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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

prop=revisions (rv)

(main | query | revisions)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • This module can be used as a generator.
  • Source: MediaWiki
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Get revision information.

May be used in several ways:

  1. Get data about a set of pages (last revision), by setting titles or pageids.
  2. Get revisions for one given page, by using titles or pageids with start, end, or limit.
  3. Get data about a set of revisions by setting their IDs with revids.
Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
rvprop

Which properties to get for each revision:

ids
The ID of the revision.
flags
Revision flags (minor).
timestamp
The timestamp of the revision.
user
User that made the revision. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
userid
User ID of the revision creator. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
size
Length (bytes) of the revision.
slotsize
Length (bytes) of each revision slot.
sha1
SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
slotsha1
SHA-1 (base 16) of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a sha1hidden property will be returned.
contentmodel
Content model ID of each revision slot.
comment
Comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
parsedcomment
Parsed comment by the user for the revision. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
content
Content of each revision slot. If the content has been revision deleted, a texthidden property will be returned.
tags
Tags for the revision.
roles
List content slot roles that exist in the revision.
parsetree
Deprecated. Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. The XML parse tree of revision content (requires content model wikitext).
Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, content, contentmodel, flags, ids, parsedcomment, roles, sha1, size, slotsha1, slotsize, tags, timestamp, user, userid, parsetree
Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
rvslots

Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in rvprops. If omitted, data from the main slot will be returned in a backwards-compatible format.

Values (separate with | or alternative): main
To specify all values, use *.
rvcontentformat-{slot}

Content serialization format used for output of content.

This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of rvslots.
One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
rvlimit

Limit how many revisions will be returned.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 500.
rvexpandtemplates
Deprecated.

Use action=expandtemplates instead. Expand templates in revision content (requires rvprop=content).

Type: boolean (details)
rvgeneratexml
Deprecated.

Use action=expandtemplates or action=parse instead. Generate XML parse tree for revision content (requires rvprop=content).

Type: boolean (details)
rvparse
Deprecated.

Use action=parse instead. Parse revision content (requires rvprop=content). For performance reasons, if this option is used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.

Type: boolean (details)
rvsection

Only retrieve the content of the section with this identifier.

rvdiffto
Deprecated.

Use action=compare instead. Revision ID to diff each revision to. Use prev, next and cur for the previous, next and current revision respectively.

rvdifftotext
Deprecated.

Use action=compare instead. Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions. Overrides rvdiffto. If rvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text.

rvdifftotextpst
Deprecated.

Use action=compare instead. Perform a pre-save transform on the text before diffing it. Only valid when used with rvdifftotext.

Type: boolean (details)
rvcontentformat
Deprecated.

Serialization format used for rvdifftotext and expected for output of content.

One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
rvstartid

Start enumeration from this revision's timestamp. The revision must exist, but need not belong to this page.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: integer
rvendid

Stop enumeration at this revision's timestamp. The revision must exist, but need not belong to this page.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: integer
rvstart

From which revision timestamp to start enumeration.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
rvend

Enumerate up to this timestamp.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
rvdir

In which direction to enumerate:

newer
List oldest first. Note: rvstart has to be before rvend.
older
List newest first (default). Note: rvstart has to be later than rvend.
May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
One of the following values: newer, older
Default: older
rvuser

Only include revisions made by user.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: user, by any of username, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
rvexcludeuser

Exclude revisions made by user.

May only be used with a single page (mode #2).
Type: user, by any of username, IP, interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName") and user ID (e.g. "#12345")
rvtag

Only list revisions tagged with this tag.

rvcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

Examples:
Get data with content for the last revision of titles API and Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvslots=*&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content [open in sandbox]
Get last 5 revisions of the Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment [open in sandbox]
Get first 5 revisions of the Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer [open in sandbox]
Get first 5 revisions of the Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase made after 2006-05-01.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=2006-05-01T00:00:00Z [open in sandbox]
Get first 5 revisions of the Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase that were not made by anonymous user 127.0.0.1.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1 [open in sandbox]
Get first 5 revisions of the Special:MyLanguage/Welcome to KDE TechBase that were made by the user MediaWiki default.
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Special%3AMyLanguage%2FWelcome%20to%20KDE%20TechBase&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default [open in sandbox]