Link Count API

Request

• page - required string - Name of the page to get the link count for.
• project - optional string - Project (domain, name, or database) the page is in, default is en.wikipedia.org.
• namespace - optional string - Comma-separated list of namespace numbers which links from are counted. Leave blank to count all namespaces.

Response

• filelinks - optional LinkCountObject - Number of pages that show the file.
• categorylinks - optional LinkCountObject - Number of category links.
• wikilinks - required LinkCountObject - Number of wikilinks.
• redirects - required integer - Number of redirects to the page.
• transclusions - required LinkCountObject - Number of page that transclude the page.

LinkCountObject

• all - required integer - Sum of direct and indirect links.
• direct - required integer - Number of links the directly link to the page.
• indirect - required integer - Number of links that link to the page through a redirect.

Error Response

• error - required string - Message explaining the error that occurred.

Examples

• //linkcount.toolforge.org/api/?page=Main_Page&project=en.wikipedia.org
• //linkcount.toolforge.org/api/?page=Main_Page&project=en.wikipedia.org&namespaces=0,1
• //linkcount.toolforge.org/api/?page=Wikipédia:Accueil_principal&project=fr.wikipedia.org
• //linkcount.toolforge.org/api/?page=Category:Main Page&project=en.wikipedia.org
• //linkcount.toolforge.org/api/?page=File:Example.png&project=en.wikipedia.org