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## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/wikipedia/recent-changes>
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/wikipedia/recent-changes.mdx>

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# Wikipedia Recent Changes API

Live edits and log events, filtered by type, namespace, page or time.

`GET /v1/wikipedia/recent-changes?lang=en` returns `data.changes`, one row per change. Each row has `type`, `ns`, `title`, `pageId`, `revId`, `oldRevId`, `rcid`, `user`, `userId`, `bot`, `new`, `minor`, `temp`, `oldLength`, `newLength`, `timestamp`, `comment`, `redirect`, `tags` and `sha1`. Log rows add `logId`, `logType`, `logAction` and `logParams`. `temp` marks an automatically named temporary account.

`type` narrows to `edit`, `new`, `log`, `categorize` or `external`. `namespace` narrows to one namespace, `title` to one page, and `since` returns changes at or after an ISO 8601 time. `limit` accepts 1 to 500 rows and `cursor` continues with `data.page.nextCursor`.

This is a changing feed. A page of results is a snapshot of the window, and a later request can contain new rows. A filter that matches nothing is `found` with `empty: true`.

## Request

- **Endpoint:** `GET /v1/wikipedia/recent-changes`
- **Credits:** 1 credit
Failed requests are free
- **Input:** by type, page or time
- **Full reference:** [docs](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/wikipedia/recent-changes/get)
- **Platform page:** [/platforms/wikipedia](https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/wikipedia)

## FAQ

### Can I follow one page's changes?

Pass title with the page title and read changes for that page. Combine it with since to get changes after the last time you checked.

### What do the change types mean?

edit is an edit to an existing page, new is a page creation, log is a public log event, categorize is a category membership change, and external is an external link change.

### Why can rows repeat between requests?

Recent changes is a live feed. A later request can include a change you already saw if the window overlaps. Use rcid or revId to de-duplicate your side.

### How is recent-change paging billed?

Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged: that field is the billing source of truth. Each paginated page is a separate billed request.