MediaWiki API help

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

action=expandtemplates

(main | expandtemplates)
  • This module requires read rights.

Expands all templates in wikitext.

Parameters:
title

Title of page.

Default: API
text

Wikitext to convert.

This parameter is required.
revid

Revision ID, for {{REVISIONID}} and similar variables.

prop

Which pieces of information to get:

wikitext
The expanded wikitext.
categories
Any categories present in the input that are not represented in the wikitext output.
properties
Page properties defined by expanded magic words in the wikitext.
volatile
Whether the output is volatile and should not be reused elsewhere within the page.
ttl
The maximum time after which caches of the result should be invalidated.
parsetree
The XML parse tree of the input.

Note that if no values are selected, the result will contain the wikitext, but the output will be in a deprecated format.

Values (separate with |): wikitext, categories, properties, volatile, ttl, parsetree
includecomments

Whether to include HTML comments in the output.

generatexml
Deprecated.

Generate XML parse tree (replaced by prop=parsetree).

Example:
Expand the wikitext {{Project:Sandbox}}.
api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}