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list=watchlist
(wl)
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Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- wlallrev
Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe.
Type: boolean (details)
- wlstart
The timestamp to start enumerating from.
Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- wlend
The timestamp to end enumerating.
Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
- wlnamespace
Filter changes to only the given namespaces.
Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
To specify all values, use *.
- wluser
Only list changes by this user.
Type: user, by any of
username
,IP
,interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")
anduser ID (e.g. "#12345")
- wlexcludeuser
Don't list changes by this user.
Type: user, by any of
username
,IP
,interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")
anduser ID (e.g. "#12345")
- wldir
In which direction to enumerate:
- newer
- List oldest first. Note: wlstart has to be before wlend.
- older
- List newest first (default). Note: wlstart has to be later than wlend.
One of the following values: newer, older
Default: older
- wllimit
How many total results to return per request.
Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 500.
Default: 10
- wlprop
Which additional properties to get:
- ids
- Adds revision IDs and page IDs.
- title
- Adds title of the page.
- flags
- Adds flags for the edit.
- user
- Adds the user who made the edit. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- userid
- Adds user ID of whoever made the edit. If the user has been revision deleted, a userhidden property will be returned.
- comment
- Adds comment of the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- parsedcomment
- Adds parsed comment of the edit. If the comment has been revision deleted, a commenthidden property will be returned.
- timestamp
- Adds timestamp of the edit.
- patrol
- Tags edits that are patrolled.
- sizes
- Adds the old and new lengths of the page.
- notificationtimestamp
- Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit.
- loginfo
- Adds log information where appropriate.
- tags
- Lists tags for the entry.
- expiry
- Adds the expiry time.
Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, expiry, flags, ids, loginfo, notificationtimestamp, parsedcomment, patrol, sizes, tags, timestamp, title, user, userid
Default: ids|title|flags
- wlshow
Show only items that meet these criteria. For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set wlshow=minor|!anon.
Values (separate with | or alternative): !anon, !autopatrolled, !bot, !minor, !patrolled, !unread, anon, autopatrolled, bot, minor, patrolled, unread
- wltype
Which types of changes to show:
- edit
- Regular page edits.
- new
- Page creations.
- log
- Log entries.
- external
- External changes.
- categorize
- Category membership changes.
Values (separate with | or alternative): categorize, edit, external, log, new
Default: edit|new|log|categorize
- wlowner
Used along with wltoken to access a different user's watchlist.
Type: user, by
username
- wltoken
A security token (available in the user's preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist.
- wlcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
List the top revision for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist
[open in sandbox]
Fetch additional information about the top revision for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
[open in sandbox]
Fetch additional information about the top revision for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist, including when temporarily watched items will expire.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment|expiry
[open in sandbox]
Fetch information about all recent changes to pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev=&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|comment
[open in sandbox]
Fetch page info for recently changed pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=info
[open in sandbox]
Fetch revision info for recent changes to pages on the current user's watchlist.
- api.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev=&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|user
[open in sandbox]
List the top revision for recently changed pages on the watchlist of user Example.
- api.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlowner=Example&wltoken=123ABC
[open in sandbox]