MediaWiki API help

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Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Main_page

action=sitematrix (sm)

(main | sitematrix)
  • This module requires read rights.
  • Source: SiteMatrix
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Get Wikimedia sites list.

The code (technically dbname/wikiid) is either the language code + project code for content projects or the subdomain + main domain for all the others.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
smtype

Filter the Site Matrix by type:

special
One off and multilingual Wikimedia projects.
language
Wikimedia projects under this language code.
Values (separate with | or alternative): language, special
Default: special|language
smstate

Filter the Site Matrix by wiki state.

Values (separate with | or alternative): all, closed, fishbowl, nonglobal, private
Default: all
smlangprop

Which information about a language to return.

Values (separate with | or alternative): code, dir, localname, name, site
Default: code|name|site|dir|localname
smsiteprop

Which information about a site to return.

Values (separate with | or alternative): code, dbname, lang, sitename, url
Default: url|dbname|code|sitename
smlimit

Maximum number of results.

Type: integer or max
The value must be between 1 and 5.000.
Default: 5000
smcontinue

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

Example:
Show the site matrix
[open in sandbox]