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action=query

(main | query)

Fetch data from and about MediaWiki.

All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
prop

Which properties to get for the queried pages.

categories
List all categories the pages belong to.
categoryinfo
Returns information about the given categories.
cirrusbuilddoc
Dump of a CirrusSearch article document from the database servers
cirruscompsuggestbuilddoc
Dump of the document used by the completion suggester
cirrusdoc
Dump of a CirrusSearch article document from the search servers
contributors
Get the list of logged-in contributors and the count of anonymous contributors to a page.
deletedrevisions
Get deleted revision information.
duplicatefiles
List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
extlinks
Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.
extracts
Returns plain-text or limited HTML extracts of the given pages.
fileusage
Find all pages that use the given files.
imageinfo
Returns file information and upload history.
images
Returns all files contained on the given pages.
info
Get basic page information.
iwlinks
Returns all interwiki links from the given pages.
langlinks
Returns all interlanguage links from the given pages.
langlinkscount
Get the number of other language versions.
links
Returns all links from the given pages.
linkshere
Find all pages that link to the given pages.
pageimages
Returns information about images on the page, such as thumbnail and presence of photos.
pageprops
Get various page properties defined in the page content.
redirects
Returns all redirects to the given pages.
revisions
Get revision information.
stashimageinfo
Returns file information for stashed files.
templates
Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
transcludedin
Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
Values (separate with | or alternative): categories, categoryinfo, cirrusbuilddoc, cirruscompsuggestbuilddoc, cirrusdoc, contributors, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, extlinks, extracts, fileusage, imageinfo, images, info, iwlinks, langlinks, langlinkscount, links, linkshere, pageimages, pageprops, redirects, revisions, stashimageinfo, templates, transcludedin
list

Which lists to get.

allcampaigns
Enumerate all UploadWizard campaigns.
allcategories
Enumerate all categories.
alldeletedrevisions
List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
allfileusages
List all file usages, including non-existing.
allimages
Enumerate all images sequentially.
alllinks
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
allpages
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
allredirects
List all redirects to a namespace.
allrevisions
List all revisions.
alltransclusions
List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
allusers
Enumerate all registered users.
backlinks
Find all pages that link to the given page.
blocks
List all blocked users and IP addresses.
categorymembers
List all pages in a given category.
centralnoticeactivecampaigns
Get a list of currently active campaigns with start and end dates and associated banners.
centralnoticelogs
Get a log of campaign configuration changes.
contenttranslation
Query Content Translation database for translations.
contenttranslationcorpora
Get the section-aligned parallel text for a given translation. See also list=cxpublishedtranslations. Dumps are provided in different formats for high volume access.
contenttranslationlangtrend
Query Content Translation database for numbers of translations by period of time.
contenttranslationstats
Get Content Translation statistics.
contenttranslationsuggestions
Get suggestion lists for Content Translation.
cxpublishedtranslations
Fetch all published translations information.
cxtranslatorstats
Fetch the translation statistics for the given user.
embeddedin
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
exturlusage
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
filearchive
Enumerate all deleted files sequentially.
gadgetcategories
Returns a list of gadget categories.
gadgets
Returns a list of gadgets used on this wiki.
imageusage
Find all pages that use the given image title.
iwbacklinks
Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
langbacklinks
Find all pages that link to the given language link.
logevents
Get events from logs.
messagecollection
Query MessageCollection about translations.
mystashedfiles
Get a list of files in the current user's upload stash.
pagepropnames
List all page property names in use on the wiki.
pageswithprop
List all pages using a given page property.
prefixsearch
Perform a prefix search for page titles.
protectedtitles
List all titles protected from creation.
querypage
Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
random
Get a set of random pages.
recentchanges
Enumerate recent changes.
search
Perform a full text search.
tags
List change tags.
usercontribs
Get all edits by a user.
users
Get information about a list of users.
watchlist
Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
watchlistraw
Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
deletedrevs
Deprecated. List deleted revisions.
Values (separate with | or alternative): allcampaigns, allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, allusers, backlinks, blocks, categorymembers, centralnoticeactivecampaigns, centralnoticelogs, contenttranslation, contenttranslationcorpora, contenttranslationlangtrend, contenttranslationstats, contenttranslationsuggestions, cxpublishedtranslations, cxtranslatorstats, embeddedin, exturlusage, filearchive, gadgetcategories, gadgets, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, logevents, messagecollection, mystashedfiles, pagepropnames, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, search, tags, usercontribs, users, watchlist, watchlistraw, deletedrevs
meta

