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<module>* meta=siteinfo (si) *
Return general information about the site
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
siprop - Which sysinfo properties to get:
general - Overall system information
namespaces - List of registered namespaces and their canonical names
namespacealiases - List of registered namespace aliases
specialpagealiases - List of special page aliases
magicwords - List of magic words and their aliases
statistics - Returns site statistics
interwikimap - Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered, (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode))
dbrepllag - Returns database server with the highest replication lag
usergroups - Returns user groups and the associated permissions
extensions - Returns extensions installed on the wiki
fileextensions - Returns list of file extensions allowed to be uploaded
rightsinfo - Returns wiki rights (license) information if available
languages - Returns a list of languages MediaWiki supports (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode)
skins - Returns a list of all enabled skins
extensiontags - Returns a list of parser extension tags
functionhooks - Returns a list of parser function hooks
showhooks - Returns a list of all subscribed hooks (contents of $wgHooks)
Values (separate with '|'): general, namespaces, namespacealiases, specialpagealiases, magicwords, interwikimap, dbrepllag,
statistics, usergroups, extensions, fileextensions, rightsinfo, languages, skins, extensiontags,
functionhooks, showhooks
Default: general
sifilteriw - Return only local or only nonlocal entries of the interwiki map
One value: local, !local
sishowalldb - List all database servers, not just the one lagging the most
sinumberingroup - Lists the number of users in user groups
siinlanguagecode - Language code for localised language names (best effort, use CLDR extension)
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statistics
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=local
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#siteinfo_.2F_si
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