Allow pywikibot to tell type of block
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	TheSandDoctor
	Dec 14 2025, 1:21 AM

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It would be fantastic if pywikibot's User had an option to tell whether the block is full or partial. Currently, it just has is_blocked() which is a boolean. Perhaps there should either be more information returned or a new method added for is_partial_block() is something?

A brief example of current behaviour on enwiki, with a partially blocked user.

>>> import pywikibot
>>> site = pywikibot.Site()
>>> user = pywikibot.User(site, "~2025-39752-31")
>>> user
User('User:~2025-39752-31')
>>> user.is_blocked()
True

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add partial block detection for User and Site	WASP-Outis	pywikibot/core	master	+84 -0

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TheSandDoctor created this task.Dec 14 2025, 1:21 AM

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Peachey88 changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Dec 14 2025, 1:22 AM

TheSandDoctor updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 14 2025, 1:22 AM

Pppery renamed this task from Feature request: allow pywikibot to tell type of block to Allow pywikibot to tell type of block.Dec 14 2025, 2:51 AM

WASP-Outis claimed this task.Dec 14 2025, 6:22 AM

Change #1217850 had a related patch set uploaded (by WASP-Outis; author: Wasp-Outis):

[pywikibot/core@master] Add partial block detection for User and Site

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217850

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Dec 14 2025, 7:40 AM

I have submitted the patch for review:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/pywikibot/core/+/1217850

I've added this methods:

is_partial_block() to detect partial blocks
get_block_info() to get detailed block information

Both methods are available on User and Site objects.

Thanks so much for taking this on, @WASP-Outis! I am impressed by how fast this was actioned. Usually ideas sit for quite some time. I still have some sitting from years ago, though not for pywikibot haha.

@TheSandDoctor: As my second task of first day of activity on phabricator, I was very motivated today :))

Thank you @WASP-Outis

Change #1217850 merged by jenkins-bot: