MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.12

GET request to list the contents of some or all interface messages.

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+allmessages

Example

GET request

Get the Dutch translations of some message.

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "query": {
        "allmessages": [
            {
                "name": "august",
                "normalizedname": "august",
                "*": "augustus"
            },
            {
                "name": "mainpage",
                "normalizedname": "mainpage",
                "*": "Hoofdpagina"
            },
            {
                "name": "edit",
                "normalizedname": "edit",
                "*": "Bewerken"
            },
            ...
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    all_messages.py
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allmessages` module: Get the Dutch translations of some messages
    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "meta": "allmessages",
    "ammessages": "august|mainpage|edit|rollback-success",
    "amlang": "nl",
    "format": "json"
}

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

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    all_messages.php
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allmessages` module: Get the Dutch translations of some messages
    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "meta" => "allmessages",
    "ammessages" => "august|mainpage|edit|rollback-success",
    "amlang" => "nl",
    "format" => "json"
];

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

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
    all_messages.js
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allmessages` module: Get the Dutch translations of some messages
    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    meta: "allmessages",
    ammessages: "august|mainpage|edit|rollback-success",
    amlang: "nl",
    format: "json"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
for (var key in params) { url += "&" + key + "=" + encodeURIComponent(params[key]) ;};

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response) { return response.json(); })
    .then(function(response) { console.log(response); })
    .catch(function(error) { console.log(error); });

MediaWiki JS

/*
	all_messages.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Allmessages` module: Get the Dutch translations of some messages
	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		meta: 'allmessages',
		ammessages: 'august|mainpage|edit|rollback-success',
		amlang: 'nl'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );

Parameter history

  • v1.19: Introduced amnocontent, amincludelocal
  • v1.18: Introduced amtitle, amprefix, amcustomised
  • v1.17: Introduced amto
  • v1.16: Introduced amprop, default, amenableparser, amargs
  • v1.15: Introduced amfrom
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