Manual:api.php

MediaWiki file: api.php
Location:	/
Source code:	master • 1.45.0 • 1.44.2 • 1.39.15
Classes:	Find code • Find documentation

The api.php file is the external access point for the MediaWiki API. See API:Main page for details on using the API.

Actions taken

Several actions are taken by api.php, including:

• Verify that the PHP version is supported by the software and exit with an error message if is not.
• Include WebStart.php .
• Do some stuff to make cross-site requests to the API possible. See $wgCrossSiteAJAXdomains .
• Construct an ApiMain object with the arguments passed via the URL and call its execute() method to do the actual API stuff.
• Do any deferred updates.
• Do some logging.

See also

• API:Main page