action=patrol

Patrol a page or revision.

{"patrol":{"rcid":437659,"ns":0,"title":"Sandbox"}}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3"""    patrol.py    MediaWiki API Demos    Demo of `Patrol` module: Patrol a recent change    MIT license"""importrequestsS=requests.Session()URL="https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"# Step 1: Retrieve a login tokenPARAMS_1={"action":"query","meta":"tokens","type":"login","format":"json"}R=S.get(url=URL,params=PARAMS_1)DATA=R.json()LOGIN_TOKEN=DATA['query']['tokens']['logintoken']# Step 2: Send a POST request to log in. For this login# method, obtain bot credentials by first visiting# https://www.test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual:Bot_passwords# See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login for more# information on log in methods.PARAMS_2={"action":"login","lgname":"username","lgpassword":"password","format":"json","lgtoken":LOGIN_TOKEN}R=S.post(URL,data=PARAMS_2)DATA=R.json()# Step 3: While logged in, retrieve a patrol tokenPARAMS_3={"action":"query","meta":"tokens","type":"patrol","format":"json"}R=S.get(url=URL,params=PARAMS_3)DATA=R.json()PATROL_TOKEN=DATA["query"]["tokens"]["patroltoken"]# Step 4: Send a POST request to patrol a recent changePARAMS_4={"action":"patrol","format":"json","rcid":"437659","token":PATROL_TOKEN}R=S.post(url=URL,data=PARAMS_4)DATA=R.json()print(DATA)

PHP

<?php/*    patrol.php    MediaWiki API DemosDemo of `Patrol` module: Patrol a recent change    MIT license*/$endPoint="https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";$login_Token=getLoginToken();// Step 1loginRequest($login_Token);// Step 2$patrol_Token=getPatrolToken();// Step 3patrol($patrol_Token);// Step 4// Step 1: GET request to fetch login tokenfunctiongetLoginToken(){global$endPoint;$params1=["action"=>"query","meta"=>"tokens","type"=>"login","format"=>"json"];$url=$endPoint."?".http_build_query($params1);$ch=curl_init($url);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR,"cookie.txt");curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE,"cookie.txt");$output=curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch);$result=json_decode($output,true);return$result["query"]["tokens"]["logintoken"];}// Step 2: POST request to log in. Use of main account for login is not// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpasswordfunctionloginRequest($logintoken){global$endPoint;$params2=["action"=>"login","lgname"=>"bot_user_name","lgpassword"=>"bot_password","lgtoken"=>$logintoken,"format"=>"json"];$ch=curl_init();curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$endPoint);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,http_build_query($params2));curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR,"cookie.txt");curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE,"cookie.txt");$output=curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch);}// Step 3: GET request to fetch Patrol tokenfunctiongetPatrolToken(){global$endPoint;$params3=["action"=>"query","meta"=>"tokens","type"=>"patrol","format"=>"json"];$url=$endPoint."?".http_build_query($params3);$ch=curl_init($url);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR,"cookie.txt");curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE,"cookie.txt");$output=curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch);$result=json_decode($output,true);return$result["query"]["tokens"]["patroltoken"];}// Step 4: POST request to patrol a recent changefunctionpatrol($patroltoken){global$endPoint;$params4=["action"=>"patrol","rcid"=>"91","token"=>$patroltoken,"format"=>"json"];$ch=curl_init();curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$endPoint);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,http_build_query($params4));curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR,"cookie.txt");curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE,"cookie.txt");$output=curl_exec($ch);curl_close($ch);echo($output);}

JavaScript

/*    patrol.js    MediaWiki API Demos    Demo of `Patrol` module: Patrol a recent change    MIT license*/varrequest=require('request').defaults({jar:true}),url="http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080/w/api.php";// Step 1: GET request to fetch login tokenfunctiongetLoginToken(){varparams_0={action:"query",meta:"tokens",type:"login",format:"json"};request.get({url:url,qs:params_0},function(error,res,body){if(error){return;}vardata=JSON.parse(body);loginRequest(data.query.tokens.logintoken);});}// Step 2: POST request to log in.// Use of main account for login is not// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpasswordfunctionloginRequest(login_token){varparams_1={action:"login",lgname:"bot_username",lgpassword:"bot_password",lgtoken:login_token,format:"json"};request.post({url:url,form:params_1},function(error,res,body){if(error){return;}getPatrolToken();});}// Step 3: GET request to fetch Patrol tokenfunctiongetPatrolToken(){varparams_2={action:"query",meta:"tokens",type:"patrol",format:"json"};request.get({url:url,qs:params_2},function(error,res,body){if(error){return;}vardata=JSON.parse(body);patrol(data.query.tokens.patroltoken);});}// Step 4: POST request to patrol a recent changefunctionpatrol(patrol_token){varparams_3={action:"patrol",rcid:"104",token:patrol_token,format:"json"};request.post({url:url,form:params_3},function(error,res,body){if(error){return;}console.log(body);});}// Start From Step 1getLoginToken();

MediaWiki JS

/*patrol.jsMediaWiki API DemosDemo of `Patrol` module: Patrol a recent changeMIT License*/varparams={action:'patrol',revid:'77',format:'json'},api=newmw.Api();api.postWithToken('patrol',params).done(function(data){console.log(data);});