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prop=extlinks (el)

(main | query | extlinks)

This module requires read rights.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Extlinks

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

ellimit: How many links to return.; Type: integer or max; The value must be between 1 and 500.; Default: 10
elcontinue: When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
elprotocol: Protocol of the URL. If empty and elquery is set, the protocol is http and https. Leave both this and elquery empty to list all external links.; One of the following values: Can be empty, or bitcoin, ftp, ftps, geo, git, gopher, http, https, irc, ircs, magnet, mailto, matrix, mms, news, nntp, redis, sftp, sip, sips, sms, ssh, svn, tel, telnet, urn, wikipedia, worldwind, xmpp; Default: (empty)
elquery: Search string without protocol. Useful for checking whether a certain page contains a certain external url.
elexpandurl: Deprecated.; Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol.; Type: boolean (details)

Example:

Get a list of external links on the page Main Page.: api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]