MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.23

GET request to list all redirects to a namespace.

This module can be used as a {{ll|API:generator|generator}}

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+allredirects

Example

GET request

Get the first three unique pages containing redirects to the main namespace.

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "continue": {
        "arcontinue": "!Women_Art_Revolution",
        "continue": "-||"
    },
    "query": {
        "allredirects": [
            {
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "!Action Pact!"
            },
            {
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "!Arriba! La Pachanga"
            },
            {
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "!Hero"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_allredirects.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allredirects` module: Get the first three unique pages containing
    redirects to the main namespace.

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "list": "allredirects",
    "arunique": "1",
    "arnamespace": "0",
    "arlimit": "3"
}

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

REDIRECTS = DATA["query"]["allredirects"]

for r in REDIRECTS:
    print(r["title"])

PHP

<?php
/*
    get_allredirects.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allredirects` module: Get the first three unique pages containing redirects to the main namespace.

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "list" => "allredirects",
    "arunique" => "1",
    "arnamespace" => "0",
    "arlimit" => "3"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["allredirects"] as $k => $v ) {
    echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

/*
    get_allredirects.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Allredirects` module: Get the first three unique pages containing redirects to the main namespace.

    MIT License
*/

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

var params = {
    action: "query",
    format: "json",
    list: "allredirects",
    arunique: "1",
    arnamespace: "0",
    arlimit: "3"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var redirects = response.query.allredirects;
        for (var r in redirects) {
            console.log(redirects[r].title);
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_allredirects.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Allredirects` module: Get the first three unique
	pages containing redirects to the main namespace.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		format: 'json',
		list: 'allredirects',
		arunique: '1',
		arnamespace: '0',
		arlimit: '3'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var redirects = data.query.allredirects,
		r;
	for ( r in redirects ) {
		console.log( redirects[ r ].title );
	}
} );

Additional notes

  • Namespaces and their numbers can be obtained at Manual:Namespace.

See also

  • API:Redirects - List all redirects to a given page(s).
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