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prop=extlinks (el)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.
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 adiumxtra, bitcoin, ftp, ftps, geo, git, gopher, http, https, irc, ircs, magnet, mailto, matrix, mms, ms-windows-store, news, nntp, redis, sftp, sip, sips, sms, ssh, svn, tel, telnet, urn, 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 Welcome to KDE UserBase.
- api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Welcome%20to%20KDE%20UserBase [open in sandbox]