API:Revisions
 | This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation. |
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.8 |
GET request to obtain revision information of page(s).
API documentation
Example 1: Get revision data of several pages
GET request
api.php?
Request above is to obtain revision data of pages with titles API and Main Page
Response
| Response |
|---|
{
"batchcomplete": true,
"query": {
"pages": [
{
"pageid": 1423,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Main Page",
"revisions": [
{
"user": "Bdk",
"timestamp": "2005-09-16T01:14:43Z",
"comment": "Reverted edit of 82.36.210.14, changed back to last version by Brion VIBBER"
}
]
},
{
"pageid": 55332,
"ns": 0,
"title": "API",
"revisions": [
{
"user": "Mainframe98",
"timestamp": "2017-08-19T18:23:42Z",
"comment": "Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Sankaran kumar|Sankaran kumar]] ([[User talk:Sankaran kumar|talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Shirayuki|Shirayuki]]"
}
]
}
]
}
}
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Sample Code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_pages_revisions.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get revision data with content for pages
with titles [[API]] and [[Main Page]]
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"prop": "revisions",
"titles": "API|Main Page",
"rvprop": "timestamp|user|comment|content",
"rvslots": "main",
"formatversion": "2",
"format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
PAGES = DATA["query"]["pages"]
for page in PAGES:
print(page["revisions"])
PHP
<?php
/*
get_pages_revisions.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get revision data with content for pages with titles [[API]] and [[Main Page]]
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"prop" => "revisions",
"titles" => "API|Main Page",
"rvprop" => "timestamp|user|comment|content",
"rvslots" => "main",
"formatversion" => "2",
"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"]["pages"] as $k => $v ) {
var_dump( $v["revisions"] );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_pages_revisions.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get revision data with content for pages with titles [[API]] and [[Main Page]]
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
prop: "revisions",
titles: "API|Main Page",
rvprop: "timestamp|user|comment|content",
rvslots: "main",
formatversion: "2",
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 pages = response.query.pages;
for (var p in pages) {
console.log(pages[p].revisions);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_pages_revisions.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get revision data with content for pages with
titles [[API]] and [[Main Page]]
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
prop: 'revisions',
titles: 'API|Main Page',
rvprop: 'timestamp|user|comment|content',
rvslots: 'main',
formatversion: '2',
format: 'json'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var pages = data.query.pages,
p;
for ( p in pages ) {
console.log( pages[ p ].revisions );
}
} );
Example 2: Get last five revisions of a page filtered by date and user
GET request
api.php?
Request above is to obtain data for the last five revisions of the page API:Geosearch made after the 1st of July 2018, i.e. 2018-07-01 excluding changes made by the user SSethi (WMF)
Response
| Response |
|---|
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"query": {
"pages": {
"812323": {
"pageid": 812323,
"ns": 104,
"title": "API:Geosearch",
"revisions": [
{
"user": "Shirayuki",
"timestamp": "2018-11-04T05:25:34Z",
"comment": "translation tweaks"
},
{
"user": "Shirayuki",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T06:06:50Z",
"comment": "translation tweaks"
}
]
}
}
}
}
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Sample Code
| get_filtered_page_revisions.py |
|---|
|
Python#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_filtered_page_revisions.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get data including content of last 5 revisions
of the title [[API:Geosearch]] made after the 1st of July 2018 i.e 2018-07-01
excluding changes made by the user SSethi (WMF)
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"prop": "revisions",
"titles": "API:Geosearch",
"rvlimit": "5",
"rvprop": "timestamp|user|comment|content",
"rvdir": "newer",
"rvstart": "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z",
"rvexcludeuser": "SSethi (WMF)",
"rvslots": "main",
"formatversion": "2",
"format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
PAGES = DATA["query"]["pages"]
for page in PAGES:
print(page["revisions"])
PHP<?php
/*
get_filtered_page_revisions.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get data including content of last 5 revisions of the title [[API:Geosearch]] made after July 1st 2018 excluding changes made by the user SSethi (WMF)
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"prop" => "revisions",
"titles" => "API:Geosearch",
"rvlimit" => "5",
"rvprop" => "timestamp|user|comment|content",
"rvdir" => "newer",
"rvstart" => "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z",
"rvexcludeuser" => "SSethi (WMF)",
"rvslots" => "main",
"formatversion" => "2",
"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"]["pages"] as $k => $v ) {
var_dump( $v["revisions"] );
}
JavaScript/*
get_filtered_page_revisions.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get data including content of last 5 revisions of the title [[API:Geosearch]] made after July 1st 2018 excluding changes made by the user SSethi (WMF)
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
prop: "revisions",
titles: "API:Geosearch",
rvlimit: "5",
rvprop: "timestamp|user|comment|content",
rvdir: "newer",
rvstart: "2018-07-01T00:00:00Z",
rvexcludeuser: "SSethi (WMF)",
rvslots: "main",
formatversion: "2",
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 pages = response.query.pages;
for (var p in pages) {
console.log(pages[p].revisions);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS/*
get_filtered_page_revisions.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Revisions` module: Get data including content of last 5 revisions of the
title [[API:Geosearch]] made after July 1st 2018 excluding changes made by the user SSethi (WMF)
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
prop: 'revisions',
titles: 'API:Geosearch',
rvlimit: '5',
rvprop: 'timestamp|user|comment|content',
rvdir: 'newer',
rvstart: '2018-07-01T00:00:00Z',
rvexcludeuser: 'SSethi (WMF)',
rvslots: 'main',
formatversion: '2',
format: 'json'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var pages = data.query.pages,
p;
for ( p in pages ) {
console.log( pages[ p ].revisions );
}
} );
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Example 3: Get last revision of a page, following any redirects
GET request
api.php?
