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action=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.
- 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, bol, 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, frs, 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, isv-cyrl, isv-latn, it, iu, ja, jam, jbo, jut, jv, jv-java, 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, lkt, 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, ppl, 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.
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.
- 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]