Wikimore

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.35

POST request to change the content model of a page.

API documentation

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/changecontentmodel, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

action=changecontentmodel

(main | changecontentmodel)

This module requires read rights.
This module requires write rights.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Change the content model of a page

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

title: Title of the page to change the contentmodel of. Cannot be used together with pageid.
pageid: Page ID of the page to change the contentmodel of. Cannot be used together with title.; Type: integer
summary: Edit summary and log entry reason
tags: Change tags to apply to the log entry and edit.; Values (separate with | or alternative): AWB, convenient-discussions
model: Content model of the new content.; This parameter is required.; One of the following values: GadgetDefinition, JsonSchema, MassMessageListContent, NewsletterContent, Scribunto, SecurePoll, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, translate-messagebundle, wikitext
bot: Mark the content model change with a bot flag.; Type: boolean (details)
token: A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens; This parameter is required.

Example:

Change the main page to have the text content model: api.php?action=changecontentmodel&title=Main Page&model=text&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]

Example

Making any POST request is a multi-step process:

Log in, via one of the methods described on API:Login .
GET a CSRF token .

api.php?action=query&format=json&meta=tokens [try in ApiSandbox]
Send a POST request, with the CSRF token, to take action on a page.

The sample code below covers the final step in detail.

POST request

Page&model=text&token=123ABC&format=json api.php?action=changecontentmodel&title=Main Page&model=text&token=123ABC&format=json Page&model=text&token=123ABC&format=json [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

{
    "changecontentmodel": {
        "title": "Main Page",
        "pageid": 123,
        "contentmodel": "text",
        "logid": 100,
        "revid": 200
    }
}

Possible errors


Code	Info
notoken	The `token` parameter must be set.
missingtitle	The page you specified doesn't exist. To create a new page with a custom content model, use the `action=edit` module.
nodirectediting	$1 content model does not support direct editing
nochanges	No changes were requested.
cannotbeused	$1 content model cannot be used on $2
cannot-convert	Could not convert $1 to $2 content model