API:Allusers

Allusers
	Enumerate all registered users, ordered by username; This module cannot be used as a generator.
Prefix	au
Required rights	none
Post only?	No
Generated help	Current

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

1.11

Parameters

{{{from}}} – The user name to start enumerating from
{{{to}}} – The user name to stop enumerating at
{{{prefix}}} – Search for all users that begin with this value
{{{dir}}} – Direction to sort in. One value: ascending, descending. Default: ascending
{{{group}}} – Limit users to given group name(s). Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat ..
+ Any other group that is defined on the wiki. This is different for every wiki; see the API help or action=paraminfo for a list of possible values
{{{excludegroup}}} – Exclude users in given group name(s)
{{{rights}}} – Limit users to given right(s)
{{{prop}}} – What pieces of information to include. Values (separate with '|')
- blockinfo - Adds the information about a current block on the user
- groups - Lists groups that the user is in. This uses more server resources and may return fewer results than the limit
- implicitgroups - Lists all the groups the user is automatically in
- rights - Lists rights that the user has
- editcount - Adds the edit count of the user
- registration - Adds the timestamp of when the user registered if available (may be blank)
{{{limit}}} – How many total user names to return. No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed. Default: 10
{{{witheditsonly}}} – Only list users who have made edits
{{{activeusers}}} – Only list users active in the last 30 days(s)

Example

Show a list of usernames starting with Y (or whichever sorts first after that)

api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y [try in ApiSandbox]

Result

<api>
  <query>
    <allusers>
      <u userid="3634417" name="Y" />
      <u userid="53928" name="Y (usurped)" />
      <u userid="7341556" name="Y 12345 ut" />
      <u userid="10969800" name="Y 19" />
      <u userid="9302968" name="Y 1praneeth" />
      <u userid="5191615" name="Y 20" />
      <u userid="8724565" name="Y 2112 Y" />
      <u userid="2941099" name="Y 4 yellow" />
      <u userid="13676048" name="Y 6" />
      <u userid="7423920" name="Y A D A carlos alberto" />
    </allusers>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allusers aufrom="Y A N K O" />
  </query-continue>
</api>

Show a list of first 5 sysops

api.php?action=query&list=allusers&augroup=sysop&aulimit=5 [try in ApiSandbox]

Result

<api>
  <query>
    <allusers>
      <u userid="111640" name="(aeropagitica)" />
      <u userid="99351" name="23skidoo" />
      <u userid="3030741" name="28bytes" />
      <u userid="365061" name="2over0" />
      <u userid="7044616" name="5 albert square" />
    </allusers>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allusers aufrom="7" />
  </query-continue>
</api>

Error Codes

None