MediaWiki API help

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

action=setpagelanguage

(main | setpagelanguage)
  • 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 language of a page.

Changing the language of a page is not allowed on this wiki.

Enable $wgPageLanguageUseDB to use this action.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
title

Title of the page whose language you wish to change. Cannot be used together with pageid.

pageid

Page ID of the page whose language you wish to change. Cannot be used together with title.

Type: integer
lang

Language code of the language to change the page to. Use default to reset the page to the wiki's default content language.

This parameter is required.
One of the following values: ab, abs, ace, ady, ady-cyrl, aeb, aeb-arab, aeb-latn, af, ak, aln, alt, am, ami, an, ang, anp, ar, arc, arn, arq, ary, arz, as, ase, ast, atj, av, avk, awa, ay, az, azb, ba, ban, ban-bali, bar, bbc, bbc-latn, bcc, bci, bcl, be, be-tarask, bg, bgn, bh, bho, bi, bjn, blk, bm, bn, bo, bpy, bqi, br, brh, bs, btm, bto, bug, bxr, ca, cbk-zam, cdo, ce, ceb, ch, chr, chy, ckb, co, cps, cr, crh, crh-cyrl, crh-latn, cs, csb, cu, cv, cy, da, dag, de, de-at, de-ch, de-formal, default, din, diq, dsb, dtp, dty, dv, dz, ee, egl, el, eml, en, en-ca, en-gb, eo, es, es-formal, et, eu, ext, fa, fat, ff, fi, fit, fj, fo, fon, fr, frc, frp, frr, fur, fy, ga, gaa, gag, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, gcr, gd, gl, gld, glk, gn, gom, gom-deva, gom-latn, gor, got, gpe, grc, gsw, gu, guc, gur, guw, gv, ha, hak, haw, he, hi, hif, hif-latn, hil, hr, hrx, hsb, hsn, ht, hu, hu-formal, hy, hyw, ia, id, ie, ig, ii, ik, ike-cans, ike-latn, ilo, inh, io, is, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, ka, kaa, kab, kbd, kbd-cyrl, kbp, kcg, kea, kg, khw, ki, kiu, kjp, kk, kk-arab, kk-cn, kk-cyrl, kk-kz, kk-latn, kk-tr, kl, km, kn, ko, ko-kp, koi, kr, krc, kri, krj, krl, ks, ks-arab, ks-deva, ksh, ksw, ku, ku-arab, ku-latn, kum, kv, kw, ky, la, lad, lb, lbe, lez, lfn, lg, li, lij, liv, lki, lld, lmo, ln, lo, loz, lrc, lt, ltg, lus, luz, lv, lzh, lzz, mad, mai, map-bms, mdf, mg, mhr, mi, min, mk, ml, mn, mni, mnw, mo, mos, mr, mrh, mrj, ms, ms-arab, mt, mwl, my, myv, mzn, na, nah, nan, nap, nb, nds, nds-nl, ne, new, nia, niu, nl, nl-informal, nmz, nn, nod, nov, nqo, nrm, nso, nv, ny, nyn, nys, oc, ojb, olo, om, or, os, pa, pag, pam, pap, pcd, pcm, pdc, pdt, pfl, pi, pih, pl, pms, pnb, pnt, prg, ps, pt, pt-br, pwn, qu, qug, rgn, rif, rm, rmc, rmy, rn, ro, roa-tara, rsk, ru, rue, rup, ruq, ruq-cyrl, ruq-latn, rw, ryu, sa, sah, sat, sc, scn, sco, sd, sdc, sdh, se, se-fi, se-no, se-se, sei, ses, sg, sgs, sh, shi, shn, shy, shy-latn, si, sjd, sje, sk, skr, skr-arab, sl, sli, sm, sma, smn, sms, sn, so, sq, sr, sr-ec, sr-el, srn, sro, ss, st, stq, sty, su, sv, sw, syl, szl, szy, ta, tay, tcy, tdd, te, tet, tg, tg-cyrl, tg-latn, th, ti, tk, tl, tly, tn, to, tpi, tr, tru, trv, ts, tt, tt-cyrl, tt-latn, tum, tw, ty, tyv, tzm, udm, ug, ug-arab, ug-latn, uk, ur, uz, ve, vec, vep, vi, vls, vmf, vmw, vo, vot, vro, wa, war, wls, wo, wuu, xal, xh, xmf, xsy, yi, yo, yrl, yue, za, zea, zgh, zh, zh-cn, zh-hans, zh-hant, zh-hk, zh-mo, zh-my, zh-sg, zh-tw, zu
reason

Reason for the change.

tags

Change tags to apply to the log entry resulting from this action.

Values (separate with | or alternative):
token

A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

This parameter is required.
Examples:
Change the language of the page Main Page to Basque.
api.php?action=setpagelanguage&title=Main%20Page&lang=eu&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Change the language of the page with ID 123 to the wiki's default content language.
api.php?action=setpagelanguage&pageid=123&lang=default&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]