API:Usercontribs
 | This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation. |
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.9 |
GET request to list a user's contributions.
API documentation
Example
GET request
List contributions by User:Jimbo Wales
Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"continue": {
"uccontinue": "20190130180447|880978627",
"continue": "-||"
},
"query": {
"usercontribs": [
{
"userid": 24,
"user": "Jimbo Wales",
"pageid": 9870625,
"revid": 881893498,
"parentid": 881892978,
"ns": 3,
"title": "User talk:Jimbo Wales",
"timestamp": "2019-02-05T14:05:11Z",
"comment": "/* Fancy I edit Wikipedia T-Shirt */",
"size": 29753
},
{
"userid": 24,
"user": "Jimbo Wales",
"pageid": 9870625,
"revid": 881282261,
"parentid": 881270759,
"ns": 3,
"title": "User talk:Jimbo Wales",
"timestamp": "2019-02-01T15:29:31Z",
"comment": "/* Macedonian President Gorge Ivanov is now in the House arrest */",
"size": 60166
},
{
"userid": 24,
"user": "Jimbo Wales",
"pageid": 9513191,
"revid": 881245934,
"parentid": 881240310,
"ns": 1,
"title": "Talk:Mark Dice",
"timestamp": "2019-02-01T09:48:38Z",
"comment": "/* So good they names it twice */",
"size": 74128
},
...
]
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_usercontribs.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Usercontribs` module: List user contributions.
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"format": "json",
"list": "usercontribs",
"ucuser": "Jimbo Wales"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
USERCONTRIBS = DATA["query"]["usercontribs"]
for uc in USERCONTRIBS:
print(uc["title"])
PHP
<?php
//This file is autogenerated. See modules.json and autogenerator.py for details
/*
get_usercontribs.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Usercontribs` module: List user contributions.
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"format" => "json",
"list" => "usercontribs",
"ucuser" => "Jimbo Wales"
];
$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"]["usercontribs"] as $k => $v ) {
echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_usercontribs.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Usercontribs` module: List user contributions.
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
format: "json",
list: "usercontribs",
ucuser: "Jimbo Wales"
};
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 usercontrib = response.query.usercontribs;
for (var uc in usercontrib) {
console.log(usercontrib[uc].title);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_usercontribs.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Usercontribs` module: List user contributions.
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
format: 'json',
list: 'usercontribs',
ucuser: 'Jimbo Wales'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var usercontrib = data.query.usercontribs,
uc;
for ( uc in usercontrib ) {
console.log( usercontrib[ uc ].title );
}
} );
Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| invaliduserid | User ID username is not valid. |
| paramempty_ucuser | The parameter user may not be empty. |
| baduser_ucuser | Invalid value "username" for user parameter user. |
| show | Incorrect parameter - mutually exclusive values may not be supplied. |
| permissiondenied | You need the patrol or patrolmarks right to request the patrolled flag.
|
Parameter history
- v1.39: Introduced
uciprange - v1.29: Introduced
ucuserids - v1.23: Deprecated
uctoponly - v1.23: Introduced
ucshow=top,ucshow=!top,ucshow=new,ucshow=!new - v1.20: Introduced
ucprop=sizediff - v1.18: Introduced
uctoponly - v1.16: Introduced
ucprop=parsedcomment,ucprop=size,ucprop=tags,uctag - v1.15: Introduced
ucprop=patrolled,ucshow=patrolled,ucshow=!patrolled - v1.14: Introduced
uccontinue - v1.13: Introduced
ucuserprefix - v1.11: Introduced
ucnamespace,ucprop,ucshow
Additional notes
- The module returns page edits and moves, but not other operations, such as uploads.
- Prior to MediaWiki v1.14, the
startparameter was used to view additional results within the response. Between v1.14 and v1.22,startwas used to continue when listing a single user's contributions;continuewas used when listing contributions from multiple users. From v1.23 forwards, all queries usecontinue.
See also
- API:Logevents - shows many kinds of user activity, including uploads