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GET request to list currently-blocked users, in the same manner as Special:BlockList lists them.
API documentation
[edit ]list=blocks (bk)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
List all blocked users and IP addresses.
- bkstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- bkend
The timestamp to stop enumerating at.
- Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- bkdir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: bkstart has to be before bkend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: bkstart has to be later than bkend.
- One of the following values: newer, older
- Default: older
- bkids
List of block IDs to list (optional).
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
- bkusers
List of users to search for (optional).
- Type: list of users, by any of username, IP, Temporary user and IP range
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
- bkip
Get all blocks applying to this IP address or CIDR range, including range blocks.
Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than IPv4/16 or IPv6/19 are not accepted.
- bklimit
The maximum number of blocks to list.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- bkprop
Which properties to get:
- id
- Adds the ID of the block.
- user
- Adds the username of the blocked user.
- userid
- Adds the user ID of the blocked user.
- by
- Adds the username of the blocking user.
- byid
- Adds the user ID of the blocking user.
- timestamp
- Adds the timestamp of when the block was given.
- expiry
- Adds the timestamp of when the block expires.
- reason
- Adds the reason given for the block.
- parsedreason
- Adds the parsed reason given for the block.
- range
- Adds the range of IP addresses affected by the block.
- flags
- Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc.).
- restrictions
- Adds the partial block restrictions if the block is not sitewide.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): by, byid, expiry, flags, id, parsedreason, range, reason, restrictions, timestamp, user, userid
- Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
- bkshow
Show only items that meet these criteria.
For example, to see only indefinite blocks on IP addresses, set bkshow=ip|!temp.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !account, !ip, !range, !temp, account, ip, range, temp
- bkcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
- List blocks.
- api.php?action=query&list=blocks [open in sandbox]
- List blocks of users Alice and Bob.
- api.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob [open in sandbox]
Example
[edit ]Lists the 3 most recent blocks
GET request
[edit ]Response
[edit ]{ "batchcomplete":"", "continue":{ "bkcontinue":"20190226192632|8865878", "continue":"-||" }, "query":{ "blocks":[ { "id":8865881, "user":"168.11.166.47", "by":"Gilliam", "timestamp":"2019年02月26日T19:28:56Z", "expiry":"2020年02月26日T19:28:56Z", "reason":"{{school block}}", "rangestart":"168.11.166.47", "rangeend":"168.11.166.47", "anononly":"", "nocreate":"", "allowusertalk":"" }, { "id":8865880, "user":"64.125.67.43", "by":"Gilliam", "timestamp":"2019年02月26日T19:27:44Z", "expiry":"2019年03月01日T19:27:44Z", "reason":"part of mass attack", "rangestart":"64.125.67.43", "rangeend":"64.125.67.43", "anononly":"", "nocreate":"", "allowusertalk":"" } ... ] } }
Sample code
[edit ]Python
[edit ]#!/usr/bin/python3 """ get_blocked_users.py MediaWiki API Demos Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users MIT License """ importrequests S = requests.Session() URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php" PARAMS = { "action": "query", "bklimit": "3", "list": "blocks", "bkprop": "id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags", "format": "json" } R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS) DATA = R.json() print(DATA['query']['blocks'])
PHP
[edit ]<?php /* get_blocked_users.php MediaWiki API Demos Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users. MIT License */ $endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; $params = [ "action" => "query", "format" => "json", "list" => "blocks", "bklimit" => "3", "bkprop" => "id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags" ]; $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["query"]["blocks"] );
JavaScript
[edit ]/* get_blocked_users.js MediaWiki API Demos Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users. MIT License */ varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; varparams={ action:"query", list:"blocks", bklimit:"3", bkprop:"id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags", 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.query.blocks);}) .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
[edit ]/* get_blocked_users.js MediaWiki API Demos Demo of `Blocks` module: GET request to list recent blocked users. MIT License */ varparams={ action:'query', list:'blocks', bklimit:'3', bkprop:'id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|range|flags', format:'json' }, api=newmw.Api(); api.get(params).done(function(data){ console.log(data.query.blocks); });
Additional notes
[edit ]- This module cannot be used as a generator.
Parameter history
[edit ]- v1.19: Introduced
bkshow
- v1.18: Introduced
userid