API:Feedrecentchanges
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MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.23 |
GET request to return a recent changes feed.
API documentation
edit
Example
editShow recent changes as an RSS feed.
Response
edit<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>MediaWiki - Recent changes [en]</title>
<link>
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
</link>
<description>
Track the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed.
</description>
<language>en</language>
<generator>MediaWiki 1.27.0-wmf.6</generator>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:55:31 GMT</lastBuildDate>
<item>
<title>Reading/Component responsibility</title>
<link>
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Reading/Component_responsibility&diff=1937428&oldid=1937427
</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Reading/Component_responsibility&diff=1937428&oldid=1937427
</guid>
<description>
...
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:42:06 GMT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Salawad</dc:creator>
<comments>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User_talk:Salawad</comments>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Sample code
editPython
edit#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_feed_recent_changes.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Feedrecentchanges` module: Show recent changes as an RSS feed.
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "feedrecentchanges",
"format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.content
print(DATA)
PHP
edit<?php
/*
get_feed_recent_changes.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Feedrecentchanges` module: Show recent changes as an RSS feed.
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "feedrecentchanges",
"format" => "json"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
var_dump( $output );
JavaScript
edit/*
get_feed_recent_changes.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Feedrecentchanges` module: Show recent changes as an RSS feed.
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "feedrecentchanges",
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);})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
edit/*
get_feed_recent_changes.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Feedrecentchanges` module: Show recent changes as an RSS feed.
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'feedrecentchanges',
format: 'json'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
console.log( data );
} );
Possible errors
editIn addition to the standard error messages:
Code | Info |
---|---|
feed-unavailable | Syndication feeds are not available |
feed-invalid | Invalid subscription feed type. |
invalidtitle | Bad title "$1". |
Parameter history
edit- v1.28: Introduced
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Additional notes
edit- Note that if the request is successful, the output will be in the format requested by the
feedformat
parameter. The format requested by the standardformat
parameter (e.g., JSON) will only be used in the event of an error.
See also
edit- API:Feedcontributions - Returns a user's contributions feed.
- API:Feedwatchlist - Returns a watchlist feed.