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action=userrights
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Change a user's group membership.
- user
User.
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- userid
- Deprecated.
Specify user=#ID instead.
- Type: anterin
- add
Add the user to these groups, or if they are already a member, update the expiry of their membership in that group.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): accountcreator, bot, bureaucrat, checkuser, confirmed, import, interface-admin, ipblock-exempt, no-ipinfo, steward, suppress, sysop, transwiki
- expiry
Expiry timestamps. May be relative (e.g. 5 months or 2 weeks) or absolute (e.g. 2014-09-18T12:34:56Z). If only one timestamp is set, it will be used for all groups passed to the add parameter. Use infinite, indefinite, infinity, or never for a never-expiring user group.
- Separate values with | or alternative.
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
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- remove
Remove the user from these groups.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): accountcreator, bot, bureaucrat, checkuser, confirmed, import, interface-admin, ipblock-exempt, no-ipinfo, steward, suppress, sysop, transwiki
- reason
Reason for the change.
- Default: (empty)
- token
A "userrights" token retrieved from action=query&meta=tokens
For compatibility, the token used in the web UI is also accepted.
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Change tags to apply to the entry in the user rights log.
- Values (separate with | or alternative):
- watchuser
Watch the user's user and talk pages.
- Type: boolean (details)
- watchlistexpiry
Watchlist expiry timestamp. Omit this parameter entirely to leave the current expiry unchanged.
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- Add user FooBot to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Add the user with ID 123 to group bot, and remove from groups sysop and bureaucrat.
- api.php?action=userrights&userid=123&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]
- Add user SometimeSysop to group sysop for 1 month.
- api.php?action=userrights&user=SometimeSysop&add=sysop&expiry=1%20month&token=123ABC [open in sandbox]