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Get the difference between 2 pages.
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Get the difference between two pages.

A revision number, a page title, or a page ID for both "from" and "to" must be passed.

Parameters[edit]

  • fromtitle: First title to compare.
  • fromid: First page ID to compare. 1.20+
  • fromrev: First revision to compare.
  • totitle: Second title to compare.
  • toid: Second page ID to compare. 1.20+
  • torev: Second revision to compare.

Example[edit]

Compare two revisions from the same page

api.php?action=compare&fromrev=139992&torev=139993 [try in ApiSandbox]
Result 
{
    "compare": {
        "fromrevid": 139992,
        "torevid": 139993,
        "*": "<tr>\n  <td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 26:</td>\n  <td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 26:</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>:'''Wikipedias in other languages'''</div></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>:'''Wikipedias in other languages'''</div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">\u2212</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><div>:[[Non-English Wikipedias|About the non-English Wikipedias]] - [http://af.wikipedia.com/ Afrikaans] - [http://ar.wikipedia.com/ Arabic (Araby)] - [http://eu.wikipedia.com/ Basque (Euskara)] - [http://ca.wikipedia.com/ Catalan (<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Catal\u00e0</del>)] - [http://zh.wikipedia.com/ Chinese (Hanyu)] - [http://dk.wikipedia.com/ Danish (Dansk)] - [http://nl.wikipedia.com/ Dutch (Nederlands)] - [http://eo.wikipedia.com/ Esperanto] - [http://fr.wikipedia.com/ French (<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Fran\u00e7ais</del>)] - [http://de.wikipedia.com/ German (Deutsch)] - [http://he.wikipedia.com/ Hebrew (Ivrit)] - [http://hu.wikipedia.com/ Hungarian (Magyar)] - [http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian (Italiano)]  - [http://ja.wikipedia.com/ Japanese (Nihongo)] - [http://no.wikipedia.com/ Norwegian (Norsk)] - [http://pl.wikipedia.com/ Polish (Polska)] - [http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese (<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Portugu\u00eas</del>)] - [http://ru.wikipedia.com/ Russian (Russkiy)] - [http://sh.wikipedia.com/ Serbocroatian (Croatoserbian)] - [http://es.wikipedia.com/ Spanish (Castellano)] - [http://sv.wikipedia.com/ Swedish (Svensk)] </div></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">+</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-addedline\"><div>:[[Non-English Wikipedias|About the non-English Wikipedias]] - [http://af.wikipedia.com/ Afrikaans] - [http://ar.wikipedia.com/ Arabic (Araby)] - [http://eu.wikipedia.com/ Basque (Euskara)] - [http://ca.wikipedia.com/ Catalan (<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Catal&amp;agrave;</ins>)] - [http://zh.wikipedia.com/ Chinese (Hanyu)] - [http://dk.wikipedia.com/ Danish (Dansk)] - [http://nl.wikipedia.com/ Dutch (Nederlands)] - [http://eo.wikipedia.com/ Esperanto] - [http://fr.wikipedia.com/ French (<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Fran&amp;ccedil;ais</ins>)] - [http://de.wikipedia.com/ German (Deutsch)] - [http://he.wikipedia.com/ Hebrew (Ivrit)] - [http://hu.wikipedia.com/ Hungarian (Magyar)] - [http://it.wikipedia.com/ Italian (Italiano)]  - [http://ja.wikipedia.com/ Japanese (Nihongo)] - [http://no.wikipedia.com/ Norwegian (Norsk)] - [http://pl.wikipedia.com/ Polish (Polska)] - [http://pt.wikipedia.com/ Portuguese (<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Portug&amp;ecirc;s</ins>)] - [http://ru.wikipedia.com/ Russian (Russkiy)] - [http://sh.wikipedia.com/ Serbocroatian (Croatoserbian)] - [http://es.wikipedia.com/ Spanish (Castellano)] - [http://sv.wikipedia.com/ Swedish (Svensk)] </div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>----</div></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>----</div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>:'''Wikipedia'''</div></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">&#160;</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-context\"><div>:'''Wikipedia'''</div></td>\n</tr>\n"
    }
}

Compare the current revisions of two different pages

api.php?action=compare&fromtitle=Template:Unsigned&totitle=Template:UnsignedIP [try in ApiSandbox]
Result 
{
    "compare": {
        "fromtitle": "Template:Unsigned",
        "fromrevid": 645069201,
        "totitle": "Template:UnsignedIP",
        "torevid": 438827460,
        "*": "<tr>\n  <td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td>\n  <td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">\u2212</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">&lt;small&gt;&lt;span class=\"autosigned\"&gt;\u2014&amp;nbsp;Preceding</del> [[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Wikipedia</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Signatures|unsigned]]</del> <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}</del>]]<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"> ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] \u2022 [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]) {{{2|}}}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;!-- Template:Unsigned --&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;</del></div></td>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">+</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-addedline\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">#REDIRECT</ins> [[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Template</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Unsigned</ins> <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">IP</ins>]]</div></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td class=\"diff-marker\">\u2212</td>\n  <td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><div>{{documentation}} &lt;!-- add categories to the /doc page, not here --&gt;&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div></td>\n  <td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty\">&#160;</td>\n</tr>\n"
    }
}
Tools clipart.png The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/compare, generated from compare's source code.

action=compare

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

Get the difference between 2 pages.

A revision number, a page title, or a page ID for both "from" and "to" must be passed.

Parameters:
fromtitle

First title to compare.

fromid

First page ID to compare.

Type: integer
fromrev

First revision to compare.

Type: integer
totitle

Second title to compare.

toid

Second page ID to compare.

Type: integer
torev

Second revision to compare.

Type: integer
Example:
Create a diff between revision 1 and 2.
api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2 [open in sandbox]
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