MediaWiki API help

This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.

Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

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Find all pages that link to the given language link.

Can be used to find all links with a language code, or all links to a title (with a given language). Using neither parameter is effectively "all language links".

Note that this may not consider language links added by extensions.

Parameters:
lbllang

Language for the language link.

lbltitle

Language link to search for. Must be used with lbllang.

lblcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

lbllimit

How many total pages to return.

Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 500.
Default: 10
lblprop

Which properties to get:

lllang
Adds the language code of the language link.
lltitle
Adds the title of the language link.
Values (separate with | or alternative): lllang, lltitle
Default: (empty)
lbldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get pages linking to fr:Test.
api.php?action=query&list=langbacklinks&lbltitle=Test&lbllang=fr [open in sandbox]
Get information about pages linking to fr:Test.
api.php?action=query&generator=langbacklinks&glbltitle=Test&glbllang=fr&prop=info [open in sandbox]

Retrieved from Special:ApiHelp – Max-EuP 2012 on 28 April 2025.

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