pywiktionary 0.0a1

Python library to retrieve wiktionary word definitions for different languages

PyWiktionary - a Python library for wiktionary words

Version 0.0.1 (pre-alpha)

This is just a pre alpha that need so many enhancements and fixes, but could be a starting base to start a simple python library for Wiktionary words

Install

Requirements

Before install, please, make sure you've installed the project dependencies if you're installing from source code:

$ pip install -r ./requirements.txt

Pywiktionary install

Install from the source code:

$ pip install .

How to use

First of all initialize the wiki parser with a supported language then make the request and at the end call the parse() method of the parser object returned from WiktionaryParser :

from pywiktionary import WiktionaryParser

wiktionary_parser = WiktionaryParser(default_language='en')
language_parser = wiktionary_parser.get_page('pizza')
result = language_parser.parse()

The result variable is dictionary containing the result of the wiktionary page parsing. Here the result for "pizza":

{
  "pizza": {
    "meanings": {
      "noun": [
        {
          "meaning": "(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread dough crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat, vegetables or fruit",
          "examples": []
        },
        {
          "meaning": "(countable) A single instance of this dish",
          "examples": []
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Yeah, yeah... i know it is beautiful and easy as idea, but it now require some development to enhance this system!

Supported languages

• English - en
• Italian - it

ToDo

• Implement a good system to select wiktionary language parser
• Write a good human friend documentation! =)