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=langbacklinks (lbl)

(main | query | langbacklinks)

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 language link.

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

Note that this may not consider language links added by extensions.

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

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

lbllang

Language for the language link.

lbltitle

Language link to search for. Must be used with lbllang.

lblcontinue

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

lbllimit

How many total pages to return.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

lblprop

Which properties to get:

lllang: Adds the language code of the language link.
lltitle: Adds the title of the language link.

Values (separate with | or alternative): lllang, lltitle

Default: (empty)

lbldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending

Default: ascending

Examples:

Get pages linking to fr:Test.: api.php?action=query&list=langbacklinks&lbltitle=Test&lbllang=fr [open in sandbox]
Get information about pages linking to fr:Test.: api.php?action=query&generator=langbacklinks&glbltitle=Test&glbllang=fr&prop=info [open in sandbox]