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=== Download and test the Wikipedia project === | === Download and test the Wikipedia 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/community_data_science/ | # 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/community_data_science/WikipediaAPI.zip | ||
# The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. | # The ".zip" extension on the above file indicates that it is a compressed Zip archive. We need to "extract" its contents. | ||
# Start up your terminal, navigate to the new directory you have unpacked | # Start up your terminal, navigate to the new directory you have unpacked, and then test the code by running: | ||
python wikipedia1-1.py | python wikipedia1-1.py | ||
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* Wikipedia runs software called MediaWiki which exists on many other wikis | * Wikipedia runs software called MediaWiki which exists on many other wikis | ||
* You can go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] on any wiki to show | * You can go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] on any wiki to show the documentation, | ||
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=== Material We Will Cover === | === Material We Will Cover === |