See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers>
The API limit is 500. Here are the first 500: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&formatversion=2&list=categorymembers&cmlimit=500&cmtitle=Category%3AEnglish%20agent%20nouns <https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&formatversion=2&list=categorymembers&cmlimit=500&cmtitle=Category:English%20agent%20nouns> Wptools (python) can probably simplify your task: >>> import wptools >>> cat = wptools.category('Category:English agent nouns', >>> wiki='en.wiktionary.org') >>> cat.get_members() >>> len(cat.data['members']) 576 > On Jan 12, 2018, at 2:30 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs > <brandonkeithbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am new with using the API and can’t seem to get the list of words from: > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_agent_nouns > <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_agent_nouns> > > I have managed to get the page: > > https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?format=jsonfm&formatversion=2&titles=Category:English_agent_nouns&action=query > > <https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?format=jsonfm&formatversion=2&titles=Category:English_agent_nouns&action=query> > > But nothing I have tried has worked. I originally tried: > > https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?format=jsonfm&formatversion=2&titles=Category:English_agent_nouns&action=query&list=allpages > > <https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?format=jsonfm&formatversion=2&titles=Category:English_agent_nouns&action=query&list=allpages> > > and I would expect for a list of pages (aka words) with a title attribute to > show up, but instead I get titles such as: "title": "!" which is not very > useful. > > I have also tried going through all the props, but still nothing. I don’t > really understand props and list, but something should have given all the > words. > > > My goal is to use request to fetch the JSON so I can use the words in a > script. > > Are there any tutorials or guides that go into getting lists of words like > this? > > Thank you, > > > > Brandon Keith Biggs > <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>_______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
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