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action=expandtemplates

(main | expandtemplates)

Expands all templates within wikitext.

Parameters:
title

Title of the page.

text

Wikitext to convert.

This parameter is required.
revid

Revision ID, for {{REVISIONID}} and similar variables.

Type: integer
prop

Which pieces of information to get.

Note that if no values are selected, the result will contain the wikitext, but the output will be in a deprecated format.

wikitext
The expanded wikitext.
categories
Any categories present in the input that are not represented in the wikitext output.
properties
Page properties defined by expanded magic words in the wikitext.
volatile
Whether the output is volatile and should not be reused elsewhere within the page.
ttl
The maximum time after which caches of the result should be invalidated.
modules
Any ResourceLoader modules that parser functions have requested be added to the output. Either jsconfigvars or encodedjsconfigvars must be requested jointly with modules.
jsconfigvars
Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page.
encodedjsconfigvars
Gives the JavaScript configuration variables specific to the page as a JSON string.
parsetree
The XML parse tree of the input.
Values (separate with | or alternative): categories, encodedjsconfigvars, jsconfigvars, modules, parsetree, properties, ttl, volatile, wikitext
includecomments

Whether to include HTML comments in the output.

Type: boolean (details)
showstrategykeys

Whether to include internal merge strategy information in jsconfigvars.

Type: boolean (details)
generatexml
Deprecated.

Generate XML parse tree (replaced by prop=parsetree).

Type: boolean (details)
Example:
Expand the wikitext {{Project:Sandbox}}.
api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}} [open in sandbox]