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Line 183: === API access === Most API logon clients such as [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser\|AutoWikiBrowser]] and [[Wikipedia:Huggle\|Huggle]] do not support 2FA, instead users ~~need~~may touse a [[Special:BotPasswords\|create a "bot password"]] ~~after~~to ~~enabling~~log ~~2FA~~on to the API. Please see [[Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA]] and [[mw:Manual:Huggle/Bot passwords]] for instructions. Special client [[mw:API:Login#Example_2:_Process_for_a_wiki_with_special_authentication_extensions\|configuration]] to use the API is needed for two-factor authentication.

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