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prop=categories (cl)
- Voor deze module zijn leesrechten nodig.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0+
List all categories the pages belong to.
Parameters:
- clprop
Which additional properties to get for each category:
- sortkey
- Adds the sortkey (hexadecimal string) and sortkey prefix (human-readable part) for the category.
- timestamp
- Adds timestamp of when the category was added.
- hidden
- Tags categories that are hidden with
__HIDDENCAT__.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): sortkey, timestamp, hidden
- clshow
Which kind of categories to show.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): hidden, !hidden
- cllimit
How many categories to return.
- No more than 500 (5.000 for bots) allowed.
- Type: integer or max
- Standaard: 10
- clcontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- clcategories
Only list these categories. Useful for checking whether a certain page is in a certain category.
- Separate values with | or alternative. Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for bots).
- cldir
The direction in which to list.
- One of the following values: ascending, descending
- Standaard: ascending
Examples:
- Get a list of categories the page Albert Einstein belongs to.
- api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein [open in sandbox]
- Get information about all categories used in the page Albert Einstein.
- api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info [open in sandbox]