https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70682
Bug ID: 70682
Summary: Implement extracts in Pywikibot
Product: Pywikibot
Version: core (2.0)
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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Mediawiki has the extracts api function. It should be implemented in Pywikibot
too.
* prop=extracts (ex) *
Returns plain-text or limited HTML extracts of the given page(s)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TextExtracts#API
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
exchars - How many characters to return, actual text returned
might be slightly longer.
The value must be no less than 1
exsentences - How many sentences to return
The value must be between 1 and 10
exlimit - How many extracts to return
No more than 20 (20 for bots) allowed
Default: 1
exintro - Return only content before the first section
explaintext - Return extracts as plaintext instead of limited HTML
exsectionformat - How to format sections in plaintext mode:
plain - No formatting
wiki - Wikitext-style formatting == like this ==
raw - This module's internal representation (section
titles prefixed with <ASCII 1><ASCII 2><section level><ASCII 2><ASCII 1>
One value: plain, wiki, raw
Default: wiki
excontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
exvariant - Convert content into this language variant`
Example:
Get a 175-character extract:
api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exchars=175&titles=Therion
https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exchars=175&titles=Nicolaas_IJzendoorn&format=json
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