MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
action=purge
(main | purge)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module requires write rights.
- This module only accepts POST requests.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Purge the cache for the given titles.
Parameters:
- forcelinkupdate
Update the links tables.
- Type: boolean (details)
- forcerecursivelinkupdate
Update the links table, and update the links tables for any page that uses this page as a template.
- Type: boolean (details)
- continue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- titles
A list of titles to work on.
- Separate values with | or alternative. Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for bots).
- pageids
A list of page IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative. Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for bots).
- revids
A list of revision IDs to work on.
- Type: list of integers
- Separate values with | or alternative. Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for bots).
- generator
Get the list of pages to work on by executing the specified query module.
Note: Generator parameter names must be prefixed with a "g", see examples.
- allcategories
- Enumerate all categories.
- alldeletedrevisions
- List all deleted revisions by a user or in a namespace.
- allfileusages
- List all file usages, including non-existing.
- allimages
- Enumerate all images sequentially.
- alllinks
- Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace.
- allpages
- Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace.
- allredirects
- List all redirects to a namespace.
- allrevisions
- List all revisions.
- alltransclusions
- List all transclusions (pages embedded using {{x}}), including non-existing.
- backlinks
- Find all pages that link to the given page.
- categories
- List all categories the pages belong to.
- categorymembers
- List all pages in a given category.
- configuredpages
- Enumerate all pages that have custom review configurations.
- deletedrevisions
- Get deleted revision information.
- duplicatefiles
- List all files that are duplicates of the given files based on hash values.
- embeddedin
- Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title.
- exturlusage
- Enumerate pages that contain a given URL.
- fileusage
- Find all pages that use the given files.
- images
- Returns all files contained on the given pages.
- imageusage
- Find all pages that use the given image title.
- iwbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
- langbacklinks
- Find all pages that link to the given language link.
- links
- Returns all links from the given pages.
- linkshere
- Find all pages that link to the given pages.
- oldreviewedpages
- Enumerates pages that have changes pending review.
- pageswithprop
- List all pages using a given page property.
- prefixsearch
- Perform a prefix search for page titles.
- protectedtitles
- List all titles protected from creation.
- querypage
- Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page.
- random
- Get a set of random pages.
- recentchanges
- Enumerate recent changes.
- redirects
- Returns all redirects to the given pages.
- reviewedpages
- Enumerates pages that have a reviewed version.
- revisions
- Get revision information.
- search
- Perform a full text search.
- templates
- Returns all pages transcluded on the given pages.
- transcludedin
- Find all pages that transclude the given pages.
- unreviewedpages
- Enumerates pages that have not been reviewed to a given quality level.
- watchlist
- Get recent changes to pages in the current user's watchlist.
- watchlistraw
- Get all pages on the current user's watchlist.
- One of the following values: allcategories, alldeletedrevisions, allfileusages, allimages, alllinks, allpages, allredirects, allrevisions, alltransclusions, backlinks, categories, categorymembers, configuredpages, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, oldreviewedpages, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, reviewedpages, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, unreviewedpages, watchlist, watchlistraw
- redirects
Automatically resolve redirects in titles, pageids, and revids, and in pages returned by generator.
- Type: boolean (details)
- converttitles
Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion. Languages that support variant conversion include en, crh, gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, uz and zh.
- Type: boolean (details)
Examples:
- Purge the Main Page and the API page.
- api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page|API [open in sandbox]
- Purge the first 10 pages in the main namespace.
- api.php?action=purge&generator=allpages&gapnamespace=0&gaplimit=10 [open in sandbox]