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.
Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol.
Parameters:
- search
Search string.
- limit
Maximum number of results to return.
- No more than ١٠٠ (١٠٠ for bots) allowed.
- 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
- Default: 0
- suggest
Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false.
- 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 value: return، resolve
- format
The format of the output.
- One value: json، jsonfm، xml، xmlfm
- Default: json
- warningsaserror
If warnings are raised with format=json, return an API error instead of ignoring them.
Examples:
- Find pages beginning with Te.
- api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te