title: Mediawiki API error: Unrecognized value for parameter 'prop': extracts
body: <p>I have a new installation of mediawiki. I am trying to use the API to simply get an article. The API url I am using is:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=extracts&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=extracts&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco</a></p>
  
  <p>Upon going to that URL I get: Unrecognized value for parameter 'prop': extracts</p>
  
  <p>This seems odd because all of the following urls do work and return the right data:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=links&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=links&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco</a>
  <a href="https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=categories&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=categories&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco</a>
  <a href="https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=revisions&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco" rel="nofollow">https://example.com/mediawiki/api.php?action=query&amp;format=json&amp;prop=revisions&amp;titles=Vendor_cisco</a></p>
  
  <p>How do I get the body and text from my article? I was under the impression prop=extracts is what is used. </p>