API:RecentChanges

list=recentchanges (rc)

Enumerate recent changes.

{
"batchcomplete":"",
"continue":{
"rccontinue":"20180330090522|1041353210",
"continue":"-||"
},
"query":{
"recentchanges":[
{
"type":"edit",
"ns":0,
"title":"Histology",
"pageid":13570,
"revid":833218500,
"old_revid":833218201,
"rcid":1041353213,
"user":"Iztwoz",
"oldlen":25718,
"newlen":25749
}
...
]
}
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 get_recent_changes.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with
 sizes and flags
 MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "format": "json",
 "rcprop": "title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
 "list": "recentchanges",
 "action": "query",
 "rclimit": "3"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
RECENTCHANGES = DATA['query']['recentchanges']
for rc in RECENTCHANGES:
 print(str(rc['title']))

PHP

<?php
/*
 get_recent_changes.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "query",
 "list" => "recentchanges",
 "rcprop" => "title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
 "rclimit" => "3",
 "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"]["recentchanges"] as $rc ){
 echo( $rc["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

/*
 get_recent_changes.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"query",
list:"recentchanges",
rcprop:"title|ids|sizes|flags|user",
rclimit:"3",
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){
varrecentchanges=response.query.recentchanges;
for(varrcinrecentchanges){
console.log(recentchanges[rc].title);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_recent_changes.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `RecentChanges` module: Get the three most recent changes with sizes and flags
	MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:'query',
list:'recentchanges',
rcprop:'title|ids|sizes|flags|user',
rclimit:'3',
format:'json'
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).done(function(data){
varrecentchanges=data.query.recentchanges,
rc;
for(rcinrecentchanges){
console.log(recentchanges[rc].title);
}
});