On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Andrew Chapman <hatma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to work out how to get a list of all categories a page is in,
> including the sizes of those categories.
>
> If I do this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=categories&cllimit=100&titles=IPad
>
> I get all the categories, but no info about their size. But if I do this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=IPad&prop=categoryinfo
>
> I get all the size info, but only the first 10 categories.
>
> It looks like the answer is to use the continue option (cicontinue?) but
> I don't understand how to do that. Sorry if this is a dumb question -
> can someone clarify. Thanks! Andrew

you put whatever is in the continue as a parameter, so:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=IPad&prop=categoryinfo&gclcontinue=25970423|IOS%20%28Apple%29

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