API:Deletedrevs/diq

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This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

≤ 1.25

(deprecated in 1.25) The API documentation described here will work best with MediaWiki 1.14 and earlier. It has been deprecated in favor of alldeletedrevisions api

GET request to list deleted revisions.

API documentation

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

list=deletedrevs (dr)

(main | query | deletedrevs)

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

List deleted revisions.

Operates in three modes:

List deleted revisions for the given titles, sorted by timestamp.
List deleted contributions for the given user, sorted by timestamp (no titles specified).
List all deleted revisions in the given namespace, sorted by title and timestamp (no titles specified, druser not set).

Certain parameters only apply to some modes and are ignored in others.

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

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

drstart

The timestamp to start enumerating from.

Modes: 1, 2

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

drend

The timestamp to stop enumerating at.

Modes: 1, 2

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

drdir

In which direction to enumerate:

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

Modes: 1, 3

One of the following values: newer, older

Default: older

drfrom

Start listing at this title.

Mode: 3

drto

Stop listing at this title.

Mode: 3

drprefix

Search for all page titles that begin with this value.

Mode: 3

drunique

List only one revision for each page.

Mode: 3

Type: boolean (details)

drnamespace

Only list pages in this namespace.

Mode: 3

One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 90, 91, 92, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 486, 487, 710, 711, 828, 829, 1198, 1199, 2600, 5500, 5501

Default: 0

drtag

Only list revisions tagged with this tag.

druser

Only list revisions by this user.

Type: user, by any of username, IP, Temporary user, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")

drexcludeuser

Don't list revisions by this user.

Type: user, by any of username, IP, Temporary user, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")

drprop

Which properties to get:

revid: Adds the revision ID of the deleted revision.
parentid: Adds the revision ID of the previous revision to the page.
user: Adds the user who made the revision.
userid: Adds the ID of the user who made the revision.
comment: Adds the comment of the revision.
parsedcomment: Adds the parsed comment of the revision.
minor: Tags if the revision is minor.
len: Adds the length (bytes) of the revision.
sha1: Adds the SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision.
content: Adds the content of the revision. For performance reasons, if this option is used, drlimit is enforced to 50.
token: Deprecated. Gives the edit token.
tags: Tags for the revision.

Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, len, minor, parentid, parsedcomment, revid, sha1, tags, user, userid, token

Default: user|comment

drlimit

The maximum amount of revisions to list. If drprop=content is used, the limit is 50.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

drcontinue

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 the last deleted revisions of the pages MediaWiki and Talk:Main Page, with content (mode 1).: api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=MediaWiki|Talk%3AMediaWiki&drprop=user|comment|content [open in sandbox]
List the last 50 deleted contributions by Bob (mode 2).: api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&druser=Bob&drlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace (mode 3).: api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50 [open in sandbox]
List the first 50 deleted pages in the Talk namespace (mode 3).: api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50&drnamespace=1&drunique= [open in sandbox]

Example

GET request

List the 6 most recent deleted revisions from user Catrope dated September 4, 2007.

api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drstart=20070904235959&drend=20070904000000&drprop=revid|user|minor|len|token&drlimit=6&druser=Catrope&format=json [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <deletedrevs drstart="20070904142729" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <deletedrevs>
      <page title="Main Page" ns="0" token="e4c475f13be7824135b4edbebf4140ff+\">
        <revisions>
          <rev timestamp="20070904200804" revid="31" user="Catrope" minor="" len="" />
          <rev timestamp="20070904200753" revid="30" user="Catrope" minor="" len="" />
          <rev timestamp="20070904193501" revid="29" user="Catrope" minor="" len="568" />
          <rev timestamp="20070904193213" revid="28" user="Catrope" minor="" len="470" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
      <page title="User:Catrope" ns="2" token="e4c475f13be7824135b4edbebf4140ff+\">
        <revisions>
          <rev timestamp="20070904143938" revid="24" user="Catrope" len="52" />
          <rev timestamp="20070904142758" revid="23" user="Catrope" len="37" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </deletedrevs>
  </query>
</api>

Sample code

get_deleted_revisions.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_deleted_revisions.py

    MediaWiki Action API Code Samples
    Demo of `Deletedrevs` module: List the six most recent deleted revisions
    from User:Catrope

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "drend": "20070904000000",
    "format": "json",
    "druser": "Catrope",
    "list": "deletedrevs",
    "drstart": "20070904235959",
    "drlimit": "6",
    "drprop": "revid|user|minor|len|token",
    "action": "query"
}

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

print(DATA)

Possible errors


Kod	Melumat
drpermissiondenied	You don't have permission to view deleted revision information. On most wikis, viewing deleted revisions is restricted to sysops, but other wikis may have different rules.

Parameter history

v1.24: Deprecated drprop: token
v1.23: Introduced drtag, drprop: tags
v1.19: Introduced drprop: sha1
v1.18: Introduced drto, drprefix, drprop: parentid
v1.17: Introduced drprop: userid
v1.16: Introduced drprop: parsedcomment
v1.15: Introduced druser,drexcludeuser,drnamespace, drunique,drfrom

Additional notes

This module cannot be used as a generator .

You need the deletedhistory right to use this module.

This module can be used in one of three modes:

- List deleted revisions for the given titles (through titles or a generator), sorted by timestamp

- List deleted contributions for a certain user, sorted by timestamp (druser set, no titles given)

- List all deleted revisions in a certain namespace (druser not set, no titles given)

Some parameters are restricted to certain modes only, and are marked accordingly.

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API:Alldeletedrevisions