Thanks Platonides! I had tried similar queries, but there must some subtle
difference between what I tried and your correct answer.
Robert
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-api] Newbie question?
Robert Crowe wrote:
I would guess that this is a newbie question. When I
query for a
category with something like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?cmtitle=Category:Culture&action=query…
=categorymembers&cmlimit=500
is there a way for me to also get the categories that this category
belongs to without doing a second query?
Thanks,
Robert
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?cmtitle=Category:Culture&action=query…
=categorymembers&titles=Category:Culture&prop=categories&cmlimit=500
You're welcome.
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