MediaWiki API help

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API

(main | query | backlinks)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • This module can be used as a generator.

Find all pages that link to the given page.

Parameters:
bltitle

Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid.

blpageid

Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle.

blcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

blnamespace

The namespace to enumerate.

Values (separate with |): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 800, 801, 828, 829
bldir

The direction in which to list.

One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
blfilterredir

How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level.

One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
bllimit

How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * bllimit results may be returned).

No more than 500 (5,000 for bots) allowed.
Default: 10
blredirect

If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.

Examples:
Show links to Main page.
api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page
Get information about pages linking to Main page.
api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info