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

MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.17

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+iwbacklinks

Example

GET request

Get pages that link to a given interwiki link.

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.
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