ask script

README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ mypassword
 
 
 ## Run
-* all toguether `run.sh`
+* all toguether `./run.sh`
 
 * `python3 download_imgs.py` 
     * Downloads all images from wiki to `images/` directory 

sandbox/ask_wiki.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+import os
+from mwclient import Site
+from datetime import datetime
+from pprint import pprint
+
+
+site = Site(host='hub.xpub.nl/sandbox', path='/itchwiki/')
+wd = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))  # parent working directory
+
+with open(os.path.join(wd, 'login.txt'), 'r') as login:  # read login user & pwd
+    loginlines = login.read()
+    user, pwd = loginlines.split('\n')
+    site.login(username=user, password=pwd)  # login to wiki
+
+
+query = ('[[File:+]][[Title::+]][[Date::+]]|?Title|?Date|?Part|sort=Date,Title,Part|order=asc,asc,asc')
+print('Query:', query)
+
+# examples:
+# [[File:+]][[Year::+]]
+# [[File:+]][[Year::1984]]
+# same as: api.php?action=ask&query=[[File:%2B]][[Year::1984]]
+# can write compound query such as Year::2000 Medium::Flyer
+
+
+def unpack_response(response):
+    # printout is ordered dict
+    d = {}
+    printouts = response['printouts']
+    page = response['fulltext']
+    d['page'] = page
+    for prop in printouts:
+        p_item = answer['printouts'][prop]
+        for prop_val in p_item:
+            if isinstance(prop_val, dict) is False:
+                d[prop] = prop_val
+            else:
+                # if len(prop_val) > 0:
+                props = list(prop_val.keys())
+                if 'fulltext' in props:
+                    val = prop_val.get('fulltext')
+                elif 'timestamp' in props:
+                    val = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(prop_val.get('timestamp')))
+                else:
+                    val = list(prop_val.values())[0]
+                d[prop] = val
+    return(d)
+
+
+for answer in site.ask(query):
+    print(answer, answer.keys())
+    # print('printouts:', answer['printouts']['Title'])
+    printout_dict = unpack_response(answer)
+    pprint(printout_dict)
+
+
+
+
+