Hello Steve, This is perfect! I don't know why I didn't see categorymembers before. I think I will use the wptools though, because it is much faster.
Hm, it looks like -ant is missing from this list. Thank you, Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Steve Siznax <sis...@gmail.com> wrote: > See 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 > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > Mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > >
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