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class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Response</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Response-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sample_code" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sample_code"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Sample code</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sample_code-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Python" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Python"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Python</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Python-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-PHP" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#PHP"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>PHP</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-PHP-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-JavaScript" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#JavaScript"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>JavaScript</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-JavaScript-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-MediaWiki_JS" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#MediaWiki_JS"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>MediaWiki JS</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-MediaWiki_JS-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demo_app(s)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demo_app(s)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demo app(s)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demo_app(s)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Possible_errors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Possible_errors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Possible errors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Possible_errors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Additional_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Additional_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Additional notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Additional_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">API</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Languagesearch</span></h1> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-api" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/API:Languagesearch" title="View the subject page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>API</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/API_talk:Languagesearch" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Discussion</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/API:Languagesearch"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit" title="Edit the source code of this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/API:Languagesearch"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit" title="Edit the source code of this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/API:Languagesearch" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/API:Languagesearch" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&oldid=6728505" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=API%3ALanguagesearch&id=6728505&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FAPI%3ALanguagesearch"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FAPI%3ALanguagesearch"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-create_a_book" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=API%3ALanguagesearch"><span>Create a book</span></a></li><li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=API%3ALanguagesearch&action=show-download-screen"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div 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style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Etiquette" title="API:Etiquette"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Query" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Query">All query modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Query" title="API:Query"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Properties" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Properties">All page properties</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Properties" title="API:Properties"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Lists" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Lists">All list modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Lists" title="API:Lists"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Meta" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Meta">All meta modules</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Meta" title="API:Meta"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Data_formats" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Data formats">Output formats</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Data_formats" title="API:Data formats"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Authentication</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Tokens" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Tokens">Get tokens for data modifying operations</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Tokens" title="API:Tokens"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Login" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Login">Login</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Login" title="API:Login"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Logout" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Logout">Logout</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Logout" title="API:Logout"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Assert" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Assert">Verifying authentication (assertions)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Assert" title="API:Assert"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Accounts and Users</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Account_creation" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Account creation">Create an account</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Account_creation" title="API:Account creation"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Block" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Block">Block or unblock a user</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Block" title="API:Block"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Userinfo">Get info about the current user</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Userinfo" title="API:Userinfo"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Watchlist_feed" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Watchlist feed">Get the current user's watchlist as a feed</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Watchlist_feed" title="API:Watchlist feed"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Options" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Options">Change user options</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Options" title="API:Options"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:User_group_membership" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:User group membership">Change user group membership</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:User_group_membership" title="API:User group membership"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Emailuser" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Emailuser">Send an email</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Emailuser" title="API:Emailuser"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Page Operations</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Edit" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Edit">Create and edit a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Edit" title="API:Edit"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Get_the_contents_of_a_page" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Get the contents of a page">Get the contents of a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Get_the_contents_of_a_page" title="API:Get the contents of a page"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Upload" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Upload">Upload a file</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Upload" title="API:Upload"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Import" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Import">Import a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Import" title="API:Import"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Delete" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Delete">Delete a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Delete" title="API:Delete"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Parsing_wikitext" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Parsing wikitext">Parse content of a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext" title="API:Parsing wikitext"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Watch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Watch">Watch or unwatch a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Watch" title="API:Watch"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Purge">Purge cache for page(s)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Purge" title="API:Purge"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Rollback" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Rollback">Rollback a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Rollback" title="API:Rollback"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Move" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Move">Move a page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Move" title="API:Move"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Patrol" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Patrol">Patrol a page or revision</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Patrol" title="API:Patrol"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Undelete" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Undelete">Restore revisions of a deleted page</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Undelete" title="API:Undelete"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Protect" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Protect">Change a page's protection level</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Protect" title="API:Protect"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:SetPageLanguage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:SetPageLanguage">Change a page's language</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:SetPageLanguage" title="API:SetPageLanguage"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Changing_wiki_content" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Changing wiki content">More...