API:RecentChanges
| This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation. |
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.9 |
GET request to list all the recent changes to the wiki, in the same manner as Special:RecentChanges lists them.
API documentation
Example
GET request
Get the 3 most recent changes with sizes and flags
api.php?
Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"continue": {
"rccontinue": "20180330090522|1041353210",
"continue": "-||"
},
"query": {
"recentchanges": [
{
"type": "edit",
"ns": 0,
"title": "Histology",
"pageid": 13570,
"revid": 833218500,
"old_revid": 833218201,
"rcid": 1041353213,
"user": "Iztwoz",
"oldlen": 25718,
"newlen": 25749
}
...
]
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_recent_changes.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with
sizes and flags
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"format": "json",
"rcprop": "title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
"list": "recentchanges",
"action": "query",
"rclimit": "3"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
RECENTCHANGES = DATA['query']['recentchanges']
for rc in RECENTCHANGES:
print(str(rc['title']))
PHP
<?php
/*
get_recent_changes.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"list" => "recentchanges",
"rcprop" => "title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
"rclimit" => "3",
"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 );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
foreach( $result["query"]["recentchanges"] as $rc ){
echo( $rc["title"] . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_recent_changes.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
list: "recentchanges",
rcprop: "title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
rclimit: "3",
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) {
var recentchanges = response.query.recentchanges;
for (var rc in recentchanges) {
console.log(recentchanges[rc].title);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_recent_changes.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
list: 'recentchanges',
rcprop: 'title|ids|sizes|flags|user',
rclimit: '3',
format: 'json'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var recentchanges = data.query.recentchanges,
rc;
for ( rc in recentchanges ) {
console.log( recentchanges[ rc ].title );
}
} );
Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| rcshow | Incorrect parameter - mutually exclusive values may not be supplied. |
| rcpermissiondenied | You need the patrol or patrolmarks right to request the patrolled flag.
|
Parameter history
- v1.24: Deprecated
rctoken - v1.15: Removed
rctitles - v1.14: Introduced
rctitles - v1.13: Introduced
loginfo
Additional notes
- Many log actions can be viewed using this module excluding patrol actions as they are not present in the recentchanges table.
- The Timestamp to start listing from may not be more than $wgRCMaxAge into the past, which on Wikimedia wikis is 30 days.
- New changes may be inserted to the
recentchangestable slightly out of order with respect to their timestamp. Thus, when requesting the most recent changes twice in a row, the second response may contain new changes inserted a few seconds before the most recent one in the first response. If you repeatedly call this module to get a stream a recent change, consider adding some overlap between requests to not miss any changes. - This module can be used as a generator.
- This module is implemented by ApiQueryRecentChanges.php.