MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page
action=compare
- This module requires read rights.
 - Source: MediaWiki
 - License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
Get the difference between two pages.
A revision number, a page title, a page ID, text, or a relative reference for both "from" and "to" must be passed.
- fromtitle
 First title to compare.
- fromid
 First page ID to compare.
- Type: integer
 - fromrev
 First revision to compare.
- Type: integer
 - fromslots
 Override content of the revision specified by fromtitle, fromid or fromrev.
This parameter specifies the slots that are to be modified. Use fromtext-{slot}, fromcontentmodel-{slot}, and fromcontentformat-{slot} to specify content for each slot.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main, wikibase-rdf
 - fromtext-{slot}
 Text of the specified slot. If omitted, the slot is removed from the revision.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
 - fromsection-{slot}
 When fromtext-{slot} is the content of a single section, this is the section identifier. It will be merged into the revision specified by fromtitle, fromid or fromrev as if for a section edit.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
 - fromcontentformat-{slot}
 Content serialization format of fromtext-{slot}.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
 - One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/vnd.php.serialized, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
 - fromcontentmodel-{slot}
 Content model of fromtext-{slot}. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of fromslots.
 - One of the following values: EntitySchema, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, unknown, wikibase-item, wikibase-property, wikitext
 - frompst
 Do a pre-save transform on fromtext-{slot}.
- Type: boolean (details)
 - fromtext
 - Deprecated.
 Specify fromslots=main and use fromtext-main instead.
- fromcontentformat
 - Deprecated.
 Specify fromslots=main and use fromcontentformat-main instead.
- One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/vnd.php.serialized, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
 - fromcontentmodel
 - Deprecated.
 Specify fromslots=main and use fromcontentmodel-main instead.
- One of the following values: EntitySchema, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, unknown, wikibase-item, wikibase-property, wikitext
 - fromsection
 - Deprecated.
 Only use the specified section of the specified 'from' content.
- totitle
 Second title to compare.
- toid
 Second page ID to compare.
- Type: integer
 - torev
 Second revision to compare.
- Type: integer
 - torelative
 Use a revision relative to the revision determined from fromtitle, fromid or fromrev. All of the other 'to' options will be ignored.
- One of the following values: cur, next, prev
 - toslots
 Override content of the revision specified by totitle, toid or torev.
This parameter specifies the slots that are to be modified. Use totext-{slot}, tocontentmodel-{slot}, and tocontentformat-{slot} to specify content for each slot.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main, wikibase-rdf
 - totext-{slot}
 Text of the specified slot. If omitted, the slot is removed from the revision.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
 - tosection-{slot}
 When totext-{slot} is the content of a single section, this is the section identifier. It will be merged into the revision specified by totitle, toid or torev as if for a section edit.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
 - tocontentformat-{slot}
 Content serialization format of totext-{slot}.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
 - One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/vnd.php.serialized, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
 - tocontentmodel-{slot}
 Content model of totext-{slot}. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- This is a templated parameter. When making the request, {slot} in the parameter's name should be replaced with values of toslots.
 - One of the following values: EntitySchema, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, unknown, wikibase-item, wikibase-property, wikitext
 - topst
 Do a pre-save transform on totext.
- Type: boolean (details)
 - totext
 - Deprecated.
 Specify toslots=main and use totext-main instead.
- tocontentformat
 - Deprecated.
 Specify toslots=main and use tocontentformat-main instead.
- One of the following values: application/json, application/octet-stream, application/unknown, application/vnd.php.serialized, application/x-binary, text/css, text/javascript, text/plain, text/unknown, text/x-wiki, unknown/unknown
 - tocontentmodel
 - Deprecated.
 Specify toslots=main and use tocontentmodel-main instead.
- One of the following values: EntitySchema, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, unknown, wikibase-item, wikibase-property, wikitext
 - tosection
 - Deprecated.
 Only use the specified section of the specified 'to' content.
- prop
 Which pieces of information to get.
- diff
 - The diff HTML.
 - diffsize
 - The size of the diff HTML, in bytes.
 - rel
 - The revision IDs of the revision previous to 'from' and after 'to', if any.
 - ids
 - The page and revision IDs of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - title
 - The page titles of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - user
 - The username and ID of the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the user has been revision deleted, a fromuserhidden or touserhidden property will be returned.
 - comment
 - The comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the comment has been revision deleted, a fromcommenthidden or tocommenthidden property will be returned.
 - parsedcomment
 - The parsed comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions. If the comment has been revision deleted, a fromcommenthidden or tocommenthidden property will be returned.
 - size
 - The size of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - timestamp
 - The timestamp of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 
- Values (separate with | or alternative): comment, diff, diffsize, ids, parsedcomment, rel, size, timestamp, title, user
 - Default: diff|ids|title
 - slots
 Return individual diffs for these slots, rather than one combined diff for all slots.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): main, wikibase-rdf
 - To specify all values, use *.
 
- Create a diff between revision 1 and 2.
 - api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2 [open in sandbox]