API:Random/it
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| Versione MediaWiki: | ≥ 1.12 |
GET request to view a list of random pages.
This module can be used as a generator.
API documentation
 | The following documentation is the output of Special: |
list=random (rn)
- This module requires read rights.
- This module can be used as a generator.
- Source: MediaWiki
- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Get a set of random pages.
Pages are listed in a fixed sequence, only the starting point is random. This means that if, for example, Main Page is the first random page in the list, List of fictional monkeys will always be second, List of people on stamps of Vanuatu third, etc.
Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
- rnnamespace
Return pages in these namespaces only.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 90, 91, 92, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 710, 711, 828, 829, 1198, 1199, 2600, 5500, 5501
- To specify all values, use *.
- rnfilterredir
How to filter for redirects.
- One of the following values: all, nonredirects, redirects
- Default: nonredirects
- rnminsize
Limit to pages with at least this many bytes.
- Type: integer
- rnmaxsize
Limit to pages with at most this many bytes.
- Type: integer
- rncontentmodel
Filter pages that have the specified content model.
- One of the following values: GadgetDefinition, JsonSchema, MassMessageListContent, NewsletterContent, Scribunto, SecurePoll, css, flow-board, javascript, json, sanitized-css, text, translate-messagebundle, unknown, wikitext
- rnredirect
- Deprecated.
Use rnfilterredir=redirects instead.
- Type: boolean (details)
- rnlimit
Limit how many random pages will be returned.
- Type: integer or max
- The value must be between 1 and 500.
- Default: 1
- rncontinue
When more results are available, use this to continue. More detailed information on how to continue queries can be found on mediawiki.org.
Examples:
- Return two random pages from the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2 [open in sandbox]
- Return page info about two random pages from the main namespace.
- api.php?action=query&generator=random&grnnamespace=0&grnlimit=2&prop=info [open in sandbox]
- Return page info about one random page from the main namespace that has at least 500 bytes of text.
- api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=1&minsize=500 [open in sandbox]
Esempio
GET request
List 5 random pages
Response
{
"batchcomplete": "",
"continue": {
"rncontinue": "0.559881820010|0.559881954661|47659388|0",
"continue": "-||"
},
"query": {
"random": [
{
"id": 32381675,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Mallabhum Institute of Technology"
},
{
"id": 25126452,
"ns": 3,
"title": "User talk:96.232.132.176"
},
{
"id": 1440028,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Hyundai Epsilon engine"
},
{
"id": 35446805,
"ns": 15,
"title": "Category talk:Ukrainian card games"
},
{
"id": 12613,
"ns": 0,
"title": "Grue"
}
]
}
}
Sample code
Python
#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
get_random.py
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Random` module: Get request to list 5 random pages.
MIT License
"""
import requests
S = requests.Session()
URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php"
PARAMS = {
"action": "query",
"format": "json",
"list": "random",
"rnlimit": "5"
}
R = S.get(url=URL, params=PARAMS)
DATA = R.json()
RANDOMS = DATA["query"]["random"]
for r in RANDOMS:
print(r["title"])
PHP
<?php
/*
get_random.php
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Random` module: Get request to list 5 random pages.
MIT License
*/
$endPoint = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
$params = [
"action" => "query",
"format" => "json",
"list" => "random",
"rnlimit" => "5"
];
$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"]["random"] as $k => $v ) {
echo( $v["title"] . "\n" );
}
JavaScript
/*
get_random.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Random` module: Get request to list 5 random pages.
MIT License
*/
var url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";
var params = {
action: "query",
format: "json",
list: "random",
rnlimit: "5"
};
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 randoms = response.query.random;
for (var r in randoms) {
console.log(randoms[r].title);
}
})
.catch(function(error){console.log(error);});
MediaWiki JS
/*
get_random.js
MediaWiki API Demos
Demo of `Random` module: Get request to list 5 random pages.
MIT License
*/
var params = {
action: 'query',
format: 'json',
list: 'random',
rnlimit: '5'
},
api = new mw.Api();
api.get( params ).done( function ( data ) {
var randoms = data.query.random,
r;
for ( r in randoms ) {
console.log( randoms[ r ].title );
}
} );
Parameter history
- v1.26: Previous limit of 10/20 on
rnlimitwas increased to standard 500/5000 limits. - v1.26: Deprecated
rnredirect - v1.26: Introduced
rnfilterredir - v1.14: Introduced
rnredirect
Additional notes
- Unlike most modules in the Action API, the default number of pages returned is 1, not 10.
- Pages are returned in a fixed sequence; only the starting point is actually random.
- The default behavior is to pick pages from across the entire wiki, including talk pages, user pages, and so on. If you are looking for similar functionality as Special:Random, i.e. pick random articles, restrict
rnnamespaceto0. - If the number of pages is fewer than
rnlimit, the request will simply return all available pages. It will not repeat pages to pad out the response up to the limit.
Vedi anche
- Manuale:Pagina casuale - describes how to configure the API on the backend.