Python and command-line MediaWiki access for Humans.
- get an HTML or plain text "extract" (lead or summary)
- get a representative image (pageimage, thumb, etc.)
- get an Infobox as a python dictionary
- get any/all Wikidata by title
- get info in any language
- get random info
This package is intended to make it as easy as possible to get data from MediaWiki instances, expose more Wikidata, and extend Wikimedia APIs just for kicks. We say (for Humans) because that is a goal. Questions, feedback, and especially contributions are welcome!
$ pip install wptools
✨🦄✨>>> import wptools
>>> p = wptools.page('Gandhi').get()
Gandhi (en)
{
lang: en
title: Gandhi
}
en.wikipedia.org (query) Gandhi
en.wikipedia.org (parse) 19379
www.wikidata.org (wikidata) Q1001
www.wikidata.org (claims) Q5|Q129286|Q6512732|Q668
en.wikipedia.org (imageinfo) File:Portrait Gandhi.jpg|File:MKGandhi.jpg
Mahatma_Gandhi (en)
{
cache: <dict(5)> {claims, imageinfo, parse, query, wikidata}
claims: <dict(4)> {Q129286, Q5, Q6512732, Q668}
description: pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
extext: <str(3200)> **Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi** (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡæn...
extract: <str(3875)> <p><b>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b> (<span><...
images: <list(4)>
infobox: <dict(21)> {alma_mater, alt, birth_date, birth_name, birt...
label: Mahatma Gandhi
lang: en
links: <list(10)>
modified: <dict(2)> {page, wikidata}
pageid: 19379
parsetree: <str(239926)> <root><template><title>Redirect</title><p...
props: <dict(7)> {P18, P27, P31, P345, P569, P570, P910}
random: Mirco Baldacci
title: Mahatma_Gandhi
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
url_raw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi?action=raw
what: human
wikibase: Q1001
wikidata: <dict(7)> {IMDB, birth, category, citizenship, death, im...
wikidata_url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001
wikitext: <str(182553)> {{Redirect|Gandhi}}{{pp-move-indef}}{{pp-s...
}See our wiki.
Please enjoy!
@siznax 👹