wikiquote 0.1.12

Retrieve quotes from any Wikiquote article.

# wikiquote
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The `wikiquote` Python 3 module allows you to search and retrieve quotes from any [Wikiquote](https://www.wikiquote.org/) