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action=changeauthenticationdata (changeauth)
(main | changeauthenticationdata)
- Voor deze module zijn leesrechten nodig.
- Voor deze module zijn schrijfrechten nodig.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0+
Change authentication data for the current user.
Parameters:
- changeauthrequest
Use this authentication request, by the id returned from action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change.
- This parameter is required.
- changeauthtoken
A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
- This parameter is required.
- *
- This module accepts additional parameters depending on the available authentication requests. Use action=query&meta=authmanagerinfo with amirequestsfor=change (or a previous response from this module, if applicable) to determine the requests available and the fields that they use.
Example:
- Attempt to change the current user's password to ExamplePassword.
- api.php?action=changeauthenticationdata&changeauthrequest=MediaWiki%5CAuth%5CPasswordAuthenticationRequest&password=ExamplePassword&retype=ExamplePassword&changeauthtoken=123ABC [open in sandbox]