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.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:SetPageLanguage

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: aae, ab, abr, abs, ace, acf, acm, ady, ady-cyrl, aeb, aeb-arab, aeb-latn, af, aig, aln, alt, am, ami, an, ang, ann, anp, apc, 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, bdr, be, be-tarask, bew, bg, bgc, bgn, bh, bho, bi, bjn, blk, bm, bn, bo, bpy, bqi, br, brh, bs, btm, bto, bug, bug-bugi, bxr, ca, cbk-zam, ccp, cdo, cdo-hant, cdo-latn, ce, ceb, ch, chn, chr, chy, ckb, co, cop, cps, cpx, cpx-hans, cpx-hant, cr, crh, crh-cyrl, crh-latn, crh-ro, cs, csb, cu, cv, cy, da, dag, de, de-at, de-ch, de-formal, default, dga, din, diq, dlg, dsb, dtp, dty, dua, dv, dz, ee, efi, 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, fvr, fy, ga, gaa, gag, gan, gan-hans, gan-hant, gcf, gcr, gd, gl, gld, glk, gn, gom, gom-deva, gom-latn, gor, got, gpe, grc, gsw, gu, guc, gur, guw, gv, ha, hak, hak-hans, hak-hant, hak-latn, haw, he, hi, hif, hif-latn, hil, hke, hno, hoc-latn, hr, hrx, hsb, hsn, ht, hu, hu-formal, hy, hyw, ia, iba, ibb, id, ie, ig, igl, ii, ik, ike-cans, ike-latn, ilo, inh, io, is, isv-cyrl, isv-latn, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, ka, kaa, kab, kai, kaj, kbd, kbd-cyrl, kbp, kcg, kea, kg, kge, khw, ki, kiu, kjh, kjp, kk, kk-arab, kk-cn, kk-cyrl, kk-kz, kk-latn, kk-tr, kl, km, kn, knc, ko, ko-kp, koi, kr, krc, kri, krj, krl, ks, ks-arab, ks-deva, ksh, ksw, ku, ku-arab, ku-latn, kum, kus, kv, kw, ky, la, lad, lb, lbe, lez, lfn, lg, li, lij, liv, ljp, lki, lld, lmo, ln, lo, loz, lrc, lt, ltg, lua, lus, luz, lv, lzh, lzz, mad, mag, mai, map-bms, mdf, mg, mhr, mi, min, mk, ml, mn, mnc, mnc-latn, mnc-mong, mni, mnw, mo, mos, mr, mrh, mrj, ms, ms-arab, mt, mui, mwl, my, myv, mzn, nah, nan, nan-hant, nan-latn-pehoeji, nan-latn-tailo, nap, nb, nds, nds-nl, ne, new, nia, nit, niu, nl, nl-informal, nmz, nn, no, nod, nog, nov, nqo, nr, nrm, nso, nup, nv, ny, nyn, nyo, nys, oc, ojb, olo, om, or, os, pa, pag, pam, pap, pap-aw, pcd, pcm, pdc, pdt, pfl, pi, pih, pl, pms, pnb, pnt, prg, ps, pt, pt-br, pwn, qu, qug, rgn, rif, rki, rm, rmc, rmy, rn, ro, roa-tara, rsk, ru, rue, rup, ruq, ruq-cyrl, ruq-latn, rut, rw, ryu, sa, sah, sas, sat, sc, scn, sco, sd, sdc, sdh, se, se-fi, se-no, se-se, sei, ses, sg, sgs, sh, sh-cyrl, sh-latn, 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, tig, tk, tl, tly, tn, to, tok, tpi, tr, tru, trv, ts, tt, tt-cyrl, tt-latn, ttj, 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, wal, war, wls, wlx, wo, wuu, wuu-hans, wuu-hant, xal, xh, xmf, xsy, yi, yo, yrl, yua, yue, yue-hans, yue-hant, 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): AFCH, AWB, Addition of protection template to non-protected page, AntiVandal script, CVPI, Deputy, HotCat, JWB, Newcomer task, New user adding protection template, ProveIt edit, RedWarn, Ultraviolet, WPCleaner, WikiLoop Battlefield, WikiShield script, bot trial, changing time or duration, convenient-discussions, editProtectedHelper, excessive whitespace, fixed lint errors, huggle, invalid-timedtext-edit, large non-free file, massmove, moveToDraft, new user moving page out of userspace, ooze, pageswap, possible birth or death date change, possible formatting issues, pronoun-change, rapid date format changes, self-published-blog, self-published source, shortdesc helper, talk banner shell conversion, twinkle
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]