Last modified: 2014-09-11 16:34:49 UTC
In page.py in the Page object we have the following function: https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/pywikibot%2Fcore.git/aba68924c8221f111fa28ebda34ea11c19f7d57f/pywikibot%2Fpage.py#L1113 def interwiki(self, expand=True): """Iterate interwiki links in the page text, excluding language links. @param expand: if True (default), include interwiki links found in templates transcluded onto this page; if False, only iterate interwiki links found in this page's own wikitext @type expand: bool @return: a generator that yields Link objects """ # This function does not exist in the API, so it has to be # implemented by screen-scraping The MediaWiki api now has the function "iwlinks" (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Iwlinks) that seems to do what we need. See for example https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=iwlinks&titles=Creator:Antonio_Ponce&format=json The interwiki() function should be reimplemented using the api.
Added the bug (23524) in which this was added. Shipped as part of MediaWiki 1.17
One problem is the API doesnt support 'expand=False' behaviour. The API always includes all interlinks. in your example { "prefix": "w", "*": "Wikipedia:Transclusion" }, A recent attempt to use both the API and textlib in the same Page method resulted in a stalemated patch with +2/-2: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/148619/
