API:PageLanguage

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MediaWiki version:

1.24

Token

To change the page language for a page, an edit token is required via action=tokens or by using the following method:

Obtaining a token

api.php?action=tokens&type=edit

Changing page language

The language for a page can be changed using action=pagelang.

Parameters

• titles: A list of titles
• lang: The target language for the page(s), if not set taken as default wiki language.
• token: The token obtained in the previous request. Take care to urlencode the + as %2B.

Don't forget to append = even to parameters with no value, for example &lang doesn't work, &lang= does work

Example

 Note: In this example, all parameters are passed in a GET request just for the sake of simplicity. However, action=pagelang requires POST requests; GET requests will cause an error.

Changing page language for Project:Sandbox & Main Page

api.php?action=pagelang&titles=Project%3ASandbox|Main_Page&token=bffd6f4fbd23ed07254ec3cec8fa69da%2B\

Possible errors

In addition to the usual stuff:

Code	Info
notoken	The token parameter must be set
badlanguage-code	The language code is not valid
nopagetext	The page doesn't exist
page-changelang-nopermission	User doesn't have permission to change the language or the page language change isn't allowed.
changelang-none	No change in the page language, the old and the new languages are same.
changelang-fail	The language change failed.