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## Summary It would be useful for automated tools used by functionaries to have access to GlobalContributions data via the API. ## Background - GlobalContributions data is currently only accessible via a special page. - To support bots and scripted lookups, we should expose the data in a machine-readable format over the API. ## Technical notes This should be a MW query API module, since the REST API does not have built-in support for pagination.

## Summary It would be useful for automated tools used by functionaries to have access to GlobalContributions data via the API. ## Background - GlobalContributions data is currently only accessible via a special page. - To support bots and scripted lookups, we should expose the data in a machine-readable format over the API. ## Technical notes This should be a MW query API module, since the REST API does not have built-in support for pagination. ## Acceptance criteria - [ ] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=globalcontributions&formatversion=2&guctarget={user}&guclimit=10 returns global contributions for a user - [ ] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=globalcontributions does not support lookups for IP addresses or IP address ranges

## Summary It would be useful for automated tools used by functionaries to have access to GlobalContributions data via the API. ## Background - GlobalContributions data is currently only accessible via a special page. - To support bots and scripted lookups, we should expose the data in a machine-readable format over the API. ## Technical notes This should be a MW query API module, since the REST API does not have built-in support for pagination. ## Acceptance criteria - [ ] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=globalcontributions&formatversion=2&guctarget={user}&guclimit=10 returns global contributions for a user - [ ] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&list=globalcontributions does not support lookups for IP addresses or IP address ranges