MediaWiki API help

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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

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Find all pages that link to the given page.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
bltitle

Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid.

blpageid

Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle.

Type: integer
blcontinue

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

blnamespace

The namespace to enumerate.

Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 274, 275, 420, 421, 828, 829, 1004, 1005, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1507, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3026, 3027
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
To specify all values, use *.
bldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
blfilterredir

How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level.

One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
Default: all
bllimit

How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, the limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * bllimit results may be returned).

Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 500.
Default: 10
blredirect

If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.

Type: boolean (details)