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

prop=linkshere (lh)

(main | query | linkshere)

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Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Find all pages that link to the given pages.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Linkshere

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

lhprop

Which properties to get:

pageid: Page ID of each page.
title: Title of each page.
redirect: Flag if the page is a redirect.

Values (separate with | or alternative): pageid, redirect, title

Default: pageid|title|redirect

lhnamespace

Only include pages in these namespaces.

Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 120, 121, 122, 123, 274, 275, 640, 641, 828, 829, 3000, 4200, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, 4205, 4206, 4207, 4208, 4209, 4210, 4211, 4212, 4213, 4214, 4215, 4216, 4217, 4218, 4219, 10000, 10002, 10010, 10011, 10030, 10031

Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).

To specify all values, use *.

lhshow

Show only items that meet these criteria:

redirect: Only show redirects.
!redirect: Only show non-redirects.

Values (separate with | or alternative): !redirect, redirect

lhlimit

How many to return.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

lhcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

Examples:

Get a list of pages linking to the Portal.: api.php?action=query&prop=linkshere&titles=Portal [open in sandbox]
Get information about pages linking to the Portal.: api.php?action=query&generator=linkshere&titles=Portal&prop=info [open in sandbox]