Query it as a generator: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&format=xml&gsrsearch=igor%20stravinsky%20persephone&gsrlimit=1&prop=info
Unfortunately, that discards all meta data provided by the search query module. Bryan On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Jeremy Bradshaw <jbradsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to search the mediawiki database and get the page with the closest > match to my search text. For example, on entering the search string "igor > stravinsky persephone" I want to get a link to this page: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers%C3%A9phone_%28Stravinsky%29 > > The following query > /w/api.php?action=query&list=search&format=xml&srsearch=igor%20stravinsky%20persephone&srlimit=1 > almost gets what I want but the data returns does not include the pageid: > > <p ns="0" title="Perséphone (Stravinsky)" snippet="(<span > class='searchmatch'>Persephone</span> ) is a musical work > (mélodrame) for speaker, solo singers, chorus, dancers and orchestra with > music by <span class='searchmatch'>Igor</span> > <span class='searchmatch'>Stravinsky</span> and a > <b>...</b> " size="2500" wordcount="313" > timestamp="2012-05-13T07:21:00Z" /> > > Is this the right way to go about it? Is the title returned a unique ID > which I can use to get more detail of the page? > > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api