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+/**
+ * @class mw.Api.plugin.category
+ */
+( function ( mw, $ ) {
+
+ $.extend( mw.Api.prototype, {
+ /**
+ * Determine if a category exists.
+ *
+ * @param {mw.Title|string} title
+ * @return {jQuery.Promise}
+ * @return {Function} return.done
+ * @return {boolean} return.done.isCategory Whether the category exists.
+ */
+ isCategory: function ( title ) {
+ var apiPromise = this.get( {
+ prop: 'categoryinfo',
+ titles: String( title )
+ } );
+
+ return apiPromise
+ .then( function ( data ) {
+ var exists = false;
+ if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
+ $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
+ if ( page.categoryinfo ) {
+ exists = true;
+ }
+ } );
+ }
+ return exists;
+ } )
+ .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Get a list of categories that match a certain prefix.
+ *
+ * E.g. given "Foo", return "Food", "Foolish people", "Foosball tables"...
+ *
+ * @param {string} prefix Prefix to match.
+ * @return {jQuery.Promise}
+ * @return {Function} return.done
+ * @return {string[]} return.done.categories Matched categories
+ */
+ getCategoriesByPrefix: function ( prefix ) {
+ // Fetch with allpages to only get categories that have a corresponding description page.
+ var apiPromise = this.get( {
+ list: 'allpages',
+ apprefix: prefix,
+ apnamespace: mw.config.get( 'wgNamespaceIds' ).category
+ } );
+
+ return apiPromise
+ .then( function ( data ) {
+ var texts = [];
+ if ( data.query && data.query.allpages ) {
+ $.each( data.query.allpages, function ( i, category ) {
+ texts.push( new mw.Title( category.title ).getMainText() );
+ } );
+ }
+ return texts;
+ } )
+ .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Get the categories that a particular page on the wiki belongs to.
+ *
+ * @param {mw.Title|string} title
+ * @return {jQuery.Promise}
+ * @return {Function} return.done
+ * @return {boolean|mw.Title[]} return.done.categories List of category titles or false
+ * if title was not found.
+ */
+ getCategories: function ( title ) {
+ var apiPromise = this.get( {
+ prop: 'categories',
+ titles: String( title )
+ } );
+
+ return apiPromise
+ .then( function ( data ) {
+ var titles = false;
+ if ( data.query && data.query.pages ) {
+ $.each( data.query.pages, function ( id, page ) {
+ if ( page.categories ) {
+ if ( titles === false ) {
+ titles = [];
+ }
+ $.each( page.categories, function ( i, cat ) {
+ titles.push( new mw.Title( cat.title ) );
+ } );
+ }
+ } );
+ }
+ return titles;
+ } )
+ .promise( { abort: apiPromise.abort } );
+ }
+ } );
+
+ /**
+ * @class mw.Api
+ * @mixins mw.Api.plugin.category
+ */
+
+}( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );