> Try using
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=Anatomical%20structure&format=xml
>
> Note you can change the parameter (srwhat) to search for the words only in the Title of the article or the text or near match.
>
> Parse it to get the element called title.
>
> That should work.
>
> Prateek
>
> On 8/5/11 11:33 AM, Dalkandura Arachchige Gunaratna wrote: Hi,
> I want to search Wikipedia and get first search result (in fact only the title of the result). Could someone tell me what is the API call that I need to use in MediaWiki API?
>
> I tried "query" and "opensearch" calls but they didn't return the results I expected. They didn't return any search result. The title I used was "Anatomical structure". The requirement is that I need to access (get) the title of the first search result.
>
> Kalpa Gunaratna
>
>
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