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* [[Community Data Science Workshops ( | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Wikipedia project Windows setup|Windows]] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops ( | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Wikipedia project OS X setup|OS X]] | ||
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=== Example topics | === Example topics to cover in Lecture === | ||
* explain | * explain MediaWiki, exists on other wikis | ||
* navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the documentation, point out examples | * navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the documentation, point out examples | ||
* introduce the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API sandbox] as a tool for building queries | * introduce the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API sandbox] as a tool for building queries | ||
* looking at the images within a page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Seattle&prop=images&imlimit=20&format=jsonfm | * looking at the images within a page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Seattle&prop=images&imlimit=20&format=jsonfm | ||
* change the city with a custom URL | * change the city with a custom URL | ||
* edit count http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=Benjamin_Mako_Hill|Jtmorgan|Sj| | * edit count http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=Benjamin_Mako_Hill|Jtmorgan|Sj|Mindspillage&usprop=editcount&format=jsonfm | ||
* get the content of the main page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&action=query&titles=Main%20Page&prop=revisions&rvprop=content | * get the content of the main page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&action=query&titles=Main%20Page&prop=revisions&rvprop=content | ||
* example programs: [http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/wikipedia-raw1-unicode-problems-example.py wikipedia-raw1-unicode-problems-example.py] (note: this is an example of Unicode problems when running this on Windows), [http://mako.cc/teaching/2014/cdsw-autumn/wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py] | |||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API Sandbox] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox API Sandbox] | ||
* [[Sample API queries]] | * [[Sample API queries]] | ||
* Example that saves command-line output into a text file: <code>python wikipedia-raw2-mudslide-edit.py > OsoRevisionData.txt</code> | |||