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list=alllinks (al)

(main | query | alllinks)

Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

alcontinue

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

alfrom

The title of the link to start enumerating from.

alto

The title of the link to stop enumerating at.

alprefix

Search for all linked titles that begin with this value.

alunique

Only show distinct linked titles. Cannot be used with alprop=ids. When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages.

Type: boolean (details)

alprop

Which pieces of information to include:

Values (separate with | or alternative): ids, title

Default: title

alnamespace

The namespace to enumerate.

One of the following values: -1, -2, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Default: 0

allimit

How many total items to return.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

aldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending

Default: ascending

Examples:

List linked titles, including missing ones, with page IDs they are from, starting at B.: api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alfrom=B&alprop=ids|title [open in sandbox]
List unique linked titles.: api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique=&alfrom=B [open in sandbox]
Gets all linked titles, marking the missing ones.: api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galunique=&galfrom=B [open in sandbox]
Gets pages containing the links.: api.php?action=query&generator=alllinks&galfrom=B [open in sandbox]