You can specify clshow=!hidden to omit the "hidden" categories that, by default, are not shown at the bottom of a page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=categories&title...

-Ran

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Chux chux18@gmail.com wrote:

Hi guys,

When I do a query for categories using the API I would only like to get the categories that are listed in the wiki page. For example when I query the Brocoli page, I get this:

<categories> <cl ns="14" title="Category:All articles with unsourced statements"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Articles containing Italian-language text"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Articles with 'species' microformats"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Brassica oleracea"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Commons category with local link same as on Wikidata"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Cultivars"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Edible plants"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Inflorescence vegetables"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Pages with citations having bare URLs"/> </categories>

But I am only interested in these (You'll see it at the bottom of this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocoli):

<cl ns="14" title="Category:Brassica oleracea"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Cultivars"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Edible plants"/> <cl ns="14" title="Category:Inflorescence vegetables"/>

I was wondering if there is any workaround this?

Thanks Chux

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