API:Iwbacklinks

GET request to get all pages that link to the given interwiki link.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.17

API documentation

list=iwbacklinks (iwbl)

(main | query | iwbacklinks)

• 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 interwiki link.

Can be used to find all links with a prefix, or all links to a title (with a given prefix). Using neither parameter is effectively "all interwiki links".

• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Iwbacklinks

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

iwblprefix

Prefix for the interwiki.

iwbltitle

Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwblblprefix.

iwblcontinue

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

iwbllimit

How many total pages to return.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

iwblprop

Which properties to get:

iwprefix

Adds the prefix of the interwiki.

iwtitle

Adds the title of the interwiki.

Values (separate with | or alternative): iwprefix, iwtitle

Default: (empty)

iwbldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending

Default: ascending

Examples:

Get pages linking to wikibooks:Test.

api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks [open in sandbox]

Get information about pages linking to wikibooks:Test.

api.php?action=query&generator=iwbacklinks&giwbltitle=Test&giwblprefix=wikibooks&prop=info [open in sandbox]

Example

GET request

Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwblprefix=wikibooks&iwbltitle=Main_Page&format=json [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "continue": {
        "iwblcontinue": "wikibooks|Main_Page|438739",
        "continue": "-||"
    },
    "query": {
        "iwbacklinks": [
            {
                "pageid": 18606,
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam"
            },
            {
                "pageid": 43347,
                "ns": 1,
                "title": "Talk:Vi"
            },
            ...
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    iwbacklinks.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Iwbacklinks` module: Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "list": "iwbacklinks",
    "iwblprefix": "wikibooks",
    "iwbltitle": "Main_Page",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    iwbacklinks.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Iwbacklinks` module: Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "list" => "iwbacklinks",
    "iwblprefix" => "wikibooks",
    "iwbltitle" => "Main_Page",
    "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 );

echo( $output );

JavaScript

/*
    iwbacklinks.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Iwbacklinks` module: Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    list: "iwbacklinks",
    iwblprefix: "wikibooks",
    iwbltitle: "Main_Page",
    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) {console.log(response);})
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	iwbacklinks.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Iwbacklinks` module: Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		list: 'iwbacklinks',
		iwblprefix: 'wikibooks',
		iwbltitle: 'Main_Page',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );

Possible errors

Code	Info
invalidparammix-mustusewith	The iwbltitle parameter may only be used with iwblprefix.

Parameter history

• v1.20: Introduced iwbldir

Additional notes

• This module can be used to find all pages that link to the given interwiki link. It finds all links using a prefix, or all links to a given title (with a given prefix). Using neither parameter returns All IW Links.

See also

• API:Iwlinks - List interwiki links from a given page.
• API:Links - Find all the links on the provided page(s).
• API:Linkshere - Find all pages that link to the given pages.
• API:Extlinks - Gets a list of all external links on the provided pages.