API:Allusers
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| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.11 |
GET request to list all registered users, as ordered by username.
API documentation
Example
GET request
GET request to list all users, starting from those whose name begins with the string, "Drov"
Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"continue": {
"aufrom": "Drovark",
"continue": "-||"
},
"query": {
"allusers": [
{
"userid": 13239275,
"name": "Drov"
},
{
"userid": 7080866,
"name": "Drova"
},
{
"userid": 16013473,
"name": "Drova 82"
},
...
]
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_allusers.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Allusers` module: Get all users, starting from those whose name
begins with the string, 'Drov'.
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"format": "json",
"list": "allusers",
"auprefix": "Drov"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
USERS = DATA["query"]["allusers"]
for user in USERS:
print(user["name"])
PHP
<?php
/*
get_allusers.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Allusers` module: Get all users, starting from those whose name begins with the string, 'Drov'.
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"format" => "json",
"list" => "allusers",
"auprefix" => "Drov"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
foreach( $result["query"]["allusers"] as $k => $v ) {
echo( $v["name"] . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_allusers.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Allusers` module: Get all users, starting from those whose name begins with the string, 'Drov'.
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
format: "json",
list: "allusers",
auprefix: "Drov"
};
url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});
fetch(url)
.then(function(response){return response.json();})
.then(function(response) {
var users = response.query.allusers;
for (var u in users) {
console.log(users[u].name);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_allusers.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Allusers` module: Get all users, starting from those
whose name begins with the string, 'Drov'.
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
format: 'json',
list: 'allusers',
auprefix: 'Drov'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var users = data.query.allusers,
u;
for ( u in users ) {
console.log( users[ u ].name );
}
} );
Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| augroup-excludegroup | group and excludegroup cannot be used together |
Parameter history
- v1.12: Introduced
auprop=registration
Additional notes
- This API call is case sensitive, so
aufrom=DROVdoesn't return the same results asaufrom=Drov. - All registered usernames are saved and retrieved in capitalized form. If you are using
aufromorauprefixin your query, make sure you are passing them values that start with an uppercase character. - Although the default behavior is to list any user in the database, we can also limit our response to only those users who belong to a certain group, such as sysops, or bots. User groups are how MediaWiki grants users certain rights and privileges; see Help:User rights and groups for more details on how this system works.
See also
- API:Users - finds information about a list of users.