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GET request to find all the links on the provided page(s).

This module can be used as a generator .

API documentation

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(main | query | links)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • This module can be used as a generator.
  • Source: MediaWiki
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Returns all links from the given pages.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
plnamespace

Show links in these namespaces only.

Values (separate with | or alternative): -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 90, 91, 92, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 486, 487, 710, 711, 828, 829, 1198, 1199, 2600, 5500, 5501
To specify all values, use *.
pllimit

How many links to return.

Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 500.
Default: 10
plcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

pltitles

Only list links to these titles. Useful for checking whether a certain page links to a certain title.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
pldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get links from the page MediaWiki
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=MediaWiki [open in sandbox]
Get information about the link pages in the page MediaWiki.
api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=MediaWiki&prop=info [open in sandbox]
Get links from the page MediaWiki in the User and Template namespaces.
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=MediaWiki&plnamespace=2|10 [open in sandbox]


Examples

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Example 1: Fetch all the links in a page

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GET request

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Get a list of links from the English Wikipedia's page on w:Albert Einstein
api.php?action=query&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=links [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

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{
    "query": {
        "pages": [
            {
                "pageid": 736,
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "Albert Einstein",
                "links": [
                    {
                        "ns": 0,
                        "title": "2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey"
                    },
                    {
                        "ns": 0,
                        "title": "A priori and a posteriori"
                    },
                    {
                        "ns": 0,
                        "title": "Aage Bohr"
                    },
                    ...
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

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Python

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#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_links.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module: Get all links on the given page(s)

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "titles": "Albert Einstein",
    "prop": "links"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

PAGES = DATA["query"]["pages"]

for k, v in PAGES.items():
    for l in v["links"]:
        print(l["title"])

PHP

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<?php
/*
    get_links.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module: Get all links on the given page(s)

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "titles" => "Albert Einstein",
    "prop" => "links"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["pages"] as $k => $v ) {
    foreach( $v["links"] as $k => $v ) {
        echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
    }
}

JavaScript

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/*
    get_links.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module: Get all links on the given page(s)

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    format: "json",
    titles: "Albert Einstein",
    prop: "links"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var pages = response.query.pages;
        for (var p in pages) {
            for (var l of pages[p].links) {
                console.log(l.title);
            }
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

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/*
	get_links.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Links` module: Get all links on the given page(s)

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		format: 'json',
		titles: 'Albert Einstein',
		prop: 'links'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pages = data.query.pages,
		p;
	for ( p in pages ) {
		pages[ p ].links.forEach( function ( l ) {
			console.log( l.title );
		} );
	}
} );
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Get request to fetch missing or red links on Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles. Two steps to do so:

  • Make a GET request to the Action API to return all links embedded on the provided page.
  • From further extraction, obtain those links that are missing and don't yet exist on English Wikipedia.
generator=links query module's submodule links used as a generator module to get a set of links embedded on a page.

GET request

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api.php?action=query&format=json&generator=links&titles=Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles&gpllimit=20 [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

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Response
{
  "batchcomplete": "", 
  "continue": {
    "continue": "gplcontinue||", 
    "gplcontinue": "297177|0|1965_in_sumo"
  }, 
  "query": {
    "pages": {
      "-1": {
        "missing": "", 
        "ns": 0, 
        "title": "(viii)"
      }, 
      "-10": {
        "missing": "", 
        "ns": 0, 
        "title": "1954 in sumo"
      }
      ...
    }
  }
}

Sample code

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get_red_links.py


Python

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#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_red_links.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module to identify red or missing links on a page.

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "titles": "Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles",
    "gpllimit": "20",
    "format": "json",
    "generator": "links"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

PAGES = DATA['query']['pages']

for page in PAGES.values():
    if 'missing' in page:
        print(page['title'])

PHP

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<?php
/*
    get_red_links.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module to identify red or missing links on a page.

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "generator" => "links",
    "titles" => "Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles",
    "gpllimit" => "20",
    "format" => "json"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["pages"] as $page ){
    if( array_key_exists("missing",$page ) ){
        echo( $page["title"] . "\n" );
    }
}

JavaScript

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/*
    get_red_links.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Links` module to identify red or missing links on a page.

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    generator: "links",
    titles: "Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles",
    gpllimit: "20",
    format: "json"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var pages = response.query.pages;
        for (var p in pages) {
            if(pages[p].hasOwnProperty("missing")){
                console.log(pages[p].title);
            }
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

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/*
	get_red_links.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Links` module to identify red or missing links on a page.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		generator: 'links',
		titles: 'Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles',
		gpllimit: '20',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pages = data.query.pages,
		p;
	for ( p in pages ) {
		if( pages[ p ].hasOwnProperty('missing') ){
			console.log( pages[ p ].title );
		}
	}
} );

Parameter history

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  • v1.19: Introduced pldir
  • v1.17: Introduced pltitles
  • v1.13: Introduced pllimit, plcontinue

See also

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