MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
action=opensearch
(main | opensearch)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0+
Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol.
Parameters:
- search
Search string.
- limit
Maximum number of results to return.
- No more than 100 (100 for bots) allowed.
- Type: integer or max
- Default: 10
- namespace
Namespaces to search.
- Values (separate with |): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 274, 275, 828, 829, 2300, 2301, 2302, 2303, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007
- Default: 0
- suggest
Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false.
- Type: boolean (details)
- redirects
How to handle redirects:
- return
- Return the redirect itself.
- resolve
- Return the target page. May return fewer than limit results.
For historical reasons, the default is "return" for format=json and "resolve" for other formats.
- One of the following values: return, resolve
- format
The format of the output.
- One of the following values: json, jsonfm, xml, xmlfm
- Default: json
- warningsaserror
If warnings are raised with format=json, return an API error instead of ignoring them.
- Type: boolean (details)
Example:
- Find pages beginning with Te.
- api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te [open in sandbox]