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API:Feedrecentchanges

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GET request to return a recent changes feed.

API documentation

action=feedrecentchanges

(main | feedrecentchanges)

Returns a recent changes feed.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
feedformat

The format of the feed.

One of the following values: atom, rss
Default: rss
namespace

Namespace to limit the results to.

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
invert

All namespaces but the selected one.

Type: boolean (details)
associated

Include associated (talk or main) namespace.

Type: boolean (details)
days

Days to limit the results to.

Type: integer
The value must be no less than 1.
Default: 7
limit

Maximum number of results to return.

Type: integer
The value must be between 1 and 50.
Default: 50
from

Show changes since then.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
hideminor

Hide minor changes.

Type: boolean (details)
hidebots

Hide changes made by bots.

Type: boolean (details)
hideanons

Hide changes made by anonymous users.

Type: boolean (details)
hideliu

Hide changes made by registered users.

Type: boolean (details)
hidepatrolled

Hide patrolled changes.

Type: boolean (details)
hidemyself

Hide changes made by the current user.

Type: boolean (details)
hidecategorization

Hide category membership changes.

Type: boolean (details)
tagfilter

Filter by tag.

inverttags

All edits except ones tagged with the selected ones.

Type: boolean (details)
target

Show only changes on pages linked from this page.

showlinkedto

Show changes on pages linked to the selected page instead.

Type: boolean (details)
Examples:
Show recent changes.
api.php?action=feedrecentchanges [open in sandbox]
Show recent changes for 30 days.
api.php?action=feedrecentchanges&days=30 [open in sandbox]


Example

Show recent changes as an RSS feed.
api.php?action=feedrecentchanges&format=json [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

<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

Python

#!/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

<?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

/*
    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

/*
	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

In 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

  • v1.28: Introduced hidecategorization

Additional notes

  • Note that if the request is successful, the output will be in the format requested by the feedformat parameter. The format requested by the standard format parameter (e.g., JSON) will only be used in the event of an error.

See also

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