2 * @class mw.Api.plugin.category
6 $.extend( mw.Api.prototype, {
8 * Determine if a category exists.
10 * @param {mw.Title|string} title
11 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
12 * @return {Function} return.done
13 * @return {boolean} return.done.isCategory Whether the category exists.
15 isCategory: function ( title ) {
16 var apiPromise = this.get( {
18 titles: String( title )
22 .then( function ( data ) {
24 if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
25 $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
26 if ( page.categoryinfo ) {
33 .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
37 * Get a list of categories that match a certain prefix.
39 * E.g. given "Foo", return "Food", "Foolish people", "Foosball tables"...
41 * @param {string} prefix Prefix to match.
42 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
43 * @return {Function} return.done
44 * @return {string[]} return.done.categories Matched categories
46 getCategoriesByPrefix: function ( prefix ) {
47 // Fetch with allpages to only get categories that have a corresponding description page.
48 var apiPromise = this.get( {
51 apnamespace: mw.config.get( 'wgNamespaceIds' ).category
55 .then( function ( data ) {
57 if ( data.query && data.query.allpages ) {
58 $.each( data.query.allpages, function ( i, category ) {
59 texts.push( new mw.Title( category.title ).getMainText() );
64 .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
68 * Get the categories that a particular page on the wiki belongs to.
70 * @param {mw.Title|string} title
71 * @return {jQuery.Promise}
72 * @return {Function} return.done
73 * @return {boolean|mw.Title[]} return.done.categories List of category titles or false
74 * if title was not found.
76 getCategories: function ( title ) {
77 var apiPromise = this.get( {
79 titles: String( title )
83 .then( function ( data ) {
85 if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
86 $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
87 if ( page.categories ) {
88 if ( titles === false ) {
91 $.each( page.categories, function ( i, cat ) {
92 titles.push( new mw.Title( cat.title ) );
99 .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
105 * @mixins mw.Api.plugin.category
108 }( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );