Extension:Citoid

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Citoid
Release status: stable
Implementation User interface
Description Enables the Citoid service to be used within VisualEditor .
Author(s)
Latest version 0.3.0
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki >= 1.43
Composer mediawiki/citoid
License MIT License
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  • $wgCitoidFullRestbaseURL
  • $wgWBCitoidFullRestbaseURL
  • $wgCitoidServiceUrl
  • $wgCitoidIsbnScannerEnabled
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Citoid is a MediaWiki extension that enables the Citoid service, which generates a citation given a URL or other identifier, to be used within VisualEditor .

This page covers only how to download and install the Citoid extension; for all information on how to actually use Citoid, please see the Citoid page.

Prerequisites

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In order to run this extension, you must have the VisualEditor extension installed, and enable the VisualEditor citation tool .

The following additional extensions are not required to run Citoid, but are recommended:

Installation

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  • Download and move the extracted Citoid folder to your extensions/ directory.
    Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Citoid
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'Citoid' );
    
  • Configure as required.
  •   Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

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Set the location of your citoid service instance in your wiki's LocalSettings.php

// If the wiki is being served over https, the https protocol is required in the citoid service URL; otherwise the browser will block the request.
$wgCitoidServiceUrl = 'http://localhost:1970/api';
Option Default value Useful for… Documentation
$wgCitoidServiceUrl false Sysadmins Full url to use the native citoid api , i.e. http://localhost:1970/api. Only used if VisualEditorFullRestbaseURL is null.
$wgCitoidFullRestbaseURL false Sysadmins Full url to use a citoid service running behind restbase, i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_ (including the trailing _). Overwrites default, which is to use VisualEditorFullRestbaseURL (now deprecated). Does not need to be set if you are running citoid behind the same restbase instance as parsoid/VisualEditor; mostly useful for point to a cross domain restbase citoid installation.