API:Exturlusage

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Exturlusage
Prefix	eu
Required rights	none
Post only?	No
Generated help	Current
Version added	≥ 1.11

Get a list of pages that link to a certain URL, à la Special:Linksearch

Parameters

• euprop: Which properties to get (Default: ids|title|url)
  • ids: Page ID of the linking page
  • title: Title of the linking page
  • url: URL being linked to
• euoffset: Used for continuing a previous request
• euprotocol: Protocol of the URL. Possible values: listed in $wgUrlProtocols. (Default: http)
• euquery: The URL to search for, without the protocol. * can be used as a wildcard. If omitted, all external links will be listed, filtered by euprotocol, if provided. MediaWiki versions 1.11 and 1.12 abort if euquery is omitted.
• eunamespace: Only list links from pages in these namespaces
• eulimit: Maximum amount of pages to list No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed. (Default: 10)
• euexpandurl: Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol 1.21+

Example

Get a list of pages linking to slashdot.org

api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=slashdot.org [try in ApiSandbox]