MediaWiki version:
≥ 1.9

GET request to find all pages that use a given image title.

This module can be used as a {{ll|API:Query#Generators|generator}}.

In MW 1.9 and 1.10, the module name was imagelinks.

API documentation

Special:ApiHelp/query+imageusage

Example

GET request

Get the first three pages that use a given image title.

Response

{
  "batchcomplete": "",
  "continue": {
    "continue": "-||",
    "iucontinue": "4|33464895"
  },
  "query": {
    "imageusage": [
      {
        "ns": 0,
        "pageid": 14072,
        "title": "History of Wikipedia"
      },
      {
        "ns": 4,
        "pageid": 16842768,
        "title": "Wikipedia:Wikipedia logos"
      },
      {
        "ns": 2,
        "pageid": 30536602,
        "title": "User:J Komara"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Sample code

Python

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    python/get_imageusage.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Imageusage` module: List the first 3 pages that use a given image title

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "format": "json",
    "list": "imageusage",
    "iutitle": "File:Wiki_logo_Nupedia.jpg",
    "iulimit": "3"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

PAGES = DATA["query"]["imageusage"]

for p in PAGES:
    print(p["title"])

PHP

<?php
/*
    get_imageusage.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Imageusage` module: List the first 3 pages that use a given image title

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "format" => "json",
    "list" => "imageusage",
    "iutitle" => "File:Wiki_logo_Nupedia.jpg",
    "iulimit" => "3"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["imageusage"] as $k => $v ) {
    echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScript

/*
    get_imageusage.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Imageusage` module: List the first 3 pages that use a given image title

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    format: "json",
    list: "imageusage",
    iutitle: "File:Wiki_logo_Nupedia.jpg",
    iulimit: "3"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var pages = response.query.imageusage;
        for (var p in pages) {
            console.log(pages[p].title);
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JS

/*
	get_imageusage.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Imageusage` module: List the first 3 pages that use a given image title

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		format: 'json',
		list: 'imageusage',
		iutitle: 'File:Wiki_logo_Nupedia.jpg',
		iulimit: '3'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pages = data.query.imageusage,
		p;
	for ( p in pages ) {
		console.log( pages[ p ].title );
	}
} );

Possible errors

Code Info
iubadcontinueInvalid continue param. You should pass the original value returned by the previous query.

See also

  • API:Images - Lists embedded media files on provided pages.
  • API:Allimages - Lists all images, by title or timestamp.
  • API:Imageinfo - Gets information for any titles in the image namespace.
  • API:Stashimageinfo - Gets information for stashed images or files in the namespace.
  • API:Duplicatefiles - Lists any duplicates of the given images or files.
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