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get_random

siznax/wptools · wptools/category.py:154

    def get_random(self, show=True, proxy=None, timeout=0):
        """
        GET MediaWiki:API (action=query) for random category
        https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Random

        Required {params}: None

        Optional arguments:
        - [show]: <bool> echo page data if true
        - [proxy]: <str> use this HTTP proxy
        - [timeout]: <int> timeout in seconds (0=wait forever)

        Data captured:
        - pageid: <int> Wikipedia database ID
        - title: <str> article title
        """
        self._get('random', show, proxy, timeout)

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