API:All search modules

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This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki Action API
Basics
Etiquette and usage guidelines All query modules All page properties All list modules All meta modules Output formats
Authentication
Get tokens for data modifying operations Login Logout Verifying authentication (assertions)
Accounts and Users
Create an account Block or unblock a user Get info about the current user Get the current user's watchlist as a feed Change user options Change user group membership Send an email
Page Operations
Create and edit a page Get the contents of a page Upload a file Import a page Delete a page Parse content of a page Watch or unwatch a page Purge cache for page(s) Rollback a page Move a page Patrol a page or revision Restore revisions of a deleted page Change a page's protection level Change a page's language More...
Search
Search wiki pages by title (OpenSearch) Advanced search for wiki pages by title or text Search wiki pages near a location Search for a language name Perform a prefix search for page titles
Developer Utilities
Access libraries Cross-site requests Creating an API module in an extension Using the API in MediaWiki and extensions Restricting API usage Localisation Implementation Strategy
Tutorials
Action API Tutorial Article ideas generator Nearby places viewer Picture of the day viewer Holidays viewer
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The MediaWiki Action API has several search-related modules:

Action specific modules

API:Opensearch — Search wiki pages by title (OpenSearch format)
API:Languagesearch — Search for a language name in any script, or by ISO code or native name

API:Search — Advanced search for wiki pages by title or text
API:Geosearch — Search wiki pages near a location, by geographic coordinates or page name
API:Prefixsearch — Perform a prefix search for page titles