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. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
- 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, 460, 461, 828, 829, 1198, 1199, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 3000, 3001, 3005, 3006
- 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 Dyson_Sphere_Program_Wiki.
- api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Dyson%20Sphere%20Program%20Wiki [open in sandbox]
- Get information about pages linking to Dyson_Sphere_Program_Wiki.
- api.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Dyson%20Sphere%20Program%20Wiki&prop=info [open in sandbox]