API:Watchlist

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Watchlist
This module can be used as a Generator .
Prefix	wl
Required rights	none
Post only?	No
Generated help	Current
Version added	≥ 1.9

Get a list of pages on the current user's watchlist that were changed within the given time period. Ordered by time of the last change of the watched page.

To see list of all pages on watchlist, use watchlistraw.

Parameters

• wlallrev: Include multiple revisions to the same page.
• wlstart: The timestamp to start listing from. Prior to version 1.23, this parameter is used as the continue parameter.
• wlend: The timestamp to end listing at
• wlnamespace: Only list pages in these namespaces
• wluser: Only list changes made by this user 1.16+
• wlexcludeuser: Do not list changes made by this user 1.16+
• wldir: Direction to list in (Default: older)
  • older: List most recently changed pages first. Note: wlstart must be later than wlend.
  • newer: List least recently changed pages first. Note: wlstart must be earlier than wlend.
• wllimit: Maximum amount of pages to list No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed. (Default: 10)
• wlprop: Which properties to get (Default: ids|title|flags)
  • ids: The page ID and revision ID 1.11+
  • title: The title the change was made to 1.11+
  • flags: Flags for the edit (anon, bot, new, minor) 1.11+
  • user: The user who made the change
  • userid: The id of the user who made the change 1.17+
  • comment: The edit/log comment
  • parsedcomment: The edit/log comment in HTML format with wikilinks and section references expanded into hyperlinks 1.16+
  • timestamp: The time and date of the change
  • patrol: Whether the change is patrolled. Only available to users with the patrol right
  • sizes: The page size before and after the change 1.11+
  • notificationtimestamp: Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit 1.16+
  • loginfo: Adds log information where appropriate 1.18+
• wlshow: Only list revisions that meet these criteria. Conflicting options (such as minor and !minor) cannot be used together 1.12+
  • minor: Only list minor edits
  • !minor: Don't list minor edits
  • bot: Only list bot edits
  • !bot: Don't list bot edits
  • anon: Only list edits by anonymous users
  • !anon: Only list edits by registered users
  • patrolled: Only list patrolled edits 1.14+
  • !patrolled: Only list unpatrolled edits 1.14+
  • unread: Only list unread edits 1.24+
  • !unread: Only list already read edits 1.24+
• wltype: Only list certain types of changes 1.22+
  • edit: Regular page edits
  • external: External edits
  • new: Page creations
  • log: Log entries
• wlowner: The user whose watchlist you want (must be accompanied by wltoken if it's not the currently logged-in user). Remember that using format=json with callback is always in a logged-out environment, meaning wltoken is required even if it's for the supposedly current logged-in user. 1.16+
• wltoken: Security token that the wlowner has set in their preferences 1.16+
• wlcontinue: When more results are available, use this to continue 1.23+

Example

Get the current user's watchlist

api.php?action=query&list=watchlist [try in ApiSandbox]

Error Codes

Code	Info
wlnotloggedin	You must be logged-in to have a watchlist
wlpatrol	patrol property is not available
wlshow	Incorrect parameter - mutually exclusive values may not be supplied