https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17993
Summary: Have result list count displayed in API output, also
option to only get count
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.14-svn
Platform: All
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=cate
gories&titles=Albert%20Einstein
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: API
AssignedTo: roan.katt...@home.nl
ReportedBy: s...@reedyboy.net
CC: bryan.tongm...@gmail.com, vasi...@gmail.com
Would it be possible on (possibly all?) queries that are getting links on
pages, categories on page, pages in category, etc, have an option (or even just
by default), a number of results returned?
ie for the link above,
instead of
<categories>
<cl ns="14" title="Category:1879 births" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:1955 deaths" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:Academics of the Charles University" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:Albert Einstein" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American humanists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American pacifists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American philosophers" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American physicists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American socialists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American vegetarians" />
</categories>
something like
<categories count="10">
<cl ns="14" title="Category:1879 births" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:1955 deaths" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:Academics of the Charles University" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:Albert Einstein" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American humanists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American pacifists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American philosophers" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American physicists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American socialists" />
<cl ns="14" title="Category:American vegetarians" />
</categories>
And an option to be able to go &countonly (or something), and just be returned
<categories count="10" />
Please?
Thanks
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