MediaWiki API help

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Find all pages that link to the given page.

Parameters:
bltitle

Title to search. Cannot be used together with blpageid.

blpageid

Page ID to search. Cannot be used together with bltitle.

Type: integer
blcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

blnamespace

The namespace to enumerate.

Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 274, 275, 1198, 1199
To specify all values, use *.
bldir

The direction in which to list.

One of the following values: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
blfilterredir

How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level.

One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
Default: all
bllimit

How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, the limit applies to each level separately (which means up to 2 * bllimit results may be returned).

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

If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.

Type: boolean (details)