MediaWiki API help

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

action=opensearch

(main | opensearch)

Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
search

Search string.

This parameter is required.
namespace

Namespaces to search. Ignored if search begins with a valid namespace prefix.

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 *.
Default: 0
limit

Maximum number of results to return.

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

No longer used.

Type: boolean (details)
redirects

How to handle redirects:

return
Return the redirect itself.
resolve
Return the target page. May return fewer than limit results.

For historical reasons, the default is "return" for format=json and "resolve" for other formats.

One of the following values: resolve, return
format

The format of the output.

One of the following values: json, jsonfm, xml, xmlfm
Default: json
warningsaserror

If warnings are raised with format=json, return an API error instead of ignoring them.

Type: boolean (details)
Example:
Find pages beginning with Te.
api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te [open in sandbox]