API:Userinfo

meta=userinfo (ui)

Get information about the current user.

{
"batchcomplete":"",
"query":{
"userinfo":{
"id":37494596,
"name":"Zaycodes",
"groups":[
"*",
"user"
],
"rights":[
"createaccount",
"read",
"edit",
"createtalk",
"writeapi",
"viewmywatchlist",
"editmywatchlist",
"viewmyprivateinfo",
"editmyprivateinfo",
...
]
}
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 userinfo.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Userinfo` module: Get general user info and user rights
 MIT License
"""
importrequests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "action": "query",
 "meta": "userinfo",
 "uiprop": "rights",
 "format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php
/*
 userinfo.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Userinfo` module: Get general user info and user rights
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "query",
 "meta" => "userinfo",
 "uiprop" => "rights",
 "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 );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
 userinfo.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Userinfo` module: Get general user info and user rights
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"query",
meta:"userinfo",
uiprop:"rights",
format:"json"
};
url=url+"?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url+="&"+key+"="+params[key];});
fetch(url)
.then(function(response){returnresponse.json();})
.then(function(response){console.log(response);})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	userinfo.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Userinfo` module: Get general user info and user rights
	MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:'query',
meta:'userinfo',
uiprop:'rights',
format:'json'
};
varapi=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).then(function(data){
console.log(data);
});

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