {
    "action": "query",
    "meta": "tokens",
    "type": "login",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_1)
DATA = R.json()

LOGIN_TOKEN = DATA["query"]["tokens"]["logintoken"]

# Step 2: Send a post request to log in. See
# https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords
# for a special note on logging in using a simplified
# interface when accessing wikis via an application,
# rather than the GUI
PARAMS_2 = {
    "action": "login",
    "lgname": "username",
    "lgpassword": "password",
    "lgtoken": LOGIN_TOKEN,
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_2)

# Step 3: Obtain a Userrights token
PARAMS_3 = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "meta": "tokens",
    "type": "userrights"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_3)
DATA = R.json()

USERRIGHTS_TOKEN = DATA["query"]["tokens"]["userrightstoken"]

# Step 4: Request to add or remove a user from a group
PARAMS_4 = {
    "action": "userrights",
    "format": "json",
    "user": "Bob",
    "add": "sysop",
    "remove": "bureaucrat",
    "reason": "OOPS! added Bob to the wrong group",
    "token": USERRIGHTS_TOKEN
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_4)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*

userrights.js

MediaWiki API Demos

Demo of 'Userrights' module: Add and remove user rights by

changing the user's group membership.

MIT license

*/

$endPoint = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080/w/api.php";

$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2
$userrights_Token = getUserRightsToken(); // Step 3
change_userrights( $userrights_Token ); // Step 4

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params1 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "login",
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params1 );

	$ch = curl_init( $url );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	$result = json_decode( $output, true );
	return $result["query"]["tokens"]["logintoken"];
}

// Step 2: POST request to log in. Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest( $logintoken ) {
	global $endPoint;

	$params2 = [
		"action" => "clientlogin",
		"username" => "username",
		"password" => "password",
		'loginreturnurl' => 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/',
		"logintoken" => $logintoken,
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$ch = curl_init();

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params2 ) );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

}

// Step 3: GET request to fetch userrights token
function getUserRightsToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params3 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "userrights",
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params3 );

	$ch = curl_init( $url );

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	$result = json_decode( $output, true );
	return $result["query"]["tokens"]["userrightstoken"];
}

// Step 4: POST request to add or remove a user from a group
function change_userrights( $userrightstoken ) {
	global $endPoint;

	$params4 = [
		"action" => "userrights",
		"user" => "ABCDEF",
		"add" => "bot",
		"expiry" => "infinite",
		"reason" => "API Testing",
		"token" => $userrightstoken,
		"format" => "json"
	];

	$ch = curl_init();

	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, $endPoint );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query( $params4 ) );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "cookie.txt" );
	curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookie.txt" );

	$output = curl_exec( $ch );
	curl_close( $ch );

	echo ( $output );
}

JavaScript

/*

userrights.js

MediaWiki API Demos

Demo of 'Userrights' module: Add and remove user rights by

changing the user's group membership.

MIT license

*/

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),
    url = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080/w/api.php";

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
    var params_0 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "login",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_0 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        loginRequest(data.query.tokens.logintoken);
    });
}

// Step 2: POST request to log in. 
// Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest(login_token) {
    var params_1 = {
        action: "clientlogin",
        username: "username",
        password: "password",
        loginreturnurl: "http://127.0.0.1:5000/",
        logintoken: login_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: url, form: params_1 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        getUserRightsToken();
    });
}

// Step 3: GET request to fetch UserRights token
function getUserRightsToken() {
    var params_2 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "userrights",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_2 }, function(error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        userrights(data.query.tokens.userrightstoken);
    });
}

// Step 4: POST request to add or remove a user from a group
function userrights(userrights_token) {
    var params_3 = {
        action: "userrights",
        user: "ABCDEFG",
        add: "bot",
        expiry: "infinite",
        reason: "API Testing",
        token: userrights_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: url, form: params_3 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        console.log(body);
    });
}

// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();

MediaWiki JS

/*

userrights.js

MediaWiki API Demos

Demo of 'Userrights' module: Add and remove user rights by

changing the user's group membership.

MIT license

*/

var params = {
		action: 'userrights',
		user: 'ABCD',
		add: 'sysop',
		reason: 'Added ABCD to the sysop group',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.postWithToken( 'userrights', params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );