kaikki-json 0.1.1

Download and read Wiktionary data in JSON format, using Kaikki data dumps

kaikki_json

This is a package for downloading and reading data exported from Wiktionary by Kaikki.org. There is a simple API that lets you iterate over the JSON objects, and process them however you like.

Usage

Install

pip install kaikki_json

Quickstart

Download the data from Kaikki.org

python -m kaikki_json --download

Find and print the entry for the Spanish word 'hola'

>>> from kaikki_json import iter_items_in
>>> for item in iter_items_in('es'):
>>>    if item['word'] == 'hola':
>>>        print(item)
>>>        break

Cache

kaikki_json caches the compressed data on disk. It's decompressed automatically. The total size used on the disk is about 2GB.

Display cache location (and other info)

python -m kaikki_json --info