MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.11

GET request to get a list of all pages (typically templates) transcluded in the provided pages.

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+templates

Example

GET request

Get a list of templates used on a page.

Response

{
    "continue": {
        "tlcontinue": "736|10|Birth_date",
        "continue": "||"
    },
    "query": {
        "pages": {
            "736": {
                "pageid": 736,
                "ns": 0,
                "title": "Albert Einstein",
                "templates": [
                    {
                        "ns": 0,
                        "title": "Einstein"
                    },
                    {
                        "ns": 10,
                        "title": "Template:20th Century Press Archives"
                    },
                    ...
                ]
            }
        }
    }

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    templates.py
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Templates` module: Get a list of templates used on a page
    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

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

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "titles": "Albert Einstein",
    "prop": "templates",
    "format": "json"
}

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

print(DATA)

PHP

<?php

/*
    templates.php
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Templates` module: Get a list of templates used on a page
    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "titles" => "Albert Einstein",
    "prop" => "templates",
    "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

/*
    templates.js
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Templates` module: Get a list of templates used on a page
    MIT License
*/

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

var params = {
    action: "query",
    titles: "Albert Einstein",
    prop: "templates",
    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

/*
	templates.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Templates` module: Get a list of templates used on a page
	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		titles: 'Albert Einstein',
		prop: 'templates',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

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


Parameter history

  • v1.19: Introduced tldir
  • v1.17: Introduced tltemplates
  • v1.x: Introduced tlcontinue, tllimit

Additional notes

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

See also

  • API:Transcludedin - Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
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