Quering by user is in bug 19195.
It was assumed (from IRC conversations) that getting the user id is not easy (requires multiple requests), however from what I can see it's not readable at all. Not even with multiple requests.
list=allusers, list=usercontribs, list=users, none return the id by default or with a property.
Roan wanted to implement this right away but had to leave. Will file here for him later or for myself if I have the time.
Version: 1.17.x
Severity: enhancement
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Feature | None | T29810 ID related API requests (tracking) | ||
| Resolved | Anomie | T21195 Make user IDs more readily available with the API | |||
| Resolved | • Catrope | T29708 list=users does not have a property to return user id |
What is it needed for? It's just an internal database handle, essentially implementation detail.
On Trunk:
From list=allusers
<allusers> <u name="Babel AutoCreate" userid="2" /> <u name="Reedy" userid="1" /> </allusers>
list=usercontribs
<query>
<usercontribs>
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="1" revid="31" ns="0" title="Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-25T16:01:31Z" top="" comment="source" size="548" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="1" revid="30" ns="0" title="Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-24T16:19:17Z" minor="" comment="p" size="496" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="4" revid="29" ns="6" title="File:WFM.png" timestamp="2011-02-24T00:03:41Z" top="" comment="uploaded a new version of &quot;[[File:WFM.png]]&quot;: Test" size="4" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="1" revid="26" ns="0" title="Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-16T23:32:56Z" comment="{{DISPLAYTITLE:main Page}}" size="496" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="21" revid="25" ns="1" title="Talk:Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-16T23:20:25Z" new="" top="" comment="Talk page autocreated when first thread was posted" size="0" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="20" revid="24" ns="90" title="Thread:Talk:Main Page/Test" timestamp="2011-02-16T23:20:24Z" new="" top="" comment="New thread: Test" size="4" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="1" revid="23" ns="0" title="Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-11T01:13:49Z" comment="Test2" size="468" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="19" revid="22" ns="0" title="Test2" timestamp="2011-02-11T01:13:41Z" new="" top="" comment="Redirected page to [[wikipedia:Test]]" size="28" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="1" revid="21" ns="0" title="Main Page" timestamp="2011-02-11T01:13:19Z" minor="" comment="[[wikipedia:Test]]" size="477" />
<item userid="1" user="Reedy" pageid="17" revid="19" ns="8" title="MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition" timestamp="2011-02-10T14:10:52Z" new="" top="" comment="one" size="54" />
</usercontribs>
</query>