wikichanges-watcher

Demonstration of the wikichanges npm package.

Usage

Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 with Node Version Manager.

1. nvm install 0.10.43 (other versions may also work)
2. npm -g install npm@latest-2 (may not be necessary)
3. npm -g install wikichanges-watcher
4. wikichanges-watcher

After a few seconds you should start to see lines printed to the console like this:

TIMESTAMP JSONBLOB
TIMESTAMP JSONBLOB
TIMESTAMP JSONBLOB

TIMESTAMP is milliseconds since the epoch, and is followed by a space. JSONBLOB is json text, and continues to the end of the line.

For example:

1459318885127 {"channel":"#en.wikipedia","flag":"create","page":"Special:Log/newusers","pageUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/newusers","url":"","delta":null,"comment":"New user account","wikipedia":"English Wikipedia","wikipediaUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org","wikipediaShort":"en","wikipediaLong":"English Wikipedia","user":"Shutupdumdum","userUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shutupdumdum","unpatrolled":false,"newPage":false,"robot":false,"anonymous":false,"namespace":"special"}
1459318885220 {"channel":"#en.wikipedia","flag":"","page":"Talk:List of forts","pageUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_forts","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=712629509&oldid=590171997","delta":132,"comment":"","wikipedia":"English Wikipedia","wikipediaUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org","wikipediaShort":"en","wikipediaLong":"English Wikipedia","user":"Ladyrose66","userUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ladyrose66","unpatrolled":false,"newPage":false,"robot":false,"anonymous":false,"namespace":"talk"}
1459318885766 {"channel":"#en.wikipedia","flag":"thank","page":"Special:Log/thanks","pageUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/thanks","url":"","delta":null,"comment":"SteveStrummer thanked Cwmhiraeth","wikipedia":"English Wikipedia","wikipediaUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org","wikipediaShort":"en","wikipediaLong":"English Wikipedia","user":"SteveStrummer","userUrl":"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SteveStrummer","unpatrolled":false,"newPage":false,"robot":false,"anonymous":false,"namespace":"special"}