API:Extlinks

prop=extlinks (el)

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

Example

GET request

{
"continue":{
"elcontinue":"http://ch.unibe.philosci40./lehre/winter99/einstein/Walker_S|267300440",
"continue":"||"
},
"query":{
"pages":{
"736":{
"pageid":736,
"ns":0,
"title":"Albert Einstein",
"extlinks":[
{
"*":"http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/2785"
},
{
"*":"http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/2786"
},
{
"*":"http://einstein.biz/"
},
...
]
}
}
}
}

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 get_extlinks.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Extlinks` module: Get a list of external links on a page
 MIT License
"""
importrequests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "action": "query",
 "titles": "Albert Einstein",
 "prop": "extlinks",
 "format": "json"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
print(DATA)

PHP

<?php
/*
 get_extlinks.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Extlinks` module: Get a list of external links on a page
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "query",
 "titles" => "Albert Einstein",
 "prop" => "extlinks",
 "format" => "json"
];
$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );
$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );
$result = json_decode( $output, true );
var_dump( $result );

JavaScript

/*
 get_extlinks.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Extlinks` module: Get a list of external links on a page
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"query",
titles:"Albert Einstein",
prop:"extlinks",
format:"json"
};
url=url+"?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url+="&"+key+"="+params[key];});
fetch(url)
.then(function(response){returnresponse.json();})
.then(function(response){console.log(response);})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_extlinks.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Extlinks` module: Get a list of external links on a page
	MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:'query',
titles:'Albert Einstein',
prop:'extlinks',
format:'json'
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).done(function(data){
console.log(data);
});