Editing Wikipedia (CDSW)
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* Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: | * Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: | ||
https://github.com/ | https://github.com/makoshark/wikipedia-cdsw/archive/master.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-cdsw-master.zip</code> on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called <code>wikipedia-cdsw-master</code> containing several files. | * 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-cdsw-master.zip</code> on your Desktop and double-click on it to "unzip" it. That will create a folder called <code>wikipedia-cdsw-master</code> containing several files. | ||
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===Test the Wikipedia API code=== | ===Test the Wikipedia API code=== | ||
Startup your jupyter notebook [[Python_in_Jupyter| as usual]]. Using jupyter open in your browser, navigate to the < | Startup your jupyter notebook [[Python_in_Jupyter| as usual]]. Using jupyter open in your browser, navigate to the <wikipedia-cdsw-master> folder that you saved on your Desktop and open <code>wikipedia-test-anon_nonanon.ipynb</code>. | ||
Run all the cells in the notebook. Cell 4 should take some time and output messages like <code>pulling data iteration 0</code>. Cell 5 should output a dictionary of IP addresses and counts and cell 6 should output a dictionary of user names and counts. | Run all the cells in the notebook. Cell 4 should take some time and output messages like <code>pulling data iteration 0</code>. Cell 5 should output a dictionary of IP addresses and counts and cell 6 should output a dictionary of user names and counts. | ||
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If you don't get this output or see any error messages ask a mentor for help right away. | If you don't get this output or see any error messages ask a mentor for help right away. | ||
== | == Example topics we might cover in the session == | ||
=== Main Wikipedia API === | === Main Wikipedia API === | ||
* explain [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page MediaWiki], exists on other wikis | * explain [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page MediaWiki], exists on other wikis | ||
* navigate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php api page] and show the | * 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 | ||
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=== Page View API === | === Page View API === | ||
* Use [https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Pageviews_data the | * Use [https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/?doc#!/Pageviews_data the experimental API] | ||
* Explain that this API is a little different because it uses relative paths instead of parameters. | * Explain that this API is a little different because it uses relative paths instead of parameters. | ||
* Also note that this API is case-sensitive. | * Also note that this API is case-sensitive. | ||
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<li>When was the article about the Panama Papers created? (i.e., when was the first edit to the article made)</li> | <li>When was the article about the Panama Papers created? (i.e., when was the first edit to the article made)</li> | ||
<li>When was the most recent edit to the Panama Papers article?</li> | <li>When was the most recent edit to the Panama Papers article?</li> | ||
<li>Think of two articles that interest you. Which ones were created first?</li> | <li>Think of one or two articles that interest you. Which ones were created first?</li> | ||
<li>Which have been edited most recently?</li> | <li>Which have been edited most recently?</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
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Medium Difficulty Questions: | Medium Difficulty Questions: | ||
<ol start="5"> | <ol start="5"> | ||
<li> Print the users who made revisions | <li> Print the list of users who made revisions in the last day </li> | ||
<li> How many edits did user " | <li> How many edits did user "Elinruby" make in the last day? </li> | ||
<li> How many total edits did user " | <li> How many total edits did user "Elinruby" make?"</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
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How many edits did it get in… | How many edits did it get in… | ||
<ol start=" | <ol start="12"> | ||
<li> the first 24 hours? </li> | <li> the first 24 hours? </li> | ||
<li> the first week? </li> | <li> the first week? </li> | ||
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More difficult questions: | More difficult questions: | ||
<ol start=" | <ol start="15"> | ||
<li>Who made the total most edits to the article?</li> | <li>Who made the total most edits to the article?</li> | ||
<li>What’s the number of edits per day in the first two weeks of the article?</li> | <li>What’s the number of edits per day in the first two weeks of the article?</li> | ||
