The categorymembers method currently only has startsort which is passed to API as cmendsortkeyprefix. It's hard to work with (it should be in binary string format) and is deprecated since MW 1.24. See: T74101
Pywikibot should provide a way to use the newer cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter which is easier to use in many situations.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| site.categorymembers: Support cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter | pywikibot/core | master | +64 -15 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Dalba | T74101 cmstartsortkey: DEPRECATED! Use starthexsortkey instead | |||
| Open | None | T143120 pagegenerators should use page cmstartsortkeyprefix | |||
| Resolved | Dalba | T170265 Site.categorymembers: Add support for `cmstartsortkeyprefix` |
Change 364423 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dalba; owner: Dalba):
[pywikibot/core@master] site.categorymembers: Support cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter
Change 364423 abandoned by Dalba:
site.categorymembers: Support cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter
Reason:
I doubt it, but maybe someone can think of a better way to resolve this as a part of T74101.
Change 364423 restored by Dalba:
site.categorymembers: Support cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter
Reason:
I think we will need a new parameter in any case, let's see what other reviewers think.
Change 364423 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] site.categorymembers: Support cmstartsortkeyprefix API parameter