Thanks Platonides! I had tried similar queries, but there must some subtle difference between what I tried and your correct answer.
Robert -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-api-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-api-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Platonides Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 7:29 PM To: MediaWiki API announcements & discussion 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&list =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&list =categorymembers&titles=Category:Culture&prop=categories&cmlimit=500 You're welcome. _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
