Extension:WikimediaEvents

MediaWiki extensions manual

WikimediaEvents Release status: stable
Implementation	User activity
Description	Event instrumentations and wiring for Wikimedia Foundation sites.
Author(s)	Ori Livneh, Matthew Flaschen
Latest version	1.2.0
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	>= 1.43
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Parameters $wgWMEStatsdBaseUri
Hooks used ArticleViewHeader AuthManagerLoginAuthenticateAudit BeforeInitialize BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive EditPage::showReadOnlyForm:initial ListDefinedTags LocalUserCreated MakeGlobalVariablesScript PageSaveComplete PermissionErrorAudit PreferencesFormPreSave RecentChange_save ResourceLoaderRegisterModules SaveUserOptions SpecialSearchGoResult SpecialSearchResults XAnalyticsSetHeader
Hooks provided WikimediaEventsShouldSchemaEditAttemptStepOversample
Quarterly downloads	11 (Ranked 122nd)
Public wikis using	851 (Ranked 307th)
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Vagrant role	wikimediaevents
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The WikimediaEvents extension is used by Wikimedia Foundation sites for instrumentations and wiring of events, using Extension:EventLogging . The extension was previously named CoreEvents.

Dependencies

• Extension:EventLogging

Installation

• Download and move the extracted WikimediaEvents folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'WikimediaEvents' );
  $wgWMEStatsdBaseUri = '/beacon/statsv';
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

See also: Installation with MediaWiki-Docker

See also

• wikitech:Client errors for the monitoring of JS errors reported via this extension

• OWNERS.md