MediaWiki API help

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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

meta=filerepoinfo (fri)

(main | query | filerepoinfo)

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Source: MediaWiki
Notkunarleyfi: GPL-2.0-or-later

Return meta information about image repositories configured on the wiki.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Filerepoinfo

Specific parameter:

Other general parameters are available.

friprop

Which repository properties to get (properties available may vary on other wikis).

apiurl: URL to the repository API - helpful for getting image info from the host.
articlepath: Repository wiki's $wgArticlePath or equivalent.
canUpload: Whether files can be uploaded to this repository, e.g. via CORS and shared authentication.
descriptionCacheExpiry: (no description)
displayname: The human-readable name of the repository wiki.
favicon: Repository wiki's favicon URL, from $wgFavicon.
fetchDescription: Whether file description pages are fetched from this repository when viewing local file description pages.
initialCapital: Whether file names implicitly start with a capital letter.
local: Whether that repository is the local one or not.
name: The key of the repository - used in e.g. $wgForeignFileRepos and imageinfo return values.
rootUrl: Root URL path for image paths.
scriptDirUrl: Root URL path for the repository wiki's MediaWiki installation.
server: Repository wiki's $wgServer or equivalent.
thumbUrl: Root URL path for thumbnail paths.
url: Public zone URL path.

Values (separate with | or alternative): apiurl, articlepath, canUpload, descriptionCacheExpiry, displayname, favicon, fetchDescription, initialCapital, local, name, rootUrl, scriptDirUrl, server, thumbUrl, url

Example:

Get information about file repositories.: api.php?action=query&meta=filerepoinfo&friprop=apiurl|name|displayname [open in sandbox]