https://github.com/derhuerst/wikipedia-edits-stream

A live stream of page edits on Wikipedia.
https://github.com/derhuerst/wikipedia-edits-stream

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A live stream of page edits on Wikipedia.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/derhuerst/wikipedia-edits-stream
• Owner: derhuerst
• License: isc
• Created: 2017-05-30T22:02:41.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-13T10:56:39.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-08T19:46:01.023Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: edits, eventsource, realtime, wikipedia
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://github.com/derhuerst/wikipedia-edits-stream
• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license.md

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README

          
# wikipedia-edits-stream

**A live stream of [page edits on Wikipedia](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recent_changes_stream).**

[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/wikipedia-edits-stream.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wikipedia-edits-stream)

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## Installing

```shell

npm install wikipedia-edits-stream

```

## Usage

Refer to the [manual on the edits format](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:RCFeed#Properties) for more info.

```js

const edits = require('.')

const e = edits()

e.on('data', console.log)

e.on('error', (err) => {

	console.error(err)

	process.exit(1)

})

setTimeout(() => e.close(), 10 * 1000)

```

## Contributing

If you **have a question**, **found a bug** or want to **propose a feature**, have a look at [the issues page](https://github.com/derhuerst/wikipedia-edits-stream/issues).