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prop=redirects (rd)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all redirects to the given pages.
Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
- rdprop
Which properties to get:
- pageid
- Page ID of each redirect.
- title
- Title of each redirect.
- fragment
- Fragment of each redirect, if any.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): fragment, pageid, title
- Default: pageid|title
- rdnamespace
Only include pages in these namespaces.
Note: Due to miser mode, using this may result in fewer than rdlimit results returned before continuing; in extreme cases, zero results may be returned.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 274, 275, 828, 829, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303
- To specify all values, use *.
- rdshow
Show only items that meet these criteria:
- fragment
- Only show redirects with a fragment.
- !fragment
- Only show redirects without a fragment.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): !fragment, fragment
- rdlimit
How many redirects to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 10
- rdcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
Examples:
- Get a list of redirects to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=redirects&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]
- Get information about all redirects to the Main Page.
- api.php?action=query&generator=redirects&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info [open in sandbox]