API:Prefixsearch

list=prefixsearch (ps)

Perform a prefix search for page titles.

Despite the similarity in names, this module is not intended to be equivalent to Special:PrefixIndex; for that, see action=query&list=allpages with the apprefix parameter. The purpose of this module is similar to action=opensearch : to take user input and provide the best-matching titles. Depending on the search engine backend, this might include typo correction, redirect avoidance, or other heuristics.

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
 prefixsearch.py
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Prefixsearch` module: Perform a prefix search for page titles
 MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
 "action": "query",
 "format": "json",
 "list": "prefixsearch",
 "pssearch": "Star Wars"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
PAGES = DATA['query']['prefixsearch']
for page in PAGES:
 print(page["title"])

PHP

<?php
/*
 prefixsearch.php
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Prefixsearch` module: Perform a prefix search for page titles
 MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
 "action" => "query",
 "list" => "prefixsearch",
 "pssearch" => "Star Wars",
 "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 );
foreach( $result["query"]["prefixsearch"] as $page ) {
 echo( $page["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

/*
 prefixsearch.js
 MediaWiki API Demos
 Demo of `Prefixsearch` module: Perform a prefix search for page titles
 MIT License
*/
varurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
varparams={
action:"query",
list:"prefixsearch",
pssearch:"Star Wars",
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){
varpages=response.query.prefixsearch;
for(varpageinpages){
console.log(pages[page].title);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	prefixsearch.js
	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Prefixsearch` module: Perform a prefix search for page titles
	MIT License
*/
varparams={
action:'query',
list:'prefixsearch',
pssearch:'Star Wars',
format:'json'
},
api=newmw.Api();
api.get(params).done(function(data){
varpages=data.query.prefixsearch,
page;
for(pageinpages){
console.log(pages[page].title);
}
});