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(main | query | extlinks)

Returns all external URLs (not interwikis) from the given pages.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
ellimit

How many links to return.

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

When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

elprotocol

Protocol of the URL. If empty and elquery is set, the protocol is http and https. Leave both this and elquery empty to list all external links.

One of the following values: Can be empty, or bitcoin, ftp, ftps, geo, git, gopher, http, https, irc, ircs, magnet, mailto, matrix, mms, news, nntp, redis, sftp, sip, sips, sms, ssh, svn, tel, telnet, urn, worldwind, xmpp
Default: (empty)
elquery

Search string without protocol. Useful for checking whether a certain page contains a certain external url.

elexpandurl
Deprecated.

Expand protocol-relative URLs with the canonical protocol.

Type: boolean (details)
Example:
Get a list of external links on the page Wikifang.
api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Wikifang [open in sandbox]