Document temporary account APIs on mediawiki.org
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	Feb 11 2023, 6:36 AM

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Background

New API endpoints have recently been added to the CheckUser extension, for fetching IP addresses of temporary accounts.

These should be documented on https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser

What needs documenting

Basic usage of TemporaryAccountHandler and TemporaryAccountRevisionHandler, with examples (either add to https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser#API or make a new section)
Explanation of the buttons added next to temporary account user links
The new checkuser-temporary-account right (where the other rights are documented, in the infobox near the top, via the Extension template
The new hooks used, also in the infobox

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Check against Acceptance Criteria, make sure everything has been documented.

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Tchanders created this task.Feb 11 2023, 6:36 AM

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JJMC89 added projects: CheckUser, Documentation.Feb 11 2023, 7:03 AM

Frostly moved this task from Backlog to New Technical Documentation Request on the Documentation board.Feb 11 2023, 11:01 PM

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Cyndymediawiksim moved this task from Ready 🎬 (ONLY IF YOU HAVE NO MORE CODE TO REVIEW) to In Progress 💪 on the Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 25: The Tengai Hat) board.Feb 15 2023, 7:00 AM

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temporary_user_account_ips.png seems wrong. The response says it's returned by the "checkuser" API query. Also the temporary account revealing REST interface does not provide the first and last time an IP is used.

Also the API query that is listed on the documentation page is not the temporary account reveal REST API. It's the checkuser API which is only accessible by users with the "checkuser" right.

Cyndymediawiksim updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 24 2023, 10:00 AM

Cyndymediawiksim moved this task from In Progress 💪 to Code Review 🔍 on the Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 25: The Tengai Hat) board.

I've made several modifications to the documentation that has been added ( https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension%3ACheckUser&diff=5797958&oldid=5792213 ). I'm a little confused by the TemporaryAccountRevisionHandler section. Is this detailing future uses of this REST API? At the moment the documentation here doesn't seem to match with what it is used for.

Let me know if my changes make sense.

ARamirez_WMF edited projects, added: Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 26: The Bycocket Hat); removed: Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 25: The Tengai Hat).Feb 28 2023, 6:29 PM

ARamirez_WMF moved this task from Ready 🎬 (ONLY IF YOU HAVE NO MORE CODE TO REVIEW) to Code Review 🔍 on the Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 26: The Bycocket Hat) board.

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Inbox to Temporary account IP reveal on the CheckUser board.Mar 2 2023, 2:31 AM

Tchanders updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 6 2023, 4:06 PM

In T329414#8646256, @Dreamy_Jazz wrote:

I've made several modifications to the documentation that has been added ( https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension%3ACheckUser&diff=5797958&oldid=5792213 ). I'm a little confused by the TemporaryAccountRevisionHandler section. Is this detailing future uses of this REST API? At the moment the documentation here doesn't seem to match with what it is used for.

Let me know if my changes make sense.

This looks good to me, thanks for adding more documentation!

• AGueyte moved this task from Code Review 🔍 to Design Review 🔬 on the Anti-Harassment-Team (AHaT Sprint 26: The Bycocket Hat) board.Mar 8 2023, 3:53 PM

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Tchanders closed this task as Resolved.Mar 13 2023, 1:40 PM

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