MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
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
 - fromtext
 Use this text instead of the content of the revision specified by fromtitle, fromid or fromrev.
- fromsection
 Only use the specified section of the specified 'from' content.
- frompst
 Do a pre-save transform on fromtext.
- Type: boolean (details)
 - fromcontentformat
 Content serialization format of fromtext.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/x-wiki, text/javascript, text/css, text/plain
 - fromcontentmodel
 Content model of fromtext. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- One of the following values: GadgetDefinition, wikitext, javascript, json, css, text
 - 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: prev, next, cur
 - totext
 Use this text instead of the content of the revision specified by totitle, toid or torev.
- tosection
 Only use the specified section of the specified 'to' content.
- topst
 Do a pre-save transform on totext.
- Type: boolean (details)
 - tocontentformat
 Content serialization format of totext.
- One of the following values: application/json, text/x-wiki, text/javascript, text/css, text/plain
 - tocontentmodel
 Content model of totext. If not supplied, it will be guessed based on the other parameters.
- One of the following values: GadgetDefinition, wikitext, javascript, json, css, text
 - 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 user name and ID of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - comment
 - The comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - parsedcomment
 - The parsed comment on the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 - size
 - The size of the 'from' and 'to' revisions.
 
- Values (separate with | or alternative): diff, diffsize, rel, ids, title, user, comment, parsedcomment, size
 - Default: diff|ids|title
 
- Create a diff between revision 1 and 2.
 - api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2 [open in sandbox]