API talk:Backlinks

Is there no way, using the API, to get backlinks for a non-existent page? This functionality exists using the Special:WhatLinksHere feature and would be useful for programatically fixing broken links. /Lokal Profil (talk) 10:52, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Is there any way to include transcluding pages among those who link the template? Soshial (talk) 22:36, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Backlinks Watchlist

 * Backlinks Watchlist, a tool for monitoring changes to the backlinks of a page. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 04:08, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Wikiget

 * Wikiget, a unix command-line tool to retrieve the backlinks for a template, article etc.. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 01:49, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Compared with API:Linkshere
My understanding is that the other API is available under a lower MW version, since they all claimed to be able to be used as generators. Is that true? --CXuesong (talk) 07:35, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Seconding this question. What is the semantic difference between this list module and API:Linkshere? It seems both have features the other one does not have, but what is the reason for having two modules that effectively solve the same task? --78.50.153.140 13:43, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Odd query result (blredirect in Backlinks) ?
I'm not understanding the redirlinks part in the query result below. It looks to me like its telling me that the page "Forestry" is linking to the "File:Hafen-Forestry.png" image trough the "File:Forestry.png" redirect. Which can't be the case. But if it is, should it not also show a "Skills" pages there. I can't make sense of this ??? MediaWiki: 1.31.0 ... Also see "File usage" part at page itself. Links used details: query used: { "action": "query", "format": "json", "list": "backlinks", "formatversion": "2", "bltitle": "File:Hafen-Forestry.png", "blredirect": 1 } Output I get: { "batchcomplete": true, "query": { "backlinks": [ {               "pageid": 9423, "ns": 0, "title": "Forestry" },           {                "pageid": 13595, "ns": 6, "title": "File:Forestry.png", "redirect": true, "redirlinks": [ {                       "pageid": 9423, "ns": 0, "title": "Forestry" }               ]            }        ]    } } Related API Sandbox link. --MvGulik (talk) 06:30, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * "Skill" page uses a normal/direct file: link to the "File:Forestry.png" redirect.
 * The "Forestry" page however uses an automated(template) link to the "File:Hafen-Forestry.png" page. (The template also uses #ifexist on the "File:Forestry.png" page in this case, but that should not matter here (as it only triggers an add-to-category action)


 * Do not confuse backlinks with Api:imageusage. Also, #ifexist causes the image to be counted as a backlink, hence why it appears in the results. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) 09:34, 31 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Currently imageusage was not part of the test setup, will add it and check its doc and behaviour and compare.
 * > "#ifexist causes the image to be counted as a backlink, hence why it appears in the results"
 * Should the redirlinks part than not also show a "Skills" page ? --MvGulik (talk) 15:59, 31 July 2019 (UTC)