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== Download and test the Wikipedia API project == If you are confused by these steps, go back and refresh your memory with the [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2015)/Day 0 setup and tutorial|Day 0 setup and tutorial]] and [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2015)/Day 0 tutorial|Day 0 tutorial]] (Estimated time: 10 minutes) ===Download the Wikipedia API project=== * Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/teaching/2015/cdsw-autumn/wikipedia-data-examples.zip * The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. To do this, click on "Start", then "Computer" on Windows or open Finder and navigate to your Desktop directory if you are a Mac. Find <code>wikipedia-data-examples.zip</code> on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called <code>wikipedia-data-examples</code> containing several files. ===Test the Wikipedia API code=== <div style="background-color:#CEE7DA; width:80%; padding:1.2em;"> '''On Windows''' Start up PowerShell and navigate to the <code>Desktop\wikipedia-data-examples</code> directory where the Wikipedia API code lives. For example, if the Wikipedia API project is at <code>C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\wikipedia-data-examples</code>, cd C:\Users\'''YOURUSERNAME'''\Desktop\wikipedia-data-examples </div> <div style="background-color:#D8E8FF; width:80%; padding:1.2em;"> '''On Mac''' Start a command prompt and navigate to the Desktop/wikipedia-data-examples directory where the Wikipedia API code lives. For example, if the Wikipedia API project is at <code>~/Desktop/wikipedia-data-examples</code>, cd ~/Desktop/wikipedia-data-examples </div> This will change you into the Wikipedia example code directory. Running <code>ls</code> will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "<code>wikipedia1-1.py</code>", which has a "<code>.py</code>" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type: python wikipedia1-1.py at the command prompt to execute the <code>wikipedia1-1.py</code> Python script. Wait a little while while your computer connects to Wikipedia. You should see a series of data from Wikipedia run by on your screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.
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