add access wikipedia in python tutorial

x4nth055 · x4nth055 · commit 78e6d6ddb17f · 2019-09-11T18:20:33.000+02:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ This is a repository of all the tutorials of [The Python Code](https://www.thepy
     - [How to Control your Keyboard in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/control-keyboard-python). ([code](general/keyboard-controller))
     - [How to Make a Process Monitor in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/make-process-monitor-python). ([code](general/process-monitor))
     - [How to Make a Screen Recorder in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/make-screen-recorder-python). ([code](general/screen-recorder))
+    - [How to Access Wikipedia in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/access-wikipedia-python). ([code](general/wikipedia-extractor))
 
diff --git a/general/wikipedia-extractor/README.md b/general/wikipedia-extractor/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# [How to Access Wikipedia in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/access-wikipedia-python)
+To run this:
+- `pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+- `python3 wikipedia_extractor.py`
diff --git a/general/wikipedia-extractor/requirements.txt b/general/wikipedia-extractor/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wikipedia
diff --git a/general/wikipedia-extractor/wikipedia_extractor.py b/general/wikipedia-extractor/wikipedia_extractor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import wikipedia
+
+# print the summary of what python is
+print(wikipedia.summary("Python Programming Language"))
+
+# search for a term
+result = wikipedia.search("Neural networks")
+print("Result search of 'Neural networks':", result)
+
+# get the page: Neural network
+page = wikipedia.page(result[0])
+
+# get the title of the page
+title = page.title
+
+# get the categories of the page
+categories = page.categories
+
+# get the whole wikipedia page text (content)
+content = page.content
+
+# get all the links in the page
+links = page.links
+
+# get the page references
+references = page.references
+
+# summary
+summary = page.summary
+
+# print info
+print("Page content:\n", content, "\n")
+print("Page title:", title, "\n")
+print("Categories:", categories, "\n")
+print("Links:", links, "\n")
+print("References:", references, "\n")
+print("Summary:", summary, "\n")
+
