Module:RecursiveSelectiveList

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:RecursiveSelectiveList/doc

local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
    local args = frame:getParent().args
    local categoryName = args['categoryName']

    if not categoryName then
        return "Error: Please provide a category name."
    end

    -- Use mw.site's API wrapper to fetch category members
    local members = {}
    local limit = 500  -- Fetch up to 500 results at a time

    -- Fetch members iteratively
    for page in mw.site.categoryMembers('Category:' .. categoryName, 'all', limit) do
        table.insert(members, page.text)
    end

    -- Check if any members are found
    if #members == 0 then
        return "No pages found in the category."
    end

    -- Create output list
    local output = {}
    for _, member in ipairs(members) do
        table.insert(output, "* [[" .. member .. "]]")
    end

    return table.concat(output, "\n")
end

return p