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 deferreds to save http requests for tokens
28 // we already have on the page via the user.tokens module (bug 34733).
29 deferreds
[ 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 deferreds
[ 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 );
55 * @param {Object} options See defaultOptions documentation above. Ajax options can also be
56 * overridden for each individual request to {@link jQuery#ajax} later on.
58 mw
.Api = function ( options
) {
60 if ( options
=== undefined ) {
64 // Force a string if we got a mw.Uri object
65 if ( options
.ajax
&& options
.ajax
.url
!== undefined ) {
66 options
.ajax
.url
= String( options
.ajax
.url
);
69 options
.parameters
= $.extend( {}, defaultOptions
.parameters
, options
.parameters
);
70 options
.ajax
= $.extend( {}, defaultOptions
.ajax
, options
.ajax
);
72 this.defaults
= options
;
78 * Normalize the ajax options for compatibility and/or convenience methods.
80 * @param {Object} [arg] An object contaning one or more of options.ajax.
81 * @return {Object} Normalized ajax options.
83 normalizeAjaxOptions: function ( arg
) {
84 // Arg argument is usually empty
85 // (before MW 1.20 it was used to pass ok callbacks)
87 // Options can also be a success callback handler
88 if ( typeof arg
=== 'function' ) {
95 * Perform API get request
97 * @param {Object} parameters
98 * @param {Object|Function} [ajaxOptions]
99 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
101 get: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
102 ajaxOptions
= this.normalizeAjaxOptions( ajaxOptions
);
103 ajaxOptions
.type
= 'GET';
104 return this.ajax( parameters
, ajaxOptions
);
108 * Perform API post request
110 * TODO: Post actions for non-local hostnames will need proxy.
112 * @param {Object} parameters
113 * @param {Object|Function} [ajaxOptions]
114 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
116 post: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
117 ajaxOptions
= this.normalizeAjaxOptions( ajaxOptions
);
118 ajaxOptions
.type
= 'POST';
119 return this.ajax( parameters
, ajaxOptions
);
123 * Perform the API call.
125 * @param {Object} parameters
126 * @param {Object} [ajaxOptions]
127 * @return {jQuery.Promise} Done: API response data and the jqXHR object.
130 ajax: function ( parameters
, ajaxOptions
) {
132 apiDeferred
= $.Deferred(),
133 msg
= 'Use of mediawiki.api callback params is deprecated. Use the Promise instead.',
136 parameters
= $.extend( {}, this.defaults
.parameters
, parameters
);
137 ajaxOptions
= $.extend( {}, this.defaults
.ajax
, ajaxOptions
);
139 // Ensure that token parameter is last (per [[mw:API:Edit#Token]]).
140 if ( parameters
.token
) {
141 token
= parameters
.token
;
142 delete parameters
.token
;
144 // Some deployed MediaWiki >= 1.17 forbid periods in URLs, due to an IE XSS bug
145 // So let's escape them here. See bug #28235
146 // This works because jQuery accepts data as a query string or as an Object
147 ajaxOptions
.data
= $.param( parameters
).replace( /\./g, '%2E' );
149 // If we extracted a token parameter, add it back in.
151 ajaxOptions
.data
+= '&token=' + encodeURIComponent( token
);
154 // Backwards compatibility: Before MediaWiki 1.20,
155 // callbacks were done with the 'ok' and 'err' property in ajaxOptions.
156 if ( ajaxOptions
.ok
) {
157 mw
.track( 'mw.deprecate', 'api.cbParam' );
159 apiDeferred
.done( ajaxOptions
.ok
);
160 delete ajaxOptions
.ok
;
162 if ( ajaxOptions
.err
) {
163 mw
.track( 'mw.deprecate', 'api.cbParam' );
165 apiDeferred
.fail( ajaxOptions
.err
);
166 delete ajaxOptions
.err
;
169 // Make the AJAX request
170 xhr
= $.ajax( ajaxOptions
)
171 // If AJAX fails, reject API call with error code 'http'
172 // and details in second argument.
