I think of this as a tree, even though I know it's a graph. If I send a query like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=Portal:Novels The <links> element contains <pl> items in namespaces 0 (articles), 14 (categories), and 100 (portals). I interpret that as "Portal:Novels contains these items", meaning that in tree terms it is the parent of those items, or that those items "belong to Portal:Novels". If I send a query like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?cmtitle=Category:Literature&action=query&list=categorymembers&cmlimit=500&titles=Category:Literature&prop=categories The <categories> element contains <cl> items that are the categories that contain Category:Literature, the parent categories. Similarly for pages. So I'm able to list the categories that are the parents of a given category or page, but I can't seem to find a way to list the portals that are the parents of a given category or page. Is there a way to do that? Basically I'm just trying to navigate the tree. Thanks in advance, Robert -----Original Message----- From: Andre Engels [mailto:andreeng...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:44 PM To: MediaWiki API announcements & discussion Cc: Robert Crowe Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-api] Portals vs categories On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Robert Crowe <rob...@ourwebhome.com> wrote: > I'm able to list the categories that a page belongs to, and the categories > that a category contains. I'm also able to list the portals that a category > contains, but I can't seem to find a way to list the portals that a page or > category belongs to. Is there a way to do that? What does it mean for a page or category to "belong to a portal"? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
