API:Search

GET Request to search for a title or text in a wiki.

Sample code
Search.py

Demo app(s)



 * [https://github.com/srish/MediaWiki-Action-API-Code-Samples/tree/master/python/demos/article%20suggestion Article suggestion app] allows you to pick a category and suggest articles to write on that don't yet exist on English Wikipedia.

Parameter history

 * v1.24: Deprecated ,
 * v1.23: Removed . Redirects are always included. Introduced
 * v1.22: Introduced
 * v1.17: Introduced,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * v1.16: Introduced ,

Additional notes
On Wikimedia wikis which use CirrusSearch, see  for information about the search syntax.
 * Depending on which search backend is in use, how  is interpreted may vary.