Sample query I just wrote that get the edit count of a single user (by username) during a period of time on Quarry: https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/34716 . The gotcha that might be important for this query is using the table `revision_userindex` rather than the play revision table which doesn't have such an index.
Make a great day, Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/ On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 09:42, Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you share why kind of query you'd like to run, people on this list might > even write you an example Quarry :) See also: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Quarry People post query requests > that > and others help them draft the right query for their needs. > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:28 AM James Hare <jh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > I will also note that Quarry <https://quarry.wmflabs.org/> is good for > > querying database replicas – no Toolforge account required. > > > > > > -- > > *James Hare* (he/him) > > Associate Product Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 9:30 AM Morten Wang <nett...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Haifeng, > > > > > > In my experience, this depends on how many users you're looking to get > > > information about. Is it a few hundred? A few thousand? A million+? > > > > > > If you are getting the edit history for a limited number of users (say > a > > > few hundred to a few thousand), then using the API can work well. One > > thing > > > to keep in mind when using the API is that your requests might be > > throttled > > > and/or there might be database lag. Are you using a software library to > > > access the API? If not, I'd consider using one so that throttling/lag > > > doesn't become an issue, it's one of the reasons why I use Pywikibot > > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot> for API requests. > > > > > > If you're interested in querying a large number of users (say tens of > > > thousands or more), then getting an account on Toolforge > > > <https://tools.wmflabs.org> so you can run SQL queries against the > > > replicated MediaWiki databases would make sense. I've frequently used > > that > > > approach for data gathering for research purposes. > > > > > > Hope that helps! And if not, don't hesitate to ask questions :) > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Morten > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 07:22, Haifeng Zhang <haife...@andrew.cmu.edu> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Dear folks, > > > > > > > > Is there a good way to query a user's edit history, e.g., edit count > > > > during a period? > > > > > > > > My current solution is using usercontribs API ( > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs). > > > > > > > > But, the process has been stalled maybe due to some query limit. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Haifeng Zhang > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
