Python and command-line MediaWiki access for Humans
- get page extracts, image, Infobox data, Wikidata, and more
- get a random page, category, or site
- get page statistics
- get category members
- get site info and stats
- get data in any language
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
Get a page object:
>>> page = wptools.page('Gandhi')
Get API:Query data:
>>> page.get_query() en.wikipedia.org (query) Gandhi en.wikipedia.org (imageinfo) File:Portrait Gandhi.jpg Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { aliases: <list(10)> M K Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhi, M... assessments: <dict(10)> Pakistan, Alternative Views, South Afric... description: <str(67)> pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism ... extext: <str(3077)> Mahātmā **Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi** ( ; H... extract: <str(3372)> <p>Mahātmā <b>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b... image: <list(2)> {u'size': 2951123, 'kind': 'query-pageimage', u... label: Mahatma Gandhi length: 262,790 links: <list(500)> 10 Janpath, 14th Dalai Lama, 1915 Singapore M... modified: <dict(1)> page pageid: 19379 random: Salt redirected: <list(1)> {u'to': u'Mahatma Gandhi', u'from': u'Gandhi'} redirects: <list(53)> {u'ns': 0, u'pageid': 55342, u'title': u'M... requests: <list(2)> query, imageinfo title: Mahatma Gandhi url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi url_raw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi?action=raw watchers: 1,811 wikibase: Q1001 wikidata_url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001 }
Get API:Parse data:
>>> page.get_parse() en.wikipedia.org (parse) Gandhi en.wikipedia.org (imageinfo) File:MKGandhi.jpg Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { image: <list(1)> {u'size': 2951123, 'kind': 'parse-image', u'des... infobox: <dict(25)> known_for, other_names, image, signature, bi... iwlinks: <list(10)> https://biblio.wiki/wiki/Mohandas_K._Gandhi,... pageid: 19379 parsetree: <str(331808)> <root><template><title>Redirect</title>... requests: <list(2)> parse, imageinfo title: Mahatma Gandhi wikibase: Q1001 wikidata_url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001 wikitext: <str(261349)> {{Redirect|Gandhi}}{{pp-move-indef}}{{pp... }
Get Wikidata:
>>> page = wptools.page(wikibase='Q1001') >>> page.get_wikidata() www.wikidata.org (wikidata) Q1001 www.wikidata.org (labels) Q1280678|P535|P434|Q1860|P3762|Q668|P12... www.wikidata.org (labels) P119|Q1930187|P691|P18|P19|P1066|P509|P... www.wikidata.org (labels) Q6512732|Q1568|P972|Q84|P1430|P31|Q2140... www.wikidata.org (labels) P1576|Q4964182|P1368|P140|Q22336956|P12... en.wikipedia.org (imageinfo) File:Portrait Gandhi.jpg Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { aliases: <list(10)> M K Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhi, M... claims: <dict(113)> P646, P535, P906, P434, P648, P3762, P1711, ... description: <str(67)> pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism ... image: <list(1)> {u'size': 2951123, 'kind': 'wikidata-image', u'... label: Mahatma Gandhi labels: <dict(171)> Q1280678, P535, Q131149, P434, Q1860, P3762,... modified: <dict(1)> wikidata requests: <list(6)> wikidata, labels, labels, labels, labels, im... title: Mahatma_Gandhi what: human wikibase: Q1001 wikidata: <dict(112)> Geni.com profile ID (P2600), National Libr... wikidata_pageid: 1330 wikidata_url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001 }
Get RESTBase data:
>>> page.get_restbase('/page/summary/') en.wikipedia.org (restbase) /page/summary/Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { description: <str(67)> pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism ... exhtml: <str(1168)> <p>Mahātmā <b>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b>... exrest: <str(931)> Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; Hindust... image: <list(2)> {'kind': 'restbase-original', u'width': 2024, '... pageid: 19379 requests: <list(1)> restbase title: Mahatma_Gandhi url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi url_raw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi?action=raw }
Get all the things (at once):
>>> page.get() en.wikipedia.org (query) Gandhi en.wikipedia.org (parse) 19379 www.wikidata.org (wikidata) Q1001 www.wikidata.org (labels) Q1280678|P535|P434|Q1860|P3762|Q668|P12... www.wikidata.org (labels) P119|Q1930187|P691|P18|P19|P1066|P509|P... www.wikidata.org (labels) Q6512732|Q1568|P972|Q84|P1430|P31|Q2140... www.wikidata.org (labels) P1576|Q4964182|P1368|P140|Q22336956|P12... en.wikipedia.org (restbase) /page/summary/Mahatma_Gandhi en.wikipedia.org (imageinfo) File:MKGandhi.jpg|File:Portrait Gandhi.jpg Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { aliases: <list(10)> M K Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhi, M... assessments: <dict(10)> Pakistan, Alternative Views, South Afric... claims: <dict(113)> P646, P535, P906, P434, P648, P3762, P1711, ... description: <str(67)> pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism ... exhtml: <str(1168)> <p>Mahātmā <b>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b>... exrest: <str(931)> Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; Hindust... extext: <str(3077)> Mahātmā **Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi** ( ; H... extract: <str(3372)> <p>Mahātmā <b>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</b... image: <list(6)> {u'size': 2951123, 'kind': 'query-pageimage', u... infobox: <dict(25)> known_for, other_names, image, signature, bi... iwlinks: <list(10)> https://biblio.wiki/wiki/Mohandas_K._Gandhi,... label: Mahatma Gandhi labels: <dict(171)> Q1280678, P535, Q131149, P434, Q1860, P3762,... length: 262,790 links: <list(500)> 10 Janpath, 14th Dalai Lama, 1915 Singapore M... modified: <dict(2)> wikidata, page pageid: 19379 parsetree: <str(331808)> <root><template><title>Redirect</title>... random: Salt redirected: <list(1)> {u'to': u'Mahatma Gandhi', u'from': u'Gandhi'} redirects: <list(53)> {u'ns': 0, u'pageid': 55342, u'title': u'M... requests: <list(9)> query, parse, wikidata, labels, labels, labe... title: Mahatma_Gandhi url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi url_raw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi?action=raw watchers: 1,811 what: human wikibase: Q1001 wikidata: <dict(112)> Geni.com profile ID (P2600), National Libr... wikidata_pageid: 1330 wikidata_url: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001 wikitext: <str(261349)> {{Redirect|Gandhi}}{{pp-move-indef}}{{pp... }
Get more (expensive) data:
>>> page.get_more() en.wikipedia.org (querymore) Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi (en) data { categories: <list(68)> Category:1869 births, Category:1948 death... contributors: 2,606 files: <list(53)> File:Aum Om red.svg, File:Commons-logo.svg, Fi... languages: <list(168)> {u'lang': u'af', u'title': u'Mahatma Gand... pageid: 19379 redirected: <list(1)> {u'to': u'Mahatma Gandhi', u'from': u'Gandhi'} requests: <list(1)> querymore title: Mahatma Gandhi views: 19,242 }
Get data in another language:
>>> page = wptools.page(lang='zh') zh.wikipedia.org (random) 🍰 哈莉特·塔布曼 (zh) data { pageid: 211070 title: 哈莉特·塔布曼 }
Get data from another wiki:
>>> page = wptools.page(wiki='en.wikiquote.org') en.wikiquote.org (random) 🍪 Malala_Yousafzai (en) { pageid: 146817 title: Malala_Yousafzai }
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