API:Alllinks

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Alllinks
Prefix	al
Required rights	none
Post only?	No
Generated help	Current
Version added	≥ 1.11

Returns a list of (unique) links to pages in a given namespace starting ordered by link title.

Parameters

• alcontinue: Used to continue a previous request
• alfrom: Start listing at this title. The title need not exist.
• alprefix: Only list links to titles that begin with this value
• alnamespace: The namespace to enumerate. You can only enumerate one namespace at a time. By default, the main namespace will be enumerated.
• alunique: If set, multiple links to the same title will be listed only once. It cannot be used with alprop=ids. When used as a generator, yields target pages instead of source pages. Before MW 1.21 (gerrit:40559) it couldn't be used in generator mode.
• allimit: Maximum amount of links to list. (Default: 10)
• alprop: Which properties to return. (Default: title)
  • ids: Page IDs of the linking pages. Cannot be used together with alunique.
  • title: Link titles

Example

List all links to talk pages whose name starts with Talk:API

api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alprefix=API&alnamespace=1&alprop=ids|title [try in ApiSandbox]

Error Codes

Code	Info
alparams	alllinks cannot be used as a generator in unique links mode
alparams	alllinks cannot return corresponding page ids in unique links mode Note: This happens when you use alunique and alprop=ids together
alparams	alcontinue and alfrom cannot be used together