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action=centralauthtoken

(main • centralauthtoken)

This module requires read rights.
Source: CentralAuth
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Fetch a centralauthtoken for making an authenticated request to an attached wiki.

Returns a token that can be use to authenticate API requests on other wikis. For action API requests, put it in the centralauthtoken GET parameter. For REST API requests, add an Authorization: CentralAuthToken {token} header. In MediaWiki frontend logic, you can use the mediawiki.ForeignApi ResourceLoader module.

Example:

Fetch a centralauthtoken: api.php?action=centralauthtoken [open in sandbox]