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meta=messagegroups (mg)

(main | query | messagegroups)

Return information about message groups.

Note that the uselang parameter affects the output of language dependent parts.

Specific parameters:
Other general parameters are available.
mgdepth

When using the tree format, limit the depth to this many levels. Value 0 means that no subgroups are shown. If the limit is reached, the output includes a "groupcount" value, which states the number of direct children.

Type: integer
Default: 100
mgfilter

Only return messages with IDs that match one or more of the inputs given (case-insensitive, separated by pipes, * wildcard).

Separate values with | or alternative.
Maximum number of values is 50 (500 for clients that are allowed higher limits).
Default: (empty)
mgformat

In the tree format message groups can exist in multiple places in the tree.

One of the following values: flat, tree
Default: flat
mgiconsize

Preferred size of rasterised group icon.

Type: integer
Default: 64
mgprop

What translation-related information to get:

id
Include ID of the group.
label
Include label of the group.
description
Include description of the group.
class
Include class name of the group.
namespace
Include namespace of the group. Not all groups belong to a single namespace.
exists
Include self-calculated existence property of the group.
icon
Include URLs to icon of the group.
priority
Include priority status like discouraged.
prioritylangs
Include preferred languages. If not set, this returns false.
priorityforce
Include priority status - is the priority languages setting forced.
workflowstates
Include the workflow states for the message group.
Values (separate with | or alternative): class, description, exists, icon, id, label, namespace, priority, priorityforce, prioritylangs, sourcelanguage, workflowstates
Default: id|label|description|class|exists
mgroot

When using the tree format, instead of starting from top level start from the given message group, which must be an aggregate message group. When using flat format only the specified group is returned.

Default: (empty)
mglanguageFilter

Only return message groups that can be translated to the given language.

Default: (empty)