API:Pagepropnames

Languages:

This page is part of the MediaWiki Action API documentation.

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.21

GET request to list all page properties in use on the wiki.

API documentationEdit

The following documentation is the output of Special:ApiHelp/query+pagepropnames, automatically generated by the pre-release version of MediaWiki that is running on this site (MediaWiki.org).

list=pagepropnames (ppn)

(main | query | pagepropnames)

This module requires read rights.
Source: MediaWiki
License: GPL-2.0-or-later

List all page property names in use on the wiki.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/API:Pagepropnames

Parameters:

ppncontinue: When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
ppnlimit: The maximum number of names to return.; Type: integer or max; The value must be between 1 and 500.; Default: 10

Example:

Get first 10 property names.: api.php?action=query&list=pagepropnames [open in sandbox]

ExampleEdit

GET requestEdit

List all page property names in use on the wiki.

api.php?action=query&format=json&list=pagepropnames [try in ApiSandbox]

ResponseEdit

{
    "batchcomplete": "",
    "continue": {
        "ppncontinue": "kartographer_frames",
        "continue": "-||"
    },
    "query": {
        "pagepropnames": [
            {
                "propname": "defaultsort"
            },
            {
                "propname": "disambiguation"
            },
            {
                "propname": "displaytitle"
            }
            ...
        ]
    }
}

Sample codeEdit

PythonEdit

#!/usr/bin/python3

"""
    get_pagepropnames.py

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pagepropnames` module: List page property names on the given wiki.

    MIT License
"""

import requests

S = requests.Session()

URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"

PARAMS = {
    "action": "query",
    "list": "pagepropnames",
    "format": "json"
}

R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()

PAGEPROPS = DATA["query"]["pagepropnames"]

for p in PAGEPROPS:
    print(p["propname"])

PHPEdit

<?php
/*
    get_pagepropnames.php

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pagepropnames` module: List page property names on the given wiki.

    MIT License
*/

$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
    "action" => "query",
    "list" => "pagepropnames",
    "format" => "json"
];

$url = $endPoint . "?" . http_build_query( $params );

$ch = curl_init( $url );
curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
$output = curl_exec( $ch );
curl_close( $ch );

$result = json_decode( $output, true );

foreach( $result["query"]["pagepropnames"] as $k => $v ) {
    echo( $v["propname"] . "\n" );
}

JavaScriptEdit

/*
    get_pagepropnames.js

    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Pagepropnames` module: List page property names on the given wiki.

    MIT License
*/

var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"; 

var params = {
    action: "query",
    list: "pagepropnames",
    format: "json"
};

url = url + "?origin=*";
Object.keys(params).forEach(function(key){url += "&" + key + "=" + params[key];});

fetch(url)
    .then(function(response){return response.json();})
    .then(function(response) {
        var pageprops = response.query.pagepropnames;
        for (var p in pageprops) {
            console.log(pageprops[p].propname);
        }
    })
    .catch(function(error){console.log(error);});

MediaWiki JSEdit

/*
	get_pagepropnames.js

	MediaWiki API Demos
	Demo of `Pagepropnames` module: List page property names on the given wiki.

	MIT License
*/

var params = {
		action: 'query',
		list: 'pagepropnames',
		format: 'json'
	},
	api = new mw.Api();

api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
	var pageprops = data.query.pagepropnames,
		p;
	for ( p in pageprops ) {
		console.log( pageprops[ p ].propname );
	}
} );