MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.15

GET request to list titles protected from creation.

This module can be used as a {{ll|API:Query#Generators|generator}}.

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+protectedtitles

Example

GET request

Get the first 2 titles only sysops can create.

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "continue": {
        "ptcontinue": "20190520051937|118|Dj_Consequence",
        "continue": "-||"
    },
    "query": {
        "protectedtitles": [
            {
                "ns": 118,
                "title": "Draft:DJ Consequence",
                "timestamp": "2019-05-20T05:34:39Z",
                "level": "sysop"
            },
            {
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "DJ Consequence",
                "timestamp": "2019-05-20T05:20:31Z",
                "level": "sysop"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#This file is auto-generated. See modules.json and autogenerator.py for details

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_protectedtitles.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Protectedtitles` module: Get the first 2 titles which only sysops can create

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "list": "protectedtitles",
    "ptlevel": "sysop",
    "ptlimit": "2"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

PAGES = DATA["query"]["protectedtitles"]

for p in PAGES:
    print(p["title"])

PHP

<?php

//This file is autogenerated. See modules.json and autogenerator.py for details

/*
    get_protectedtitles.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Protectedtitles` module: Get the first 2 titles which only sysops can create

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "list" => "protectedtitles",
    "ptlevel" => "sysop",
    "ptlimit" => "2"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["protectedtitles"] as $k => $v ) {
    echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

//This file is autogenerated. See modules.json and autogenerator.py for details

/*
    get_protectedtitles.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Protectedtitles` module: Get the first 2 titles which only sysops can create

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    format: "json",
    list: "protectedtitles",
    ptlevel: "sysop",
    ptlimit: "2"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var pages = response.query.protectedtitles;
        for (var p in pages) {
            console.log(pages[p].title);
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

// This file is autogenerated. See modules.json and autogenerator.py for details

/*
	get_protectedtitles.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Protectedtitles` module: Get the first 2 titles which only sysops can create

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		format: 'json',
		list: 'protectedtitles',
		ptlevel: 'sysop',
		ptlimit: '2'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pages = data.query.protectedtitles,
		p;
	for ( p in pages ) {
		console.log( pages[ p ].title );
	}
} );

Parameter history

  • v1.23: Introduced continue
  • v1.17: Introduced userid
  • v1.16: Introduced parsedcomment

See also

  • API:Protect - Change a page's protection level.
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