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// Generated by ChatGPT o4-mini
// Prompts below:
// Write me JS code to display recent changes for a wiki using MediaWiki Action API
// Make sure it is ES6-compatible so it can work on MediaWiki:Common.js on a MediaWiki wiki.
/*
[[User:Xeverything11|Xeverything11]] ([[User talk:Xeverything11|talk]])
<templatestyles src="RecentChanges/styles.css" />
<div class="mw-parser-output">
<div class="rc-container">
<div class="rc-header">
<div class="rc-unpatrolled">[[Special:RecentChanges|<span id="RCUnpatrolled">16</span> {{material icon|1=<span id="RCUnpatrolledIcon">sunny</span>|size=inherit}}]]</div>
Changes to patrol</div>
<div class="rc-main" id="RCMain">
JavaScript is required to view the recent changes.
</div>
</div>
</div>
[[User:Xeverything11|Xeverything11]] ([[User talk:Xeverything11|talk]])
1. Remove all children from #RCMain
2. Prepend three most recent changes into #RCMain.
3. Wait 3 seconds.
4. Prepend the next recent change (4th).
5. Repeat steps 3-4. (5th, 6th, 7th change etc.)
Format:
<username> <action> <page>
<time ago> ago
Example
Xeverything11 edited Make Vegan Gingerbread
13 hours ago
*/
// 1ms after each RC prepends, add .rc-active CSS class to that (to allow transitions).
/*
edit -> edited
new -> created
log seems vague, it can be "uploaded", "moved", "blocked", "protected" etc.
*/
mw.loader.using('mediawiki.api').then(() => {
const api = new mw.Api();
const RC_CONTAINER = document.getElementById('RCMain');
// Convert timestamp into "X minutes ago"
const timeAgo = timestamp => {
const seconds = Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(timestamp)) / 1000);
const intervals = [
{ label: 'day', secs: 86400 },
{ label: 'hour', secs: 3600 },
{ label: 'minute', secs: 60 },
{ label: 'second', secs: 1 }
];
for (const { label, secs } of intervals) {
const count = Math.floor(seconds / secs);
if (count > 0) {
return `${count} ${label}${count > 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
}
}
return 'just now';
};
// Map MediaWiki RC types and logtypes to readable verbs
const getActionVerb = change => {
const type = change.type;
if (type === 'edit') return 'edited';
if (type === 'new') return 'created';
if (type === 'log') {
const map = {
move: 'moved',
upload: 'uploaded',
block: 'blocked',
protect: 'protected',
delete: 'deleted',
rights: 'changed rights',
patrol: 'patrolled',
import: 'imported',
tag: 'tagged',
};
return map[change.logtype] || 'performed log action';
}
return type; // fallback (e.g. external, unknown future types)
};
// Prepend entry with .rc-active after 1ms
const prependChange = change => {
const verb = getActionVerb(change);
const entry = document.createElement('div');
entry.className = 'rc-entry';
entry.innerHTML = `
<div class="rc-line1">
<strong>${mw.html.escape(change.user)}</strong>
${verb}
<a href="${mw.config.get('wgServer') + mw.config.get('wgScriptPath')}/index.php?title=${encodeURIComponent(change.title)}">
${mw.html.escape(change.title)}
</a>
</div>
<div class="rc-line2">
${timeAgo(change.timestamp)} ago
</div>
`;
RC_CONTAINER.insertBefore(entry, RC_CONTAINER.firstChild);
setTimeout(() => {
entry.classList.add('rc-active');
}, 1);
};
// Load recent changes
api.get({
action: 'query',
list: 'recentchanges',
rcprop: 'title|ids|sizes|comment|user|timestamp|flags|loginfo',
rclimit: 50,
rcshow: '!bot',
format: 'json'
}).then(data => {
const changes = data.query.recentchanges;
// Clear placeholder
RC_CONTAINER.replaceChildren();
// Add first 3 immediately
changes.slice(0, 3).forEach(prependChange);
// Add rest with delay
let idx = 3;
const timer = setInterval(() => {
if (idx >= changes.length) {
clearInterval(timer);
} else {
prependChange(changes[idx++]);
}
}, 3000);
}).catch(err => {
console.error('Failed to load recent changes:', err);
RC_CONTAINER.textContent = 'Error loading recent changes.';
});
});