Parse::MediaWikiDump::Links - Object capable of processing link dump files

       This object is used to access content of the SQL based category dump files by providing an iterative
       interface for extracting the indidivual article links to the same. Objects returned are an instance of
       Parse::MediaWikiDump::link.

Listalllinksbetweenarticlesinafriendlyway
         #!/usr/bin/perl

         use strict;
         use warnings;

         use Parse::MediaWikiDump;

         my $pmwd = Parse::MediaWikiDump->new;
         my $links = $pmwd->links(shift) or die "must specify a pagelinks dump file";
         my $dump = $pmwd->pages(shift) or die "must specify an article dump file";
         my %id_to_namespace;
         my %id_to_pagename;

         binmode(STDOUT, ':utf8');

         #build a map between namespace ids to namespace names
         foreach (@{$dump->namespaces}) {
               my $id = $_->[0];
               my $name = $_->[1];

               $id_to_namespace{$id} = $name;
         }

         #build a map between article ids and article titles
         while(my $page = $dump->next) {
               my $id = $page->id;
               my $title = $page->title;

               $id_to_pagename{$id} = $title;
         }

         $dump = undef; #cleanup since we don't need it anymore

         while(my $link = $links->next) {
               my $namespace = $link->namespace;
               my $from = $link->from;
               my $to = $link->to;
               my $namespace_name = $id_to_namespace{$namespace};
               my $fully_qualified;
               my $from_name = $id_to_pagename{$from};

               if ($namespace_name eq '') {
                       #default namespace
                       $fully_qualified = $to;
               } else {
                       $fully_qualified = "$namespace_name:$to";
               }

               print "Article \"$from_name\" links to \"$fully_qualified\"\n";
         }

perl v5.36.0                                       2022-10-14                   Parse::MediaWikiDump::Links(3pm)

       Parse::MediaWikiDump::Links->new
           Create a new instance of a page links dump file parser

       $links->next
           Return the next available Parse::MediaWikiDump::link object or undef if there is no more data left

       Parse::MediaWikiDump::Links - Object capable of processing link dump files

       This software is being RETIRED - MediaWiki::DumpFile is the official successor to Parse::MediaWikiDump
       and includes a compatibility library called MediaWiki::DumpFile::Compat that is 100% API compatible and
       is a near perfect standin for this module. It is faster in all instances where it counts and is actively
       maintained. Any undocumented deviation of MediaWiki::DumpFile::Compat from Parse::MediaWikiDump is
       considered a bug and will be fixed.

         $pmwd = Parse::MediaWikiDump->new;
         $links = $pmwd->links('pagelinks.sql');
         $links = $pmwd->links(\*FILEHANDLE);

         #print the links between articles
         while(defined($link = $links->next)) {
           print 'from ', $link->from, ' to ', $link->namespace, ':', $link->to, "\n";
         }