API talk:Restricting API usage
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[edit] How do I test a site's API to see what the settings are?
My API client is giving an error when I try to write a page, so I'd like to check if it is being caused by insufficient usage rights. --Dmb 00:28, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Restrict usage of READ API?
For private wikis, where user must be logged in in order to read the content, how to forbid usage of API altogether unless a valid login has been provided? -- 08:48, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the cookies where inherited from the browser which was used to login to the wiki prior to using the API. Running the bot code from the command line resolved it. -- 09:23, 20 August 2012 (UTC)