Request above is to obtain revision data of the page AntiSpoof, following any redirects. Since AntiSpoof redirects to Extension:AntiSpoof, it will actually return revision data for Extension:AntiSpoof.
Response
| Response |
|---|
{
"batchcomplete": true,
"query": {
"redirects": [
{
"from": "AntiSpoof",
"to": "Extension:AntiSpoof"
}
],
"pages": [
{
"pageid": 8993,
"ns": 102,
"title": "Extension:AntiSpoof",
"revisions": [
{
"revid": 3419761,
"parentid": 3053177,
"minor": true,
"user": "Shirayuki",
"timestamp": "2019-09-22T05:14:46Z",
"comment": ""
}
]
}
]
}
}
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Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| rvdiffto | rvdiffto must be set to "prev", "next", "cur" or a non-negative number. |
| rvnosuchrevid | There is no revision with ID ID. |
| rvnosuchsection | There is no section section in rID |
| rvrevids | The revids parameter may not be used with the list options (rvlimit, rvstartid, rvendid, rvdir=newer, rvuser, rvexcludeuser, rvstart, and rvend). |
| rvmultpages | titles, pageids or a generator was used to supply multiple pages, but the rvlimit, rvstartid, rvendid, rvdir=newer, rvuser, rvexcludeuser, rvstart, and rvend parameters may only be used on a single page. |
| rvaccessdenied | The current user is not allowed to read title |
| rvbadparams | start and startid cannot be used together |
| rvbadparams | end and endid cannot be used together |
| rvbadparams | user and excludeuser cannot be used together |
| invalidparammix | titles, pageids or a generator was used to supply multiple pages, but the rvlimit, rvstartid, rvendid, rvdir=newer, rvuser, rvexcludeuser, rvstart, and rvend parameters may only be used on a single page. |
| accessdenied | You are not allowed to view title. |
| badid_startid | No revision was found for parameter startid. |
| badid_endid | No revision was found for parameter endid. |
Additional notes
- Pages are specified either by
pageidsortitlesparameter. Individual revisions are specified byrevidsparameter. See API:Query. - Slots can be specified with the
rvslotsparameter. When the parameter is not present, the API will only return information about the main slot. - When using parameters marked as (enum),
titles=must have only one title listed. - This module couldn't be used as a generator prior to version 1.25.
- Diff functionality of this module was deprecated in version 1.30 and got moved to API:Compare.
- The code for this query is located on the git repository at ApiQueryRevisions.php.
Parameter history
- v1.32: Introduced
rvslots,rolesDeprecatedrvcontentformat - v1.30: Deprecated
parsetree,rvprop,rvexpandtemplates,rvparse,rvdiffto,rvdifftotext,rvdifftotextpst - v1.27: Introduced
rvdifftotextpst - v1.26: Introduced
parsetreeDeprecatedrvgeneratexml - v1.24: Deprecated
rvtoken - v1.21: Introduced
contentmodel,rvcontentformat - v1.19: Introduced
sha1,rvparse - v1.17: Introduced
userid,rvparse - v1.16: Introduced
parsedcomment,tags,rvdifftotext,rvtag - v1.15: Introduced
rvdiffto,rvcontinue - v1.14: Introduced
rvgeneratexml - v1.13: Introduced
rvsection - v1.12: Introduced
rvexpandtemplates,rvtoken - v1.11: Introduced
ids,flags,size,rvuser,rvexcludeuser