Re: [Wikitech-l] Add an article to a category

-- ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name] On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:35:02 -0700, Tyler Romeo tylerromeo@gmail.com wrote: > What exactly is the difference between Article and WikiPage? It seems > like > one is just an encapsulation of the other. > > *--* > *Tyler Romeo* > Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2015 > Major in Computer Science > www.whizkidztech.com | tylerromeo@gmail.com > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Daniel Friesen > lists@nadir-seen-fire.comwrote: > >> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:02:23 -0700, Mauricio Etchevest < >> mauricioet@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> I´m developing a extension and I need to add an article to a category. >>> >>> I only get the title of the article, so I try this: >>> >>> $articleToAdd = new Article($title); >>> >>> $context = $articleToAdd->getContext(); >>> $resArticle = MediaWiki::articleFromTitle($**title, $context); >>> >>> $linksupdate = new LinksUpdate($resArticle->**getTitle(), >>> $resArticle->getParserOutput()**, $f); >>> $ps = $linksupdate->getParserOutput(**); >>> $categoriesLinks = $ps->getCategoryLinks(); >>> >>> >>> ..so I get all the categories for the article, but I need to add and >>> remove >>> a category. How can I do that ? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Maurice.- >>> >> >> Firstly, don't use Article, use WikiPage. >> >> We don't have an API to add/remove categories. So adding a category is >> nothing but appending category WikiText to the end of the page. And >> removing one is an ugly mess of using regexps to find some WikiText that >> looks like the category link you're looking for and erasing it. >> >> On the other hand we DO have an api for things hooked into the parser to >> add categories that aren't marked up in the page (maintenance categories >> from tag extensions, etc...) >> >> -- >> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name]