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)

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 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, 90, 91, 92, 93, 100, 101, 106, 107, 420, 421, 828, 829, 1102, 1103, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289

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 Special:MainPage.: api.php?action=query&prop=linkshere&titles=Special%3AMainPage [open in sandbox]
Get information about pages linking to the Special:MainPage.: api.php?action=query&generator=linkshere&titles=Special%3AMainPage&prop=info [open in sandbox]