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action=options

(main | options)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • This module requires write rights.
  • This module only accepts POST requests.
  • Source: MediaWiki
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Change preferences of the current user.

Only options which are registered in core or in one of installed extensions, or options with keys prefixed with userjs- (intended to be used by user scripts), can be set.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
reset

Resets preferences to the site defaults.

Type: boolean (details)
resetkinds

List of types of options to reset when the reset option is set.

Values (separate with | or alternative): all, local-exception, registered, registered-checkmatrix, registered-multiselect, special, unused, userjs
Default: all
change

List of changes, formatted name=value (e.g. skin=vector). If no value is given (not even an equals sign), e.g., optionname|otheroption|..., the option will be reset to its default value. If any value passed contains the pipe character (|), use the alternative multiple-value separator for correct operation.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
optionname

The name of the option that should be set to the value given by optionvalue.

optionvalue

The value for the option specified by optionname. When optionname is set but optionvalue is omitted, the option will be reset to its default value.

global

What to do if the option was set globally using the GlobalPreferences extension.

  • ignore: Do nothing. The option remains with its previous value.
  • override: Add a local override.
  • update: Update the option globally.
  • create: Set the option globally, overriding any local value.
One of the following values: create, ignore, override, update
Default: ignore
token

A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

This parameter is required.
Examples:
Reset all preferences.
api.php?action=options&reset=&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Change skin and hideminor preferences.
api.php?action=options&change=skin=vector|hideminor=1&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
Reset all preferences, then set skin and nickname.
api.php?action=options&reset=&change=skin=monobook&optionname=nickname&optionvalue=[[User:Beau|Beau]]%20([[User_talk:Beau|talk]])&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]

Changing options

Options can be changed using action=options.

While this API is primarily intended for changing options which are registered by MediaWiki core or extensions and available on Special:Preferences, since Gerrit #I5f9ba5 you can also use it to set arbitrary user options that can be used by user-scripts or external editors.

userjs options must begin with the prefix userjs-.

The following limits apply to all user options:

  • The length of the key must not be more than 255 bytes
  • The key must consist only of ASCII letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -)
  • The byte length (not character length) of the value must be <= 65535. However, please minimize the length used (both per-option and total), because user options are downloaded in their entirety for every page view. Only very small datums should be stored.

There are currently no limit on the number of user options you can set at once. You can store a tree of data within a user option by encoding it as a JSON string.

Parameters

  • reset: Resets all preferences to the site defaults.
  • resetkinds: List of types of options to reset when the reset option is set. (Default: all) 1.21+
  • change: Pipe-separated list of changes, formatted name=value (e.g. skin=vector), value cannot contain pipe characters.
Note: Providing only names of options without equal sign (e.g. hideminor|skin) results in resetting them. In the case of an arbitrary userjs- name/value pair, the resetting results in the removal of the name/value pair; in other words - deletion.
  • optionname: A name of a option which should have an optionvalue set.
  • optionvalue: A value of the option specified by the optionname, can contain pipe characters.
  • token: A "csrf" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens

The change parameter cannot be used to set a value which contains a pipe character "|", as it is used by the API to separate options. If you need to set such a value (for example, a user signature) use an optionname & optionvalue pair.

Available Options

The following is an example list obtained with /w/api.php?action=query&format=json&meta=userinfo&uiprop=options for a Wikipedia (MW 1.24) account.

Note that most of the options listed here are defined by various MediaWiki extensions, like Echo, VisualEditor, WikiLove, Gadgets or EducationProgram, among others.

