Request actions

Getting data in wptools centers on request "actions". We make API requests to get data, and then we assign values from the data to select data members. Most actions map to a get_{action} method that attempts to get as much information as possible through that API entry point.

Page actions

Action	Method	Description
*	get	some mix of all actions below
claims	get_claims	Wikidata:API action=wbgetentities request for Q entity labels
imageinfo	get_imageinfo	Mediawiki API:Imageinfo request for image info
parse	get_parse	MediaWiki:API action=parse request for parsetree/infobox data
query	get_query	MediaWiki:API action=query request for extracts, image files, etc.
random	get_random	Mediawiki API:Random for random page
rest	get_restbase	RESTBase /page/ requests for page content
wikidata	get_wikidata	Wikidata:API action=wbgetentities for page wikidata

Category actions

Action	Method	Description
categorymembers	get_members	Mediawiki API:Categorymembers for category members
random:14	get_random	Mediawiki API:Random for random category (ns=14)

Site actions

Action	Method	Description
siteinfo	get_info	Mediawiki API:Siteinfo and Extension:PageViewInfo for site info
sitematrix	get_sites	Wikimedia Commons Extension:SiteMatrix for sitematrix
siteviews	get_info	Mediawiki Extension:PageViewInfo for sitewide unique visitors