MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page
list=backlinks (bl)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Find all pages that link to the given page.
- bltitle
Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid.
- blpageid
Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle.
- Type: integer
- blcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- blnamespace
The namespace to enumerate.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 292, 293, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 310, 311, 312, 313, 328, 329, 332, 333, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 396, 397
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
- To specify all values, use *.
- bldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: 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 of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: all
- bllimit
How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, the limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * bllimit results may be returned).
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- blredirect
If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
- Type: boolean (details)
- Show links to Main page.
- api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to Main page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]