ScribuntoMediawikiApi Extension

ScribuntoMediawikiApi extension provides Lua modules with the ability to interact with both the MediaWiki Action API and the MediaWiki REST API. This allows Lua scripts to query MediaWiki data programmatically — entirely via internal PHP routing, with no HTTP round-trips.

Prerequisites

• MediaWiki 1.39 +
• Scribunto extension installed

Installation

1. Download and install the ScribuntoMediawikiApi extension.
2. Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php:

   wfLoadExtension( 'ScribuntoMediawikiApi' );

3. Ensure the Scribunto extension is installed and configured properly.

Usage

This extension exposes Lua functions that allow interaction with the MediaWiki Action API. These functions can be used within Lua modules to perform various tasks, such as querying pages, fetching user information, or performing other API-supported actions.

Example

1. Create a new Lua module on your MediaWiki with a content like:

   local p = {}
   
   function p.test()
     return mw.api.actionApiCall{
         action = 'query',
         meta = 'userinfo'
     }
   end
   
   return p

2. Try to call the main method in debug console:

   mw.logObject(p.test())

   table#1 {
       ["batchcomplete"] = true,
       ["query"] = table#2 {
           ["userinfo"] = table#3 {
               ["id"] = 1,
               ["name"] = "Niko",
           },
       },
   }

REST API

mw.api.restApiCall(path, queryParams) dispatches a read-only GET request through MediaWiki's internal REST router (no network stack involved).

Parameter	Type	Description
path	string	Path relative to the REST root, e.g. '/v1/page/Main_Page/summary'
queryParams	table (optional)	Key/value query-string parameters

Returns the decoded JSON response as a Lua table, or { error = "..." } on failure.

Example

1. Create a Lua module:

   local p = {}
   
   function p.test()
       local r = mw.api.restApiCall('/v1/search/title', { q = 'a', limit = 5 })
       if r.error then return 'ERROR: ' .. r.error end
       return r
   end
   
   return p

2. Call it in the debug console:

   mw.logObject(p.test())

   table#1 {
       ["pages"] = table#2 {
           table#3 {
               ["excerpt"] = "Asdf",
               ["id"] = 243,
               ["key"] = "Asdf",
               ["title"] = "Asdf",
           },
       },
   }