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Bug 15935 - Set user rights via API


Summary:	Set user rights via API

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	API (Other open bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Roan Kattouw

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Duplicates:	17825 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
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Reported:	2008-10-11 05:39 UTC by Jesse (Pathoschild)
Modified:	2009-03-29 21:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Description Jesse (Pathoschild) 2008-10-11 05:39:44 UTC

Please add a user rights module to the API. A hypothetical query might look like this:
api.php
  ?action=rights
  &user=Pathoschild
  &token=foo+\\
  &add=sysop|bureaucrat

Setting rights via API would be very useful for stewards (scraping forms with JavaScript is a pain).

Comment 1 Bryan Tong Minh 2008-10-11 09:06:53 UTC

Was previously in there but has been removed, since Brion did not want an extra entry point for user rights.

Comment 2 MZMcBride 2009-03-04 09:55:31 UTC

Re-opening this for now.

Looking through the API code history, I see r29244 (a revert by Brion that removed ApiChangeRights.php). In r32522 Roan removed the module from ApiMain.php.

However, I don't see any indication in either of those revs (or on this bug) that a WONTFIX is the best option here (or desired).

Making anyone rely on screen-scraping (God's curse on humanity) should be avoided in nearly every case.

If a user can delete, protect, block, etc. with the API, changing user rights doesn't seem like too large a step up. Re-opening for re-consideration and/or clarification.

Comment 3 Splarka 2009-03-07 01:50:04 UTC

*** Bug 17825 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Brion Vibber 2009-03-07 01:55:27 UTC

I withdraw my objection.

Comment 5 Roan Kattouw 2009-03-07 12:36:49 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> I withdraw my objection.
> 

Great, I'll write a new userrights module then.

Comment 6 Roan Kattouw 2009-03-24 16:05:02 UTC

Added in r48746

Comment 7 Jesse (Pathoschild) 2009-03-27 06:55:54 UTC

Reverted by Werdna in r48909 and r48910.

Comment 8 Roan Kattouw 2009-03-28 23:41:38 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> Reverted by Werdna in r48909 and r48910.
> 

Reapplied and issues addressed in r47890 and r47891

Comment 9 Jesse (Pathoschild) 2009-03-29 21:59:17 UTC

Yay, thanks (r48873, r48970, r48971, r48988, r49013, r49014, r49015).

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