Wikipedia API: how to search for a term in a specific category

Question

I'm having hard time to figure out a basic task: how to find a term restricted in a specific category..

i feel Wiki API documentation is kinda confusing...

I'd just like to receive as output a JSON file with all the suggestions related to that term

ex. i search for Matrix, category movies, so i can have The Matrix 1 The Matrix 2 etc excluding math results etc...

thanks

Answer 1

I feel your pain bro, try something like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&format=jsonfm&srsearch=matrix+incategory:English-language_films

Change the above format from jsonfm to json for real json output.

Answer 2

You can't tell the API to only return articles from a category that match a certain criteria, unfortunately. You can, however, tell the API to return articles in a specific category, such as "1990s science fiction films", and then use another programming language such as PHP or JavaScript to then return the articles that match your specified criteria.