38 lines
988 B
Plaintext
38 lines
988 B
Plaintext
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#!/usr/bin/python3
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import requests
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import sys
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import textwrap
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def connection_error():
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print("Could not contact wikipedia servers.")
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sys.exit(1)
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def get_random_page():
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params = {
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'action' : 'query',
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'format' : 'json',
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'list' : 'random',
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'rnlimit' : 1,
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'rnnamespace' : 0
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}
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try:
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return requests.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php', params).json()['query']['random'][0]
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except ConnectionError:
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connection_error()
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def get_page_with_summary(title):
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try:
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return requests.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/' + title).json()
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except ConnectionError:
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connection_error()
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def main():
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while True:
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page = get_page_with_summary(get_random_page()['title'])
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if page['type'] == 'standard':
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break
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print(page['title'] + ':\n\n' + textwrap.fill(page['extract'], width=80))
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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main()
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