MediaWiki API help

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

list=random (rn)

(main | query | random)

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Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Get a set of random pages.

Pages are listed in a fixed sequence, only the starting point is random. This means that if, for example, Main Page is the first random page in the list, List of fictional monkeys will always be second, List of people on stamps of Vanuatu third, etc.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Random

Specific parameters:

Other general parameters are available.

rnnamespace: Return pages in these namespaces only.; Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 120, 121, 122, 123, 146, 147, 710, 711, 828, 829; To specify all values, use *.
rnfilterredir: How to filter for redirects.; One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects; Default: nonredirects
rnminsize: Limit to pages with at least this many bytes.; Type: integer
rnmaxsize: Limit to pages with at most this many bytes.; Type: integer
rncontentmodel: Filter pages that have the specified content model.; One of the following values: GadgetDefinition, JsonSchema, MassMessageListContent, Scribunto, SecurePoll, css, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, unknown, wikibase-item, wikibase-lexeme, wikibase-property, wikitext
rnredirect: Deprecated.; Use rnfilterredir=redirects instead.; Type: boolean (details)
rnlimit: Limit how many random pages will be returned.; Type: integer or max; The value must be between 1 and 500.; Default: 1
rncontinue: When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.

Examples:

Return two random pages from the main namespace.: api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2 [open in sandbox]
Return page info about two random pages from the main namespace.: api.php?action=query&generator=random&grnnamespace=0&grnlimit=2&prop=info [open in sandbox]
Return page info about one random page from the main namespace that has at least 500 bytes of text.: api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=1&minsize=500 [open in sandbox]