  • ccmeonemails: 0
  • cols: 80
  • date: "mdy"
  • diffonly: 0
  • disablemail: 0
  • editfont: "default"
  • editondblclick: 0
  • editsectiononrightclick: 0
  • enotifminoredits: 0
  • enotifrevealaddr: 0
  • enotifusertalkpages: 1
  • enotifwatchlistpages: 0
  • extendwatchlist: "1"
  • fancysig: "1"
  • forceeditsummary: "1"
  • gender: "male"
  • hideminor: 0
  • hidepatrolled: 0
  • imagesize: 2
  • math: 0
  • minordefault: 0
  • newpageshidepatrolled: 0
  • nickname: user signature
  • norollbackdiff: 0
  • numberheadings: 0
  • previewonfirst: 0
  • previewontop: 1
  • rcdays: "14"
  • rclimit: "100"
  • rows: 25
  • showhiddencats: false
  • shownumberswatching: 1
  • showtoolbar: 1
  • skin: "vector"
  • stubthreshold: 0
  • thumbsize: "3"
  • underline: 2
  • uselivepreview: 0
  • usenewrc: 0
  • watchcreations: 1
  • watchdefault: "1"
  • watchdeletion: 0
  • watchlistdays: "2"
  • watchlisthideanons: 0
  • watchlisthidebots: 0
  • watchlisthideliu: 0
  • watchlisthideminor: 0
  • watchlisthideown: 0
  • watchlisthidepatrolled: 0
  • watchmoves: "1"
  • wllimit: "300"
  • useeditwarning: 1
  • prefershttps: 1
  • flaggedrevssimpleui: 1
  • flaggedrevsstable: 0
  • flaggedrevseditdiffs: true
  • flaggedrevsviewdiffs: false
  • usebetatoolbar: 1
  • usebetatoolbar-cgd: 1
  • multimediaviewer-enable: true
  • visualeditor-enable: 0
  • visualeditor-betatempdisable: 0
  • visualeditor-enable-experimental: 0
  • visualeditor-enable-language: 0
  • visualeditor-hidebetawelcome: 0
  • wikilove-enabled: 1
  • mathJax: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-page-review: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-page-review: false
  • ep_showtoplink: false
  • ep_bulkdelorgs: false
  • ep_bulkdelcourses: true
  • ep_showdyk: true
  • echo-subscriptions-web-education-program: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-education-program: false
  • echo-notify-show-link: true
  • echo-show-alert: true
  • echo-email-frequency: 0
  • echo-email-format: "html"
  • echo-subscriptions-email-system: true
  • echo-subscriptions-web-system: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-user-rights: true
  • echo-subscriptions-web-user-rights: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-other: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-other: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-edit-user-talk: 1
  • echo-subscriptions-web-edit-user-talk: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-reverted: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-reverted: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-article-linked: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-article-linked: false
  • echo-subscriptions-email-mention: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-mention: true
  • echo-subscriptions-web-edit-thank: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-edit-thank: false
  • echo-subscriptions-web-flow-discussion: true
  • echo-subscriptions-email-flow-discussion: false
  • gettingstarted-task-toolbar-show-intro: true
  • uls-preferences: ""
  • language: "en"
  • variant-gan: "gan"
  • variant-iu: "iu"
  • variant-kk: "kk"
  • variant-ku: "ku"
  • variant-shi: "shi"
  • variant-sr: "sr"
  • variant-tg: "tg"
  • variant-uz: "uz"
  • variant-zh: "zh"
  • searchNs0: true
  • searchNs1: false
  • searchNs2: "1"
  • searchNs3: false
  • searchNs4: "1"
  • searchNs5: false
  • searchNs6: "1"
  • searchNs7: false
  • searchNs8: "1"
  • searchNs9: false
  • searchNs10: "1"
  • searchNs11: false
  • searchNs12: "1"
  • searchNs13: false
  • searchNs14: "1"
  • searchNs15: false
  • searchNs100: false
  • searchNs101: false
  • searchNs108: false
  • searchNs109: false
  • searchNs118: false
  • searchNs119: false
  • searchNs446: false
  • searchNs447: false
  • searchNs710: false
  • searchNs711: false
  • searchNs828: false
  • searchNs829: false
  • gadget-teahouse: ""
  • gadget-ReferenceTooltips: 1
  • gadget-DRN-wizard: 1
  • gadget-charinsert: 1
  • gadget-refToolbar: 1
  • gadget-mySandbox: 1
  • betafeatures-vector-compact-personal-bar: "0"
  • cirrussearch-default: "0"
  • pagetriage-lastuse: timestamp
  • popups: "0"
  • timecorrection: "ZoneInfo|60|Europe/London"
  • uls-compact-links: "0"
  • usecodeeditor: "1"
  • userjs-arbitraryKeyName: arbitrary value
  • watchlisttoken: token

Example

POST Request

Step 1: GET Request to Fetch Login Token

Login Token is retrieved from API:Tokens

Step 2: POST Request to Login

Login request is completed from API:Login

Step 3: GET Request to Fetch CSRF Token

CSRF Token is retrieved from API:Tokens

Step 4: POST Request to Change User Options

Note: In this example, all parameters are passed in a GET request for the sake of simplicity. However, action=options requires POST requests; GET requests will cause an error.

Changing a single option
api.php?action=options&token=58b54e0bab4a1d3fd3f7653af38e75cb%2B\&change=hideminor=1 [try in ApiSandbox]
Result
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api options="success" />
Resetting all options and changing a single option
api.php?action=options&token=58b54e0bab4a1d3fd3f7653af38e75cb%2B\&reset&change=hideminor=1 [try in ApiSandbox]
Result
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api options="success" />
Changing three options
api.php?action=options&token=58b54e0bab4a1d3fd3f7653af38e75cb%2B\&change=hideminor=1|skin=vector&optionname=nickname&optionvalue=custom-signa|ture [try in ApiSandbox]
Result
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api options="success" />

Response

{
    "options": "success"
}
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