MediaWiki API help
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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
list=prefixsearch (ps)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0+
Perform a prefix search for page titles.
Parameters:
- pssearch
Search string.
- This parameter is required.
- psnamespace
Namespaces to search.
- Values (separate with |): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 460, 461, 170, 171, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 102, 103, 108, 109, 710, 711, 420, 421, 106, 107, 2600, 1198, 1199, 104, 105
- Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for bots).
- Default: 0
- pslimit
Maximum number of results to return.
- No more than 100 (200 for bots) allowed.
- Type: integer or max
- Default: 10
- psoffset
Number of results to skip.
- Type: integer
- Default: 0
Example:
- Search for page titles beginning with meaning.
- api.php?action=query&list=prefixsearch&pssearch=meaning