</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Changing_wiki_content" title="API:Changing wiki content"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Search</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Opensearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Opensearch">Search wiki pages by title (OpenSearch)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Opensearch" title="API:Opensearch"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Search" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Search">Advanced search for wiki pages by title or text</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Search" title="API:Search"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Geosearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Geosearch">Search wiki pages near a location</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Geosearch" title="API:Geosearch"> </a></span></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch">Search for a language name</a></b><span style="display:none"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Prefixsearch" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Prefixsearch">Perform a prefix search for page titles</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Prefixsearch" title="API:Prefixsearch"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Developer Utilities</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Client_code" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Client code">Access libraries</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Client_code" title="API:Client code"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Cross-site_requests" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Cross-site requests">Cross-site requests</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Cross-site_requests" title="API:Cross-site requests"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Extensions">Creating an API module in an extension</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Extensions" title="API:Extensions"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Calling_internally" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Calling internally">Using the API in MediaWiki and extensions</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Calling_internally" title="API:Calling internally"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Restricting API usage">Restricting API usage</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Restricting_API_usage" title="API:Restricting API usage"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Localisation" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Localisation">Localisation</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Localisation" title="API:Localisation"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Implementation_Strategy" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Implementation Strategy">Implementation Strategy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Implementation_Strategy" title="API:Implementation Strategy"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-heading"> <th class="" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 1em;;">Tutorials</th> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-content"> <td class="" style=";"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Tutorial" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Tutorial">Action API Tutorial</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Tutorial" title="API:Tutorial"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Article_ideas_generator" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Article ideas generator">Article ideas generator</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Article_ideas_generator" title="API:Article ideas generator"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Nearby_places_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Nearby places viewer">Nearby places viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Nearby_places_viewer" title="API:Nearby places viewer"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Picture_of_the_day_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Picture of the day viewer">Picture of the day viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Picture_of_the_day_viewer" title="API:Picture of the day viewer"> </a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Holidays_viewer" title="Special:MyLanguage/API:Holidays viewer">Holidays viewer</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/API:Holidays_viewer" title="API:Holidays viewer"> </a></span></li></ul></td> </tr><tr class="tpl-sidebar-navbar"> <td style=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4692751">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em;width:6em}</style><span class="noprint plainlinks navbar" style=""><small><span style="white-space:nowrap;word-spacing:-.12em;"><a href="/wiki/Template:API" title="Template:API"><span style="" title="View this template">v</span></a><span style=""> <b>·</b> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template_talk:API"><span style="" title="Discuss this template">d</span></a><span style=""> <b>·</b> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:API&action=edit"><span style="" title="Edit this template">e</span></a></span></small></span></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>GET request</b> to search for a language in any script by its name, ISO code or native name. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="API_documentation">API documentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: API documentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="color: var(--color-base, #202122); background-color: var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); padding: 20px; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-divider, #a2a9b1); overflow: hidden;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6651108"><table class="ombox ombox-notice plainlinks" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/20px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/30px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg/40px-Oxygen480-categories-preferences-system.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">The following documentation is the output of <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/languagesearch" title="Special:ApiHelp/languagesearch">Special:<wbr />ApiHelp/<wbr />languagesearch</a>, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).</td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="word-wrap:break-word; overflow-wrap:break-word"><h2 class="apihelp-header apihelp-module-name" dir="ltr" lang="en" id="languagesearch">action=languagesearch</h2><div class="apihelp-linktrail">(<a href="/wiki/Special:ApiHelp/main" class="apihelp-linktrail" dir="ltr" lang="en">main</a> | <b dir="ltr" lang="en">languagesearch</b>)</div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-flags"><ul><li><span class="apihelp-flag-readrights">This module requires read rights.</span></li><li><span class="apihelp-source">Source: UniversalLanguageSelector</span></li><li><span class="apihelp-license">License: <a href="/wiki/Special:Version/License/UniversalLanguageSelector" title="Special:Version/License/UniversalLanguageSelector"><span dir="ltr" lang="en">GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT</span></a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Search for language names in any script. </p> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-help-urls"><ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch" dir="ltr">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Languagesearch</a></li></ul></div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-parameters"><div class="apihelp-block-head">Specific parameters:</div><div class="apihelp-block-header">Other general parameters are available.</div><dl><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="languagesearch:search">search</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Search string. </p></dd><dd class="info">This parameter is required.</dd><dt><span dir="ltr" lang="en" id="languagesearch:typos">typos</span></dt><dd class="description"><p>Number of spelling mistakes allowed in the search string. </p></dd><dd class="info">Type: integer</dd><dd class="info">Default: 1</dd></dl></div> <div class="apihelp-block apihelp-examples"><div class="apihelp-block-head">Examples:</div><dl><dt>Search for "Te"</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=languagesearch&search=Te" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=languagesearch&search=Te</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=languagesearch&search=Te"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd><dt>Search for "ഫി"</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=languagesearch&search=ഫി" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=languagesearch&search=ഫി</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=languagesearch&search=ഫി"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd><dt>Search for "ഫി", allowing one typo</dt><dd><a href="/w/api.php?action=languagesearch&search=ഫി&typos=1" dir="ltr" rel="nofollow">api.php?action=languagesearch&search=ഫി&typos=1</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=languagesearch&search=ഫി&typos=1"><small>[open in sandbox]</small></a></dd></dl></div> </div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example">Example</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GET_request">GET request</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: GET request"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="plainlinks" style="margin-bottom: 0.3em"><b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=languagesearch&search=gu">api.php<span style="margin:0 0.5em">?