I couldn't find any relevant documentation for this particular case, so
I'm hoping someone on the list might be able to point me in the right
direction...
If I want to l create a new user account via the Mediawiki API, I might
issue an initial request for a token like this:
curl -c cookies.txt -X POST
'http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/api.php?action=login&format=json&lgname=NewUserName&lgpassword=SuperSecretPassword&lgtoken='
...and then submit the actual request to create the account with the
valid token obtained in the previous step:
curl -b cookies.txt -X POST
'http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/api.php?action=login&format=json&lgname=NewUserName&lgpassword=SuperSecretPassword&lgtoken=<token_goes_here>'
My problem is that some wikis require a captcha for account creation, so
that second request gets a response like this:
{"servedby"=>"deployment-apache33", "error"=>{"code"=>"Incorrect or
missing CAPTCHA.", "info"=>"<Incorrect or missing CAPTCHA.>"}}
I'm don't know how to deal with the captcha requirement via my API
calls. Does anyone know if that is possible with a "createaccount"
request, and if so, how does that work?
Thanks,
Jeff
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