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

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 and do other secondary data updates.

Type: boolean (details)
forcerecursivelinkupdate

Same as forcelinkupdate, 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 clients allowed higher limits).
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 clients allowed higher limits).
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 clients allowed higher limits).
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.
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.
messagecollection
Query MessageCollection about translations.
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.
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.
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, deletedrevisions, duplicatefiles, embeddedin, exturlusage, fileusage, images, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, links, linkshere, messagecollection, pageswithprop, prefixsearch, protectedtitles, querypage, random, recentchanges, redirects, revisions, search, templates, transcludedin, 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]