API:Embeddedin

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.11

GET request to find all page(s) that embed a given page.

This module can be used as a {{ll|API:Query#Generators|generator}}.

API documentation

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/query+embeddedin, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

Special:ApiHelp/query+embeddedin

Example

GET request

Find all pages that embed the English Wikipedia's w:Computer page.

api.php?action=query&format=json&list=embeddedin&eititle=Computer&eilimit=20 [try in ApiSandbox]

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "query": {
        "embeddedin": [
            {
                "pageid": 14388072,
                "ns": 100,
                "title": "Portal:Computing"
            },
            {
                "pageid": 45719527,
                "ns": 2,
                "title": "User:SoSivr/sandbox"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_embedded_lists.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Embeddedin` module: Get all page(s) that
    embed a given page

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "list": "embeddedin",
    "eititle": "Computer",
    "eilimit": "20"
}

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

PAGES = DATA["query"]["embeddedin"]

for p in PAGES:
    print(p["title"])

PHP

<?php
/*
    get_embedded_pages.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Embeddedin` module: Get all page(s) that embed a given page

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "list" => "embeddedin",
    "eititle" => "Computer",
    "eilimit" => "20"
];

$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"]["embeddedin"] as $k => $v ) {
    echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

/*
    get_embedded_pages.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Embeddedin` module: Get all page(s) that embed a given page

    MIT License
*/

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

var params = {
    action: "query",
    format: "json",
    list: "embeddedin",
    eititle: "Computer",
    eilimit: "20"
};

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 pages = response.query.embeddedin;
        for (var p in pages) {
            console.log(pages[p].title);
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_embedded_pages.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Embeddedin` module: Get all page(s) that embed a given page

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		format: 'json',
		list: 'embeddedin',
		eititle: 'Computer',
		eilimit: '20'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pages = data.query.embeddedin,
		p;
	for ( p in pages ) {
		console.log( pages[ p ].title );
	}
} );

Possible errors


Code	Info
missingparam	One of the parameters `eititle`, `eipageid` is required.
eibadcontinue	Invalid continue param. You should pass the original value returned by the previous query.