2 * Additional mw.Api methods to assist with API calls related to categories.
6 $.extend( mw.Api.prototype, {
8 * Determine if a category exists.
9 * @param title {mw.Title}
10 * @param success {Function} callback to pass boolean of category's existence
11 * @param err {Function} optional callback to run if api error
12 * @return ajax call object
14 isCategory: function ( title, success, err ) {
18 titles: title.toString()
20 ok = function ( data ) {
22 if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
23 $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
24 if ( page.categoryinfo ) {
32 return this.get( params, { ok: ok, err: err } );
36 * Get a list of categories that match a certain prefix.
37 * e.g. given "Foo", return "Food", "Foolish people", "Foosball tables" ...
38 * @param prefix {String} prefix to match
39 * @param success {Function} callback to pass matched categories to
40 * @param err {Function} optional callback to run if api error
43 getCategoriesByPrefix: function ( prefix, success, err ) {
44 // Fetch with allpages to only get categories that have a corresponding description page.
49 'apnamespace': mw.config.get('wgNamespaceIds').category
51 ok = function ( data ) {
53 if ( data.query && data.query.allpages ) {
54 $.each( data.query.allpages, function ( i, category ) {
55 texts.push( new mw.Title( category.title ).getNameText() );
61 return this.get( params, { ok: ok, err: err } );
66 * Get the categories that a particular page on the wiki belongs to
67 * @param title {mw.Title}
68 * @param success {Function} callback to pass categories to (or false, if title not found)
69 * @param err {Function} optional callback to run if api error
70 * @param async {Boolean} optional asynchronousness (default = true = async)
73 getCategories: function ( title, success, err, async ) {
77 titles: title.toString()
79 if ( async === undefined ) {
82 ok = function ( data ) {
84 if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
85 $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
86 if ( page.categories ) {
87 if ( typeof ret !== 'object' ) {
90 $.each( page.categories, function ( i, cat ) {
91 ret.push( new mw.Title( cat.title ) );
99 return this.get( params, { ok: ok, err: err, async: async } );
104 }( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );