Editing API/Edit (section)

=== POST request === <!--T:6-->

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Making edits, and, indeed, any POST request, is a multi-step process. 
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:1. <translate><!--T:8--> Log in, via one of the methods described in <tvar name=1></tvar>.</translate> <translate><!--T:9--> Note that while this is required to correctly attribute the edit to its author, many wikis do allow users to edit without registering or logging into an account.</translate> <!--Using proper Wiki markup lists (i.e. #) breaks formatting for the sample queries-->

:2. <translate><!--T:10--> GET a :</translate>
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:3. <translate><!--T:11--> Send a POST request, with the CSRF token, to take action on a page:</translate>
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<translate><!--T:12--> The Response section below is for the final POST request, to take action on the page.</translate>
<translate><!--T:13--> See the pages on <tvar name=1></tvar> and <tvar name=2></tvar> for the intermediary JSON responses to earlier steps.</translate>

<translate><!--T:14--> Also note that the tokens in the queries on this page are sample values.</translate>
<translate><!--T:15--> Actual tokens are unique to each login session and cross-site request.</translate>
<translate><!--T:16--> They are included only to demonstrate how to properly format queries.</translate>

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