</span><wbr />action=languagesearch<span style="margin:0 0.5em">&</span><wbr />search=gu</a></b> <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=languagesearch&search=gu">[try in ApiSandbox]</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Response">Response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="width:65%"> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-json mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"languagesearch"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"gu"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"gujarati"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"gaa"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"ga"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">"gn"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"guarani"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="err">...</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sample_code">Sample code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sample code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-gadget-tabbedwindow" style="width:100%"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Python">Python</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Python"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-python mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/python3</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="sd"> languagesearch.py</span> <span class="sd"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="sd"> Demo of `Languagesearch` module: Search for a language in any language</span> <span class="sd"> MIT License</span> <span class="sd">"""</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">requests</span> <span class="n">S</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">requests</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Session</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">URL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span> <span class="n">PARAMS</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"languagesearch"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"search"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Gu"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="c1">#Could be name of the language, its iso code or native name</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="n">R</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">S</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">url</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">URL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">params</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">PARAMS</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">DATA</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">R</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">json</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="n">LANG</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">DATA</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'languagesearch'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">code</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">LANG</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">():</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">code</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s2">": "</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PHP">PHP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: PHP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-php mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cp"><?php</span> <span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> languagesearch.php</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Languagesearch` module: Search for a language in any language</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">"action"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"languagesearch"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"search"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"Gu"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"format"</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$endPoint</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">"?"</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nb">http_build_query</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$params</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_init</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$url</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_setopt</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">curl_exec</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nb">curl_close</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$ch</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$result</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">json_decode</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$output</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">true</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">foreach</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$result</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"languagesearch"</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$langcode</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nv">$langname</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">echo</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="nv">$langcode</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">": "</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nv">$langname</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s2">"</span> <span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JavaScript">JavaScript</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: JavaScript"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> languagesearch.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Languagesearch` module: Search for a language in any language</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"languagesearch"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">search</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"Gu"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"json"</span> <span class="p">};</span> <span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"?origin=*"</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nb">Object</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">keys</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">forEach</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"&"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"="</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">key</span><span class="p">];});</span> <span class="nx">fetch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">url</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">json</span><span class="p">();})</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">then</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">response</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">languagesearch</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">": "</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="k">catch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">){</span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">error</span><span class="p">);});</span> </pre></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MediaWiki_JS">MediaWiki JS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch/Sample_code_1&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: MediaWiki JS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><pre><span></span><span class="cm">/*</span> <span class="cm"> languagesearch.js</span> <span class="cm"> MediaWiki API Demos</span> <span class="cm"> Demo of `Languagesearch` module: Search for a language in any language</span> <span class="cm"> MIT License</span> <span class="cm">*/</span> <span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">action</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'languagesearch'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">search</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'Gu'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">format</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">'json'</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">api</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">new</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">mw</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Api</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nx">api</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">params</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">).</span><span class="nx">done</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">function</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">languagesearch</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">for</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="ow">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s1">': '</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">langs</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">lang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demo_app(s)"><span id="Demo_app.28s.29"></span>Demo app(s)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demo app(s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ULS-GeoIP.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/ULS-GeoIP.png/212px-ULS-GeoIP.png" decoding="async" width="212" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/ULS-GeoIP.png/318px-ULS-GeoIP.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/ULS-GeoIP.png/424px-ULS-GeoIP.png 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of Universal Language Selector tool that uses this API</figcaption></figure> Provided and primarily used by the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector">Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector" title="Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector"> </a></span> that allows users to select a language and configure its support in an easy way.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/roni93/TransBot/">Telegram translation bot</a> that accepts input via chat message for language selection. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/roni93/TransBot/blob/master/MediaWikiAPI.js#L184">the code using the API</a>.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_errors">Possible errors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Possible errors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Code </th> <th>Info </th></tr> <tr> <td>nosearch </td> <td>The <var>search</var> parameter must be set. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_notes">Additional notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=API:Languagesearch&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Additional notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Internally, this API stores a very long list of language names in many different languages. 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