173 .fail( function ( xhr
, textStatus
, exception
) {
174 apiDeferred
.reject( 'http', {
176 textStatus
: textStatus
,
180 // AJAX success just means "200 OK" response, also check API error codes
181 .done( function ( result
, textStatus
, jqXHR
) {
182 if ( result
=== undefined || result
=== null || result
=== '' ) {
183 apiDeferred
.reject( 'ok-but-empty',
184 'OK response but empty result (check HTTP headers?)'
186 } else if ( result
.error
) {
187 var code
= result
.error
.code
=== undefined ? 'unknown' : result
.error
.code
;
188 apiDeferred
.reject( code
, result
);
190 apiDeferred
.resolve( result
, jqXHR
);
194 // Return the Promise
195 return apiDeferred
.promise( { abort
: xhr
.abort
} ).fail( function ( code
, details
) {
196 mw
.log( 'mw.Api error: ', code
, details
);
201 * Post to API with specified type of token. If we have no token, get one and try to post.
202 * If we have a cached token try using that, and if it fails, blank out the
203 * cached token and start over. For example to change an user option you could do:
205 * new mw.Api().postWithToken( 'options', {
207 * optionname: 'gender',
208 * optionvalue: 'female'
211 * @param {string} tokenType The name of the token, like options or edit.
212 * @param {Object} params API parameters
213 * @return {jQuery.Promise} See #post
216 postWithToken: function ( tokenType
, params
) {
219 return api
.getToken( tokenType
).then( function ( token
) {
220 params
.token
= token
;
221 return api
.post( params
).then(
222 // If no error, return to caller as-is
226 if ( code
=== 'badtoken' ) {
228 deferreds
[ this.defaults
.ajax
.url
][ tokenType
+ 'Token' ] =
229 params
.token
= undefined;
232 return api
.getToken( tokenType
).then( function ( token
) {
233 params
.token
= token
;
234 return api
.post( params
);
238 // Different error, pass on to let caller handle the error code
246 * Get a token for a certain action from the API.
248 * @param {string} type Token type
249 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
250 * @return {Function} return.done
251 * @return {string} return.done.token Received token.
254 getToken: function ( type
) {
256 deferredGroup
= deferreds
[ this.defaults
.ajax
.url
],
257 d
= deferredGroup
&& deferredGroup
[ type
+ 'Token' ];
262 apiPromise
= this.get( { action
: 'tokens', type
: type
} )
263 .done( function ( data
) {
264 // If token type is not available for this user,
265 // key '...token' is missing or can contain Boolean false
266 if ( data
.tokens
&& data
.tokens
[type
+ 'token'] ) {
267 d
.resolve( data
.tokens
[type
+ 'token'] );
269 d
.reject( 'token-missing', data
);
274 // Attach abort handler
275 d
.abort
= apiPromise
.abort
;
277 // Store deferred now so that we can use this again even if it isn't ready yet
278 if ( !deferredGroup
) {
279 deferredGroup
= deferreds
[ this.defaults
.ajax
.url
] = {};
281 deferredGroup
[ type
+ 'Token' ] = d
;
284 return d
.promise( { abort
: d
.abort
} );
291 * List of errors we might receive from the API.
292 * For now, this just documents our expectation that there should be similar messages
296 // occurs when POST aborted
297 // jQuery 1.4 can't distinguish abort or lost connection from 200 OK + empty result
303 // really a warning, but we treat it like an error
307 // upload succeeded, but no image info.
308 // this is probably impossible, but might as well check for it
310 // remote errors, defined in API
319 'copyuploaddisabled',
325 'filetype-banned-type',
328 'verification-error',
335 'fileexists-shared-forbidden',
343 * List of warnings we might receive from the API.
344 * For now, this just documents our expectation that there should be similar messages
352 }( mediaWiki
, jQuery
) );