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Looking at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual>, I don't see a way currently to generate a list of pages based on prefix. For example, I wanted to write a module that would take each page listed at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Global_message_delivery/Targets/> and generate output based on iterating over this generated list. Rather than using a generated list, I was forced to specify each page title. This isn't great, as pages may be added or deleted and I don't want to update such a list by hand. An equivalent to [[Special:PrefixIndex]] (or the MediaWiki API's list=allpages&apprefix=) inside Scribunto/Lua would be wonderful. -------------------------- **Version**: unspecified **Severity**: enhancement

Looking at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual>, I don't see a way currently to generate a list of pages based on prefix. For example, I wanted to write a module that would take each page listed at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Global_message_delivery/Targets/> and generate output based on iterating over this generated list. Rather than using a generated list, I was forced to specify each page title. This isn't great, as pages may be added or deleted and I don't want to update such a list by hand. An equivalent to [[Special:PrefixIndex]] (or the MediaWiki API's list=allpages&apprefix=) inside Scribunto/Lua would be wonderful. See also: * {T78171}

Looking at <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual>, I don't see a way currently to generate a list of pages based on prefix. For example, I wanted to write a module that would take each page listed at <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Global_message_delivery/Targets/> and generate output based on iterating over this generated list. Rather than using a generated list, I was forced to specify each page title. This isn't great, as pages may be added or deleted and I don't want to update such a list by hand. An equivalent to [[Special:PrefixIndex]] (or the MediaWiki API's list=allpages&apprefix=) inside Scribunto/Lua would be wonderful. --------------------------See also: **Version**: unspecified **Severity**: enhancement* {T78171}