[Bug 17993] Have result list count displayed in API output, also option to only get count

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--- Comment #2 from Reedy   2009-03-16 14:28:00 UTC ---
Fair enough..

The idea came about in the cases where in AWB, i want to get a count of
categories on a page, but couldn't care less what they were, so might aswell
just get a count.

The  style, if implemented on most of the query types,
would be useful!

But i suppose you're right, if you're wanting the list of categories, the count
is redundant there

Thanks


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[Bug 17993] Have result list count displayed in API output, also option to only get count

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Roan Kattouw  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Roan Kattouw   2009-03-16 13:51:21 
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> Would it be possible on (possibly all?) queries that are getting links on
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I don't see the use here, as counting results on the client side is trivial and
inexpensive.

> And an option to be able to go &countonly (or something), and just be returned
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I get that this would maybe save bandwidth; I'll look into implementing it.


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