MediaWiki API help
This is an auto-generated MediaWiki API documentation page.
Documentation and examples: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API
list=allcategories <p>(ac) </p><a href="/comment.php"><!-- project --></a>
This module requires read rights.
This module can be used as a generator.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Enumerate all categories.
- acfrom
The category to start enumerating from.
- accontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue.
- acto
The category to stop enumerating at.
- acprefix
Search for all category titles that begin with this value.
- acdir
Direction to sort in.
One of the following values: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
- acmin
Only return categories with at least this many members.
Type: integer
- acmax
Only return categories with at most this many members.
Type: integer
- aclimit
How many categories to return.
No more than 500 (5,000 for bots) allowed.
Type: integer or max
Default: 10
- acprop
Which properties to get:
- size
- Adds number of pages in the category.
- hidden
- Tags categories that are hidden with
__HIDDENCAT__.
Values (separate with | or alternative): size, hidden
Default: (empty)
List categories with information on the number of pages in each.
- api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=size
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Retrieve info about the category page itself for categories beginning List.
- api.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info
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