3 // We allow people to omit these default parameters from API requests
4 // there is very customizable error handling here, on a per-call basis
5 // wondering, would it be simpler to make it easy to clone the api object,
6 // change error handling, and use that instead?
9 // Query parameters for API requests
15 // Ajax options for jQuery.ajax()
17 url
: mw
.util
.wikiScript( 'api' ),
19 timeout
: 30 * 1000, // 30 seconds
24 // Keyed by ajax url and symbolic name for the individual request
27 // Pre-populate with fake ajax promises to save http requests for tokens
28 // we already have on the page via the user.tokens module (bug 34733).
29 promises
[ defaultOptions
.ajax
.url
] = {};
30 $.each( mw
.user
.tokens
.get(), function ( key
, value
) {
31 // This requires #getToken to use the same key as user.tokens.
32 // Format: token-type + "Token" (eg. editToken, patrolToken, watchToken).
33 promises
[ defaultOptions
.ajax
.url
][ key
] = $.Deferred()
35 .promise( { abort: function () {} } );
39 * Constructor to create an object to interact with the API of a particular MediaWiki server.
40 * mw.Api objects represent the API of a particular MediaWiki server.
42 * TODO: Share API objects with exact same config.
44 * var api = new mw.Api();
48 * } ).done ( function ( data ) {
49 * console.log( data );
52 * Multiple values for a parameter can be specified using an array (since MW 1.25):
54 * var api = new mw.Api();
57 * meta: [ 'userinfo', 'siteinfo' ] // same effect as 'userinfo|siteinfo'
58 * } ).done ( function ( data ) {
59 * console.log( data );
65 * @param {Object} options See defaultOptions documentation above. Ajax options can also be
66 * overridden for each individual request to {@link jQuery#ajax} later on.
68 mw
.Api = function ( options
) {
70 if ( options
=== undefined ) {
74 // Force a string if we got a mw.Uri object
75 if ( options
.ajax
&& options
.ajax
.url
!== undefined ) {
76 options
.ajax
.url
= String( options
.ajax
.url
);
79 options
.parameters
= $.extend( {}, defaultOptions
.parameters
, options
.parameters
);
80 options
.ajax
= $.extend( {}, defaultOptions
.ajax
, options
.ajax
);
82 this.defaults
= options
;
88 * Perform API get request
90 * @param {Object} parameters
91 * @param {Object} [ajaxOptions]
92 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
94 get: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
95 ajaxOptions
= ajaxOptions
|| {};
96 ajaxOptions
.type
= 'GET';
97 return this.ajax( parameters
, ajaxOptions
);
101 * Perform API post request
103 * TODO: Post actions for non-local hostnames will need proxy.
105 * @param {Object} parameters
106 * @param {Object} [ajaxOptions]
107 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
109 post: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
110 ajaxOptions
= ajaxOptions
|| {};
111 ajaxOptions
.type
= 'POST';
112 return this.ajax( parameters
, ajaxOptions
);
116 * Perform the API call.
118 * @param {Object} parameters
119 * @param {Object} [ajaxOptions]
120 * @return {jQuery.Promise} Done: API response data and the jqXHR object.
123 ajax: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
125 apiDeferred
= $.Deferred(),
128 parameters
= $.extend( {}, this.defaults
.parameters
, parameters
);
129 ajaxOptions
= $.extend( {}, this.defaults
.ajax
, ajaxOptions
);
131 // Ensure that token parameter is last (per [[mw:API:Edit#Token]]).
132 if ( parameters
.token
) {
133 token
= parameters
.token
;
134 delete parameters
.token
;
137 for ( key
in parameters
) {
138 if ( $.isArray( parameters
[key
] ) ) {
139 parameters
[key
] = parameters
[key
].join( '|' );
143 // If multipart/form-data has been requested and emulation is possible, emulate it
145 ajaxOptions
.type
=== 'POST' &&
147 ajaxOptions
.contentType
=== 'multipart/form-data'
150 formData
= new FormData();
152 for ( key
in parameters
) {
153 formData
.append( key
, parameters
[key
] );
155 // If we extracted a token parameter, add it back in.
157 formData
.append( 'token', token
);
160 ajaxOptions
.data
= formData
;
162 // Prevent jQuery from mangling our FormData object
163 ajaxOptions
.processData
= false;
164 // Prevent jQuery from overriding the Content-Type header
165 ajaxOptions
.contentType
= false;
167 // Some deployed MediaWiki >= 1.17 forbid periods in URLs, due to an IE XSS bug
168 // So let's escape them here. See bug #28235
169 // This works because jQuery accepts data as a query string or as an Object
170 ajaxOptions
.data
= $.param( parameters
).replace( /\./g, '%2E' );
172 // If we extracted a token parameter, add it back in.
