MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
action=validatepassword
(main | validatepassword)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Validate a password against the wiki's password policies.
Validity is reported as Good if the password is acceptable, Change if the password may be used for login but must be changed, or Invalid if the password is not usable.
Parameters:
- password
Password to validate.
- This parameter is required.
- user
User name, for use when testing account creation. The named user must not exist.
- Type: user name
Email address, for use when testing account creation.
- realname
Real name, for use when testing account creation.
Examples:
- Validate the password foobar for the current user.
- api.php?action=validatepassword&password=foobar [open in sandbox]
- Validate the password qwerty for creating user Example.
- api.php?action=validatepassword&password=querty&user=Example [open in sandbox]
Debug data:
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HOST: zero-k.info
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ACCEPT: */*
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}[DBConnection] Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer::lazyLoadReplicationPositions: executed chronology callback.[DBConnection] Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer::getLocalConnection: connected to database 0 at 'localhost'.[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[session] SessionBackend "m5hupod3daote95rhbd1sche7reg1gcl" is unsaved, marking dirty in constructor[session] SessionBackend "m5hupod3daote95rhbd1sche7reg1gcl" save: dataDirty=1 metaDirty=1 forcePersist=0[cookie] already deleted setcookie: "wikidb229_mw__session", "", "1715249392", "/", "", "", "1"[cookie] already deleted setcookie: "wikidb229_mw_UserID", "", "1715249392", "/", "", "", "1"[cookie] already deleted setcookie: "wikidb229_mw_Token", "", "1715249392", "/", "", "", "1"[cookie] already deleted setcookie: "forceHTTPS", "", "1715249392", "/", "", "", "1"[DBConnection] Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer::getLocalConnection: connected to database 0 at 'localhost'.[MessageCache] MessageCache using store SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] SqlBagOStuff::lock failed due to timeout for wikidb229-mw_:messages:en.[ContentHandler] Created handler for wikitext: WikitextContentHandler[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[SQLBagOStuff] Connection mysql object #127 (handle id #121) will be used for SqlBagOStuff[MessageCache] MessageCache::load: Loading en... local cache is empty, global cache is expired/volatile, loading from databaseParserFactory: using preprocessor: Preprocessor_HashUnstubbing $wgLang on call of $wgLang::_unstub from ParserOptions->__construct