[closed] OverpassAPI: fetch all nodes created by a specified user

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I'd like to list the nodes that were created by a specified user with the Overpass API.

After stumbling on this wiki section I was able to fetch all nodes "touched" by a user.

I tested my own username, and as expected it returns all the nodes I've created and edited. https://www.overpass-api.de/api/interpreter?data=[out:json];node(user:"robinmetral");out;

However I'm looking for a way to fetch only the nodes that a specified user has created, i.e. added to OSM for the first time (version 1).

Is there a way to do this? By looking at if the user has created the node's version 1 perhaps? Any inputs are welcome :)

Thanks for your help!

Side question: the wiki says that "the user filter selects all elements that have been last touched by the specified user". Why "last"? Does it select a limited number of elements?

Answer 1

So after some research, I solved my own question! I thought I'd post it on here in case someone else is looking for a similar solution.

Clarification: though I first asked how to list all nodes created by a specific user (because I thought it would be more straightforward), in my case what I really wanted was to check whether a list of nodes were created by a specified user.

I was able to do this through the OpenStreetMap API (not the Overpass API).

Basically, I use the following request syntax in a JavaScript XMLHttpRequest:

https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/nodes?nodes=100v1,101v1,102v1,103v1 // etc.

Then I parse the XML response to get the value of the user="" class in each node.

Here are the relevant docs sections about retrieving an element's specific version and about fetching multiple elements at once.

[closed] OverpassAPI: fetch all nodes created by a specified user

The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, but I can not accept my own answer" by robinmetral 20 Oct '18, 12:43

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