MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.18

GET request to find all pages that link to the given language link.

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+langbacklinks

Example

GET request

Get pages linking to a given language link.

Response

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "query": {
        "langbacklinks": []
    }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    langbacklinks.py
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Langbacklinks` module: Get pages linking to a given language link
    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "list": "langbacklinks",
    "lbltitle": "Test",
    "lbllang": "fr",
    "format": "json"
}

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

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    langbacklinks.php
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Langbacklinks` module: Get pages linking to a given language link
    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "list" => "langbacklinks",
    "lbltitle" => "Test",
    "lbllang" => "fr",
    "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 );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
    langbacklinks.js
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Langbacklinks` module: Get pages linking to a given language link
    MIT License
*/

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

var params = {
    action: "query",
    list: "langbacklinks",
    lbltitle: "Test",
    lbllang: "fr",
    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

/*
	langbacklinks.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Langbacklinks` module: Get pages linking to a given language link
	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		list: 'langbacklinks',
		lbltitle: 'Test',
		lbllang: 'fr',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	console.log( data );
} );

Possible errors

Code Info
missingparam The lang parameter must be set.

Parameter history

  • v1.20: Introduced dir

Additional notes

  • This module can be used to find all pages that link to the given language link. It finds all links using a language code, or all links to a given title (with a given language). Using neither parameter is effectively All Language Links.

See also

  • API:Links - Returns all links from the given pages.
  • API:Langlinks - Gets a list of all language links from the provided pages to other languages.
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