API:Links
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| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.11 |
GET request to find all the links on the provided page(s).
This module can be used as a generator.
API documentation
Examples
Example 1: Fetch all the links in a page
GET request
Get a list of links from the English Wikipedia's page on w:Albert Einstein
Response
{
"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
Python
#!/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
<?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
/*
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
/*
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 );
} );
}
} );
Example 2: Fetch missing links
Get request to fetch missing or red links on Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles. Two steps to do so:
- Make a
GETrequest 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
api.php?
Response
| 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
| get_red_links.py |
|---|
|
Python#!/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<?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/*
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/*
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 );
}
}
} );
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Parameter history
- v1.19: Introduced
pldir - v1.17: Introduced
pltitles - v1.13: Introduced
pllimit,plcontinue
See also
- API:Linkshere - API:Properties submodule that finds pages which include a link to the given page.
- API:Backlinks - API:Lists submodule that gets a list of pages which link to a given page.
- API:Iwlinks - Find interwiki links on a given page (i.e, meta pages, special pages).
- API:Iwbacklinks - Get a list of pages which are linked from a given interwiki link.
- API:Extlinks - Find all external links on a given page.
- API:Exturlusage - Get all pages that link to an external URL.
- API:Langlinks - Get a list of language links from the given page. Language links represent translations.
- API:Langbacklinks - Get a list of pages that contains a given language link.