jwlib 1.1.2

Wrapper for jw.org APIs

Python wrappers for a few jw.org APIs.

Installation

pip install jwlib

Usage

Browsing JW Broadcasting

import jwlib.media as jw

# Select Swedish
session = jw.Session(language='Z')

# Fetch the JW Broadcasting category
studio_category = session.get_category('VODStudio')

# Iterate through all its subcategories
# (this will make more API requests as needed)
for subcategory in studio_category.get_subcategories():

    # Print a category header
    print(f'\n{subcategory.name}\n-----------')

    # Print title and URL of all media items
    for media in subcategory.get_media():
        print(media.title)
        print(media.get_file().url)

See the media documentation for more details.

Searching at jw.org

import jwlib.search as jw

# Search for videos only
page = jw.search('Caleb', filter_type=jw.FILTER_VIDEO, language='S')
for result in page.results:
    print(result.title, result.url_jw)

# Print page number info
print(page.pagination_label)

# Continue on next page
if page.next:
    next_page = page.next.open()
    for result in next_page.results:
        print(result.title, result.url_jw)

See the search documentation for more details.

Downloading publications

Alpha version, may be subject to change.

Listing languages

Alpha version, may be subject to change.

Development

An example on how to setup the dev environment:

# Create a virtual Python environment
python -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
# -e keeps the installed jwlib in sync with your changes
# [dev] installs the dependencies for testing
# [dev,docs] if you also want to build documentation
pip install -e '.[dev]'

# Run the tests
make test

# Show more convenience functions
make help