API:Delete
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This page is part of the MediaWiki action API documentation. |
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| Delete | ||
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| Delete a page. This module cannot be used as a Generator. |
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| Prefix | none | |
| Required rights | delete | |
| Post only? | Yes | |
| Generated help | Current | |
| Version added |
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Token[edit]
To delete a page, a CSRF token is required. The CSRF token is the same for all pages, but changes at every login. CSRF tokens can be obtained via action=query&meta=tokens with type=csrf (MW 1.24+). For older versions, you can use API:Tokens (action) or API:Info to get an edit token.
Deleting pages[edit]
Pages can be deleted with action=delete. In addition to the delete right, other rights may be required, depending on the location and type of page. Deleting a user's .css page, for example, also requires the editusercss right.
Parameters[edit]
One of title or pageid must be set.
title: The page you want to delete.pageid: The page id of the page you want to delete. 1.14+token: The CSRF token obtained in the previous request. Take care to urlencode the trailing+\as%2B%5C.reason: The reason for the deletion (optional). If not provided, an automatically generated reason will be used.tags: Change tags to apply to the entry in the deletion log. 1.27+watch: Add the page to your watchlist. 1.13+ (deprecated in 1.17)unwatch: Remove the page from your watchlist. 1.13+ (deprecated in 1.17)watchlist: Add the page to your watchlist. Possible values:watch,unwatch,preferences,nochange. (Default:preferences)oldimage: The name of the old image to delete as provided byaction=query&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=archivename. 1.13+
Example[edit]
Note: In this example, all parameters are passed in a GET request just for the sake of simplicity. However, action=delete requires POST requests; GET requests will cause an error.
Deleting the Main Page with an auto-generated reason
| Result |
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{
"delete": {
"title": "Main Page",
"reason": "content was: 'content goes here' and the only contributor was Username",
"logid": 1234567
}
}
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Possible errors[edit]
In addition to the usual stuff:
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| notitle | The title parameter must be set |
| notoken | The token parameter must be set |
| permissiondenied | You don't have permission to delete pages Note: On most wikis, deleting pages is restricted to sysops, but other wikis may have stricter rules. |
| cantdelete | Couldn't delete "title". Maybe it was deleted already by someone else |
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The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/delete, generated from delete's source code. |
action=delete
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0+
Delete a page.
- title
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Title of the page to delete. Cannot be used together with pageid.
- pageid
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Page ID of the page to delete. Cannot be used together with title.
- Type: integer
- reason
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Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used.
- tags
-
Change tags to apply to the entry in the deletion log.
- Values (separate with |):
- watch
- Deprecated.
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Add the page to the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlist
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Unconditionally add or remove the page from the current user's watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch.
- One of the following values: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
- Default: preferences
- unwatch
- Deprecated.
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Remove the page from the current user's watchlist.
- Type: boolean (details)
- oldimage
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The name of the old image to delete as provided by action=query&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=archivename.
- token
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A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- Delete Main Page.
- api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Delete Main Page with the reason Preparing for move.
- api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move [open in sandbox]
