How do I get an edit token for Mediawiki?

Question

I want to get an edit token via a HTTP POST command. The API documentation says only

Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info

Using action=query&prop=info&titles=Main Page&intoken=edit does not give me a token.

How to get it?

Answer 1

The following works for me (as described at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit_-_Create%26Edit_pages#Token):

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&intoken=edit&titles=Sandbox