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prop=pageimages (pi)
- This module requires read rights.
- Source: PageImages
- License: WTFPL
Returns information about images on the page, such as thumbnail and presence of photos.
Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
- piprop
Which information to return:
- thumbnail
- URL and dimensions of thumbnail image associated with page, if any.
- name
- Image title.
- original
- URL and original dimensions of image associated with page, if any.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): name, original, thumbnail
- Default: thumbnail|name
- pithumbsize
Maximum width in pixels of thumbnail images.
- Type: integer
- Default: 50
- pilimit
Properties of how many pages to return.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 50.
- Default: 50
- pilicense
Limit page images to a certain license type:
- free
- Only free images.
- any
- Best image, whether free or non-free.
- One of the following values: any, free
- Default: free
- picontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
- Type: integer
- pilangcode
Code for the language the image is going to be rendered in if multiple languages are supported
Example:
- Get name and 100-pixel thumbnail of an image on the Albert Einstein page.
- api.php?action=query&prop=pageimages&titles=Albert%20Einstein&pithumbsize=100 [open in sandbox]