API:Blocks

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

GET request to list currently-blocked users, in the same manner as Special:BlockList lists them.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.12

API documentation

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/query+blocks, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

list=blocks (bk)

(main | query | blocks)

This module requires read rights.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

List all blocked users and IP addresses.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Blocks

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

bkstart

The timestamp to start enumerating from.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

bkend

The timestamp to stop enumerating at.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

bkdir

In which direction to enumerate:

newer: List oldest first. Note: bkstart has to be before bkend.
older: List newest first (default). Note: bkstart has to be later than bkend.

One of the following values: newer, older

Default: older

bkids

List of block IDs to list (optional).

Type: list of integers

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

bkusers

List of users to search for (optional).

Type: list of users, by any of username, IP, Temporary user and IP range

Separate values with | or alternative.

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

bkip

Get all blocks applying to this IP address or CIDR range, including range blocks.

Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than IPv4/16 or IPv6/19 are not accepted.

bklimit

The maximum number of blocks to list.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

bkprop

Which properties to get:

id: Adds the ID of the block.
user: Adds the username of the blocked user.
userid: Adds the user ID of the blocked user.
by: Adds the username of the blocking user.
byid: Adds the user ID of the blocking user.
timestamp: Adds the timestamp of when the block was given.
expiry: Adds the timestamp of when the block expires.
reason: Adds the reason given for the block.
range: Adds the range of IP addresses affected by the block.
flags: Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc.).
restrictions: Adds the partial block restrictions if the block is not sitewide.

Values (separate with | or alternative): by, byid, expiry, flags, id, range, reason, restrictions, timestamp, user, userid

bkshow

Show only items that meet these criteria.

For example, to see only indefinite blocks on IP addresses, set bkshow=ip|!temp.

Values (separate with | or alternative): !account, !ip, !range, !temp, account, ip, range, temp

bkcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

Examples:

List blocks.: api.php?action=query&list=blocks [open in sandbox]
List blocks of users Alice and Bob.: api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob [open in sandbox]

Example

Lists the 3 most recent blocks

GET request

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "continue": {
        "bkcontinue": "20190226192632|8865878",
        "continue": "-||"
    },
    "query": {
        "blocks": [
            {
                "id": 8865881,
                "user": "168.11.166.47",
                "by": "Gilliam",
                "timestamp": "2019-02-26T19:28:56Z",
                "expiry": "2020-02-26T19:28:56Z",
                "reason": "{{school block}}",
                "rangestart": "168.11.166.47",
                "rangeend": "168.11.166.47",
                "anononly": "",
                "nocreate": "",
                "allowusertalk": ""
            },
            {
                "id": 8865880,
                "user": "64.125.67.43",
                "by": "Gilliam",
                "timestamp": "2019-02-26T19:27:44Z",
                "expiry": "2019-03-01T19:27:44Z",
                "reason": "part of mass attack",
                "rangestart": "64.125.67.43",
                "rangeend": "64.125.67.43",
                "anononly": "",
                "nocreate": "",
                "allowusertalk": ""
            }
            ...
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_blocked_users.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "bklimit": "3",
    "list": "blocks",
    "bkprop": "id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA['query']['blocks'])

PHP

<?php
/*
    get_blocked_users.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users.

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "list" => "blocks",
    "bklimit" => "3",
    "bkprop" => "id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags"
];

$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 );
var_dump( $result["query"]["blocks"] );

JavaScript

/*
    get_blocked_users.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users.

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    list: "blocks",
    bklimit: "3",
    bkprop: "id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags",
    format: "json"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {console.log(response.query.blocks);})
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_blocked_users.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		list: 'blocks',
		bklimit: '3',
		bkprop: 'id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data.query.blocks );
} );

Additional notes

This module cannot be used as a generator.

Parameter history

v1.19: Introduced bkshow
v1.18: Introduced userid