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list=logevents (le)

(main | query | logevents)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • Source: MediaWiki
  • License: GPL-2.0+

Get events from logs.

Parameters:
leprop

Which properties to get:

ids
Adds the ID of the log event.
title
Adds the title of the page for the log event.
type
Adds the type of log event.
user
Adds the user responsible for the log event.
userid
Adds the user ID who was responsible for the log event.
timestamp
Adds the timestamp for the log event.
comment
Adds the comment of the log event.
parsedcomment
Adds the parsed comment of the log event.
details
Lists additional details about the log event.
tags
Lists tags for the log event.
Values (separate with |): ids, title, type, user, userid, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, details, tags
Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
letype

Filter log entries to only this type.

One of the following values: Can be empty, or block, protect, rights, delete, upload, move, import, patrol, merge, suppress, tag, managetags, contentmodel, newusers
leaction

Filter log actions to only this action. Overrides letype. In the list of possible values, values with the asterisk wildcard such as action/* can have different strings after the slash (/).

One of the following values: protect/modify, protect/protect, protect/unprotect, block/block, block/reblock, block/unblock, contentmodel/change, delete/delete, delete/event, delete/restore, delete/revision, import/interwiki, import/upload, managetags/activate, managetags/create, managetags/deactivate, managetags/delete, merge/merge, move/move, move/move_redir, patrol/patrol, protect/move_prot, rights/autopromote, rights/rights, suppress/block, suppress/delete, suppress/event, suppress/reblock, suppress/revision, tag/update, upload/overwrite, upload/revert, upload/upload, newusers/newusers, newusers/create, newusers/create2, newusers/byemail, newusers/autocreate
lestart

The timestamp to start enumerating from.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
leend

The timestamp to end enumerating.

Type: timestamp (allowed formats)
ledir

In which direction to enumerate:

newer
List oldest first. Note: lestart has to be before leend.
older
List newest first (default). Note: lestart has to be later than leend.
One of the following values: newer, older
Default: older
leuser

Filter entries to those made by the given user.

letitle

Filter entries to those related to a page.

lenamespace

Filter entries to those in the given namespace.

One of the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
leprefix

Filter entries that start with this prefix.

letag

Only list event entries tagged with this tag.

lelimit

How many total event entries to return.

No more than 500 (5,000 for bots) allowed.
Type: integer or max
Default: 10
lecontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

Example:
List recent log events.
api.php?action=query&list=logevents