MediaWiki version:
1.14

GET request to list all the pages on the logged in user's watchlist, regardless of whether they were recently changed or not.

This module can be used as a generator.

API documentation


Special:ApiHelp/query+watchlistraw

Example

GET request

Get three pages on the logged-in user's watchlist from the main namespace.

Response

{
  "batchcomplete": "",
  "continue": {
    "continue": "-||",
    "wrcontinue": "0|Software"
  },
  "watchlistraw": [
    {
      "ns": 0,
      "title": "Free and open-source software"
    },
    {
      "ns": 0,
      "title": "Free software"
    },
    {
      "ns": 0,
      "title": "Proprietary software"
    }
  ]
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_watchlistraw.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Watchlistraw` module: Get three pages on the logged-in user's
    watchlist from the main namespace.

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.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 log in. For this login
# method, Obtain bot credentials by visiting
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords/
# 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)

# Step 3: While logged in, get the watchlist
PARAMS_3 = {
    "action": "query",
    "list": "watchlistraw",
    "format": "json",
    "wrnamespace": "0",
    "wrlimit": "3"
}

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

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    get_watchlistraw.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Watchlistraw` module: Get three pages on the logged-in user's
	watchlist from the main namespace.
	
    MIT license
*/

$endPoint = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";

$login_Token = getLoginToken(); // Step 1
loginRequest( $login_Token ); // Step 2
watchlist(); // Step 3

// 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 get the watchlist
function watchlist() {
	global $endPoint;

	$params3 = [
		"action" => "query",
		"list" => "watchlistraw",
		"wrnamespace" => "0",
		"wrlimit" => "3",
		"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 );

	echo ( $output );
}

JavaScript

/*  
    get_watchlistraw.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Watchlistraw` module: Get three pages on the logged-in user's
	watchlist from the main namespace.

    MIT license
*/

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),
    url = "https://test.wikipedia.org/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;
        }
        get_watchlistraw();
    });
}

// Step 3: POST request to get the watchlist
function get_watchlistraw() {
    var params_3 = {
        action: "query",
        list: "watchlistraw",
        wrnamespace: "0",
		wrlimit: "3",
        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

/*
	get_watchlistraw.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Watchlistraw` module: Get three pages on the logged-in user's
    watchlist from the main namespace.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		list: 'watchlistraw',
		wrnamespace: '0',
		wrlimit: '3',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );

Possible errors

Code Info
bad_wlowner Specified user does not exist.
bad_wltokenIncorrect watchlist token provided. Please set a correct token in Special:Preferences.
notloggedin You must be logged-in to have a watchlist.
showIncorrect parameter - mutually exclusive values may not be supplied.

Parameter history

  • v1.20: Introduced wrdir
  • v1.17: Introduced wrowner, wrtoken

Additional notes

  • This module should not be confused with API:Watchlist, which returns 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.
  • The results of this query module are returned as part of the api node, not the query node.

See also

  • API:Watchlist - Get pages on a user's watchlist that were changed within the given time period, ordered by time of the last change of the watched page.
  • API:Watchlist feed - Get the RSS feed of a user's watchlist.
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