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prop=deletedrevisions

(drv)

(main | query | deletedrevisions)

This module requires read rights.
This module can be used as a generator.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Get deleted revision information.

May be used in several ways:

Get deleted revisions for a set of pages, by setting titles or pageids. Ordered by title and timestamp.
Get data about a set of deleted revisions by setting their IDs with revids. Ordered by revision ID.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Deletedrevisions

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

drvprop

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

drvslots

Which revision slots to return data for, when slot-related properties are included in drvprops. 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 *.

drvlimit

Limit how many revisions will be returned.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

drvexpandtemplates

Deprecated.

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

Type: boolean (details)

drvgeneratexml

Deprecated.

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

Type: boolean (details)

drvparse

Deprecated.

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

Type: boolean (details)

drvsection

Only retrieve the content of the section with this identifier.

drvdiffto

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.

drvdifftotext

Deprecated.

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

drvdifftotextpst

Deprecated.

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

Type: boolean (details)

drvcontentformat

Deprecated.

Serialization format used for drvdifftotext 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

drvstart

The timestamp to start enumerating from. Ignored when processing a list of revision IDs.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

drvend

The timestamp to stop enumerating at. Ignored when processing a list of revision IDs.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)

drvdir

In which direction to enumerate:

newer: List oldest first. Note: drvstart has to be before drvend.

older: List newest first (default). Note: drvstart has to be later than drvend.

One of the following values: newer, older

Default: older

drvtag

Only list revisions tagged with this tag.

drvuser

Only list revisions by this user.

Type: user, by any of

username

,

IP

,

interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")

and

user ID (e.g. "#12345")

drvexcludeuser

Don't list revisions by this user.

Type: user, by any of

username

,

IP

,

interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")

and

user ID (e.g. "#12345")

drvcontinue

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

Examples:

List the deleted revisions of the pages UZZ32 Information and its talk page with content.: api.php?action=query&prop=deletedrevisions&titles=UZZ32%20Information|Talk%3AUZZ32%20Information&drvslots=*&drvprop=user|comment|content
[open in sandbox]
List the information for deleted revision 123456.: api.php?action=query&prop=deletedrevisions&revids=123456
[open in sandbox]