Which metadata to get.

allmessages
Return messages from this site.
authmanagerinfo
Retrieve information about the current authentication status.
babel
Get information about what languages the user knows
filerepoinfo
Return meta information about image repositories configured on the wiki.
languageinfo
Return information about available languages.
languagestats
Query language stats.
managemessagegroups
Fetch possible renames for a message in a group during imports
messagegroups
Return information about message groups.
messagegroupstats
Query message group stats.
messagetranslations
Query all translations for a single message.
notifications
Get notifications waiting for the current user.
siteinfo
Return general information about the site.
tokens
Gets tokens for data-modifying actions.
unreadnotificationpages
Get pages for which there are unread notifications for the current user.
userinfo
Get information about the current user.
cxdeletedtranslations
Internal. Get the number of your published translations that were deleted.
Values (separate with | or alternative): allmessages, authmanagerinfo, babel, filerepoinfo, languageinfo, languagestats, managemessagegroups, messagegroups, messagegroupstats, messagetranslations, notifications, siteinfo, tokens, unreadnotificationpages, userinfo, cxdeletedtranslations
indexpageids

Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs.

Type: boolean (details)
export

Export the current revisions of all given or generated pages.

Type: boolean (details)
exportnowrap

Return the export XML without wrapping it in an XML result (same format as Special:Export). Can only be used with query+export.

Type: boolean (details)
exportschema

Target the given version of the XML dump format when exporting. Can only be used with query+export.

One of the following values: 0.10, 0.11
Default: 0.11
iwurl

Whether to get the full URL if the title is an interwiki link.

Type: boolean (details)
continue

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

rawcontinue

Return raw query-continue data for continuation.

Type: boolean (details)
titles

A list of titles to work on.

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
pageids

A list of page IDs to work on.

Type: list of integers
Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
revids

A list of revision IDs to work on. Note that almost all query modules will convert revision IDs to the corresponding page ID and work on the latest revision instead. Only prop=revisions uses exact revisions for its response.

Type: list of integers
Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
generator

Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.

Note: Generator parameter names must be prefixed with a "g", see examples.

allcategories
Enumerate all categories.
alldeletedrevisions
List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
allfileusages
List all file usages, including non-existing.
allimages
Enumerate all images sequentially.
alllinks
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
allpages
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
allredirects
List all redirects to a namespace.
allrevisions
List all revisions.
alltransclusions
List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
backlinks
Find all pages that link to the given page.
categories
List all categories the pages belong to.
categorymembers
List all pages in a given category.
contenttranslation
Query Content Translation database for translations.
contenttranslationsuggestions
Get suggestion lists for Content Translation.
deletedrevisions
Get deleted revision information.
duplicatefiles
List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
embeddedin
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
exturlusage
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
fileusage
Find all pages that use the given files.
images
Returns all files contained on the given pages.
imageusage
Find all pages that use the given image title.
iwbacklinks
Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
langbacklinks
Find all pages that link to the given language link.
links
Returns all links from the given pages.
linkshere
Find all pages that link to the given pages.
messagecollection
Query MessageCollection about translations.
pageswithprop
List all pages using a given page property.
prefixsearch
Perform a prefix search for page titles.
protectedtitles
List all titles protected from creation.
querypage
Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
random
Get a set of random pages.
recentchanges
Enumerate recent changes.
redirects
Returns all redirects to the given pages.
revisions
Get revision information.
search
Perform a full text search.
templates
Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
transcludedin
Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
watchlist
Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
watchlistraw
Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, contenttranslation, contenttranslationsuggestions, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, messagecollection, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, watchlist, watchlistraw
redirects

Automatically resolve redirects in query+titles, query+pageids, and query+revids, and in pages returned by query+generator.

Type: boolean (details)
converttitles

Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion. Languages that support variant conversion include ban, en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, sh, shi, sr, tg, tly, uz and zh.

Type: boolean (details)