API:Search
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| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.11 |
GET request to perform an advanced search for wiki pages by title or content text match.
API documentation
GET request
Default search results are without UTF8 encoding. Replace
utf8 in the get request above to see the difference.Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"continue": {
"sroffset": 10,
"continue": "-||"
},
"query": {
"searchinfo": {
"totalhits": 5060
},
"search": [
{
"ns": 0,
"title": "Nelson Mandela",
"pageid": 21492751,
"size": 196026,
"wordcount": 23664,
"snippet": "<span class=\"searchmatch\">Nelson</span> Rolihlahla <span class=\"searchmatch\">Mandela</span> (/mænˈdɛlə/, Xhosa: [xoliɬaˈɬa <span class=\"searchmatch\">manˈdɛla</span>]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary,",
"timestamp": "2018-07-23T07:59:43Z"
},
{
"ns": 0,
"title": "Death of Nelson Mandela",
"pageid": 41284488,
"size": 133513,
"wordcount": 13512,
"snippet": "On December 5, 2013, <span class=\"searchmatch\">Nelson</span> <span class=\"searchmatch\">Mandela</span>, the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's",
"timestamp": "2018-07-19T17:30:59Z"
}
...
]
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
search.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Search` module: Search for a text or title
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
SEARCHPAGE = "Nelson Mandela"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"format": "json",
"list": "search",
"srsearch": SEARCHPAGE
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
if DATA['query']['search'][0]['title'] == SEARCHPAGE:
print("Your search page '" + SEARCHPAGE + "' exists on English Wikipedia")
PHP
<?php
/*
search.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Search` module: Search for a text or title
MIT License
*/
$searchPage = "Nelson Mandela";
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"list" => "search",
"srsearch" => $searchPage,
"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( $output, true );
if ($result['query']['search'][0]['title'] == $searchPage){
echo("Your search page '" . $searchPage . "' exists on English Wikipedia" . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
search.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Search` module: Search for a text or title
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = new URLSearchParams({
action: "query",
list: "search",
srsearch: "Nelson Mandela",
format: "json",
origin: location.origin
});
fetch(`${url}?${params}`)
.then(function(response){return response.json();})
.then(function(response) {
if (response.query.search[0].title === "Nelson Mandela"){
console.log("Your search page 'Nelson Mandela' exists on English Wikipedia" );
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
search.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Search` module: Search for a text or title
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
list: 'search',
srsearch: 'Nelson Mandela',
format: 'json'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
if ( data.query.search[ 0 ].title === 'Nelson Mandela' ) {
console.log( "Your search page 'Nelson Mandela' exists on English Wikipedia" );
}
} );
Possible errors
| Code | Info |
|---|---|
| nosrsearch | The srsearch parameter must be set. This was param-search before 1.17
|
| search-text-disabled | text search is disabled. |
| search-title-disabled | title search is disabled. |
| search-error | search error has occurred |
Parameter history
- v1.24: Deprecated
score,hasrelated - v1.23:
- Removed
srredirects. Redirects are always included. - Introduced
srinterwiki
- Removed
- v1.22: Introduced
srbackend - v1.17: Introduced
nearmatch,score,titlesnippet,redirecttitle,redirectsnippet,sectiontitle,sectionsnippet,hasrelated - v1.16: Introduced
srinfo,srprop
Additional notes
- Depending on which search backend is in use, how
srsearchis interpreted may vary. On Wikimedia wikis which use CirrusSearch, see Help:CirrusSearch for information about the search syntax.