MediaWiki version:
1.12

POST request to revert the last series of edits made by one user to a given page.

This functionality is identical to the one provided by the rollback links in the graphical interface on history page.

API documentation


Special:ApiHelp/rollback

Example

Making any POST request is a multi-step process:

  1. Log in, via one of the methods described in API:Login.
  2. GET a {{ll|Manual:Edit token|CSRF token}}:
  3. Send a POST request, with the CSRF token, to take action on a page and in this process gain editpage rights to the given page:
  4. GET a rollback token:

POST request

Send a POST request, with a rollback token to revert a user's edits to the Sandbox page.

In this example, all parameters are passed in a GET request just for the sake of simplicity. However, action=rollback requires POST requests; GET requests will cause an error.

Response

The Response section below is for the final POST request, to revert the edits to the Sandbox page.

{
    "rollback": {
        "title": "Sandbox",
        "pageid": 94542,
        "summary": "Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/41.190.3.231|41.190.3.231]] ([[User talk:41.190.3.231|talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Didicodes|Didicodes]]",
        "revid": 381084,
        "old_revid": 381083,
        "last_revid": 381070
    }
}

The revision IDs in the response are:

  • revid - The ID of the new revision created by the rollback.
  • old_revid - The ID of the newest revision being rolled back. Before the rollback, this was the current revision.
  • last_revid - The ID of the revision being restored by the rollback. This is the newest revision having been rolled back.

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    rollback.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `rollback` module: Sending post request to rollback the
    last edits made to a given page.

    MIT license
"""
import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

# Step 1: Retrieve a login token
PARAMS_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 login. Use of main account for login is not
# supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
# (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
PARAMS_2 = {
    "action": "login",
    "lgname": "bot_user_name",
    "lgpassword": "bot_password",
    "lgtoken": LOGIN_TOKEN,
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_2)

# Step 3: While logged in, retrieve a CSRF token
PARAMS_3 = {
    "action": "query",
    "meta": "tokens",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_3)
DATA = R.json()

CSRF_TOKEN = DATA["query"]["tokens"]["csrftoken"]

# Step 4: POST request to edit a page
PARAMS_4 = {
    "action": "edit",
    "title": "Project:Sandbox",
    "token": CSRF_TOKEN,
    "format": "json",
    "appendtext": "Hello"
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_4)

# Step 5: Retrieve a rollback token
PARAMS_5 = {
    "action": "query",
    "meta": "tokens",
    "type": "rollback",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS_5)
DATA = R.json()

ROLLBACK_TOKEN = DATA['query']['tokens']['rollbacktoken']

# Step 5: POST request to rollback a page
PARAMS_6 = {
    "action": "rollback",
    "format": "json",
    "title": "Project:Sandbox",
    "user": "bot_user_name",
    "token": ROLLBACK_TOKEN,
}

R = S.post(URL, data=PARAMS_6)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    rollback.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `rollback` module: Sending post request to rollback the
    edits of a given page.
    MIT license
*/

$endPoint = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080/w/api.php";

$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2
$rollback_Token = getRollbackToken(); // Step 3
rollback( $rollback_Token ); // Step 4

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
	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 & lgpassword
function loginRequest( $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 rollback token
function getRollbackToken() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params3 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"meta" => "tokens",
		"type" => "rollback",
		"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"]["rollbacktoken"];
}

// Step 4: POST request to rollback a page
function rollback( $rollback_Token ) {
	global $endPoint;

	$params4 = [
		"action" => "rollback",
		"title" => "Project:Sandbox",
		"user" => "10.0.2.2",
		"token" => $rollback_Token,
		"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

/*  
    rollback.js
 
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `rollback` module: Sending post request to rollback the
    edits of a given page.

    MIT license
*/

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),
    url = "http://dev.wiki.local.wmftest.net:8080/w/api.php";

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
    var params_0 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "login",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_0 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = 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 & lgpassword
function loginRequest(login_token) {
    var params_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;
        }
        getRollbackToken();
    });
}

// Step 3: GET request to fetch Rollback token
function getRollbackToken() {
    var params_2 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "rollback",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_2 }, function(error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        rollback(data.query.tokens.rollbacktoken);
    });
}

// Step 4: POST request to rollback a page
function rollback(rollback_token) {
    var params_3 = {
        action: "rollback",
        title: "Project:Sandbox",
        user: "10.0.2.2",
        token: rollback_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: url, form: params_3 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        console.log(body);
    });
}

// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();

MediaWiki JS

/*
	rollback.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `rollback` module: Sending post request to rollback the
    last edits made to a given page.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'rollback',
		title: 'Sandbox',
		user: '10.0.2.2',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.postWithToken( 'rollback', params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );

Permissions

Rollback requires both the edit and the rollback right on the target page; currently, this means that OAuth consumers, bot passwords etc. require both the editpage and the rollback grant – rollback alone is not enough!

Possible errors

In addition to the usual stuff:

Code Info
alreadyrolled The page you tried to rollback was already rolled back
missingparams One of the parameters "title" and "pageid" is required.
mustpostparams The rollback module requires a POST request.
notitle The title parameter must be set.
notoken The token parameter must be set.
nouser The user parameter must be set.
onlyauthor The page you tried to rollback only has one author
permissiondenied The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Administrators, Rollbackers

Parameter history

  • v1.24: Introduced pageid
  • v1.27: Introduced tags
  • v1.17: Introduced watchlist

Additional notes

  • Optionally, both the rollback and the edits being rolled back can be marked as bot, which hides them from Special:RecentChanges by default.

See also

  • API:Edit - Edits a page.
  • Help:Editing - Contains useful links on editing articles.
  • API:Tokens - Has more details on using tokens to log in or make POST requests.
  • API:Tokens (action) - A deprecated API, distinct from API:Tokens, for requesting tokens in earlier versions of MediaWiki.
  • API:Filerevert - Rolls back files to an earlier state.
  • API:Revisiondelete - Deletes and restores revisions to a page.
  • API:Compare - Allows you to diff between edits on a page.
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