174 ajaxOptions
.data
+= '&token=' + encodeURIComponent( token
);
177 if ( ajaxOptions
.contentType
=== 'multipart/form-data' ) {
178 // We were asked to emulate but can't, so drop the Content-Type header, otherwise
179 // it'll be wrong and the server will fail to decode the POST body
180 delete ajaxOptions
.contentType
;
184 // Make the AJAX request
185 xhr
= $.ajax( ajaxOptions
)
186 // If AJAX fails, reject API call with error code 'http'
187 // and details in second argument.
188 .fail( function ( xhr
, textStatus
, exception
) {
189 apiDeferred
.reject( 'http', {
191 textStatus
: textStatus
,
195 // AJAX success just means "200 OK" response, also check API error codes
196 .done( function ( result
, textStatus
, jqXHR
) {
197 if ( result
=== undefined || result
=== null || result
=== '' ) {
198 apiDeferred
.reject( 'ok-but-empty',
199 'OK response but empty result (check HTTP headers?)'
201 } else if ( result
.error
) {
202 var code
= result
.error
.code
=== undefined ? 'unknown' : result
.error
.code
;
203 apiDeferred
.reject( code
, result
);
205 apiDeferred
.resolve( result
, jqXHR
);
209 // Return the Promise
210 return apiDeferred
.promise( { abort
: xhr
.abort
} ).fail( function ( code
, details
) {
211 if ( !( code
=== 'http' && details
&& details
.textStatus
=== 'abort' ) ) {
212 mw
.log( 'mw.Api error: ', code
, details
);
218 * Post to API with specified type of token. If we have no token, get one and try to post.
219 * If we have a cached token try using that, and if it fails, blank out the
220 * cached token and start over. For example to change an user option you could do:
222 * new mw.Api().postWithToken( 'options', {
224 * optionname: 'gender',
225 * optionvalue: 'female'
228 * @param {string} tokenType The name of the token, like options or edit.
229 * @param {Object} params API parameters
230 * @param {Object} [ajaxOptions]
231 * @return {jQuery.Promise} See #post
234 postWithToken: function ( tokenType
, params
, ajaxOptions
) {
237 return api
.getToken( tokenType
, params
.assert
).then( function ( token
) {
238 params
.token
= token
;
239 return api
.post( params
, ajaxOptions
).then(
240 // If no error, return to caller as-is
244 if ( code
=== 'badtoken' ) {
246 promises
[ api
.defaults
.ajax
.url
][ tokenType
+ 'Token' ] =
247 params
.token
= undefined;
250 return api
.getToken( tokenType
, params
.assert
).then( function ( token
) {
251 params
.token
= token
;
252 return api
.post( params
, ajaxOptions
);
256 // Different error, pass on to let caller handle the error code
264 * Get a token for a certain action from the API.
266 * The assert parameter is only for internal use by postWithToken.
268 * @param {string} type Token type
269 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
270 * @return {Function} return.done
271 * @return {string} return.done.token Received token.
274 getToken: function ( type
, assert
) {
276 promiseGroup
= promises
[ this.defaults
.ajax
.url
],
277 d
= promiseGroup
&& promiseGroup
[ type
+ 'Token' ];
280 apiPromise
= this.get( { action
: 'tokens', type
: type
, assert
: assert
} );
283 .then( function ( data
) {
284 // If token type is not available for this user,
285 // key '...token' is either missing or set to boolean false
286 if ( data
.tokens
&& data
.tokens
[type
+ 'token'] ) {
287 return data
.tokens
[type
+ 'token'];
290 return $.Deferred().reject( 'token-missing', data
);
292 // Clear promise. Do not cache errors.
293 delete promiseGroup
[ type
+ 'Token' ];
295 // Pass on to allow the caller to handle the error
298 // Attach abort handler
299 .promise( { abort
: apiPromise
.abort
} );
301 // Store deferred now so that we can use it again even if it isn't ready yet
302 if ( !promiseGroup
) {
303 promiseGroup
= promises
[ this.defaults
.ajax
.url
] = {};
305 promiseGroup
[ type
+ 'Token' ] = d
;
315 * List of errors we might receive from the API.
316 * For now, this just documents our expectation that there should be similar messages
320 // occurs when POST aborted
321 // jQuery 1.4 can't distinguish abort or lost connection from 200 OK + empty result
327 // really a warning, but we treat it like an error
331 // upload succeeded, but no image info.
332 // this is probably impossible, but might as well check for it
334 // remote errors, defined in API
342 'copyuploaddisabled',
348 'filetype-banned-type',
351 'verification-error',
358 'fileexists-shared-forbidden',
362 // Stash-specific errors - expanded
365 'stashedfilenotfound',
377 * List of warnings we might receive from the API.
378 * For now, this just documents our expectation that there should be similar messages
386 }( mediaWiki
, jQuery
) );