An unofficial WikiHow API
Project description
WHAPI
An unofficial WikiWow API. Uses BeautifulSoup to scrape WikiHow and return the data you want.
Installation
pip install whapi
Usage
Random How To
Learn random stuff! Retuns a random WikiHow article. Sometimes they're weird. Sometimes they're really weird.
from whapi import RandomHowTo
how_to = RandomHowTo()
how_to.print()
Searching
from whapi import WikiHow, search_wikihow
max_results = 1 # default for optional argument is 10
how_tos = search_wikihow("how to learn programming", max_results)
assert len(how_tos) == 1
how_tos[0].print()
# for efficiency and to get unlimited entries, the best is to use the generator
for how_to in WikiHow.search("how to learn python"):
how_to.print()
Parsing
Manipulate HowTo objects
from whapi import HowTo
how_to = HowTo("https://www.wikihow.com/Train-a-Dog")
data = how_to.as_dict()
print(how_to.url)
print(how_to.title)
print(how_to.intro)
print(how_to.n_steps)
print(how_to.summary)
first_step = how_to.steps[0]
first_step.print()
data = first_step.as_dict()
how_to.print(extended=True)
ToDo
- Many WikiHow articles also contain "Parts" which break down further into sub-steps. Write a function to parse these additional divisions.
- Add parser for tips
- Add parser for warnings
- Add function to cycle through useragent strings
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