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action=userrights
(main | userrights)
This module requires read rights.
This module requires write rights.
This module only accepts POST requests.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change a user's group membership.
- user
User.
Type: user, by any of
username
anduser ID (e.g. "#12345")
- userid
Deprecated.
Specify user=#ID instead.
Type: integer
- add
Add the user to these groups, or if they are already a member, update the expiry of their membership in that group.
Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- expiry
Expiry timestamps. May be relative (e.g. 5 months or 2 weeks) or absolute (e.g. 2014-09-18T12:34:56Z). If only one timestamp is set, it will be used for all groups passed to the add parameter. Use infinite, indefinite, infinity, or never for a never-expiring user group.
Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
Default: infinite
- remove
Remove the user from these groups.
Values (separate with | or alternative): bot, bureaucrat, interface-admin, suppress, sysop
- reason
Reason for the change.
Default: (empty)
- token
A "userrights" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
For compatibility, the token used in the web UI is also accepted.
This parameter is required.
- tags
Change tags to apply to the entry in the user rights log.
Values (separate with | or alternative):
Add user FooBot to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC
[open in sandbox]
Add the user with ID 123 to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&userid=123&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC
[open in sandbox]
Add user SometimeSysop to group sysop for 1 month.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=SometimeSysop&add=sysop&expiry=1%20month&token=123ABC
[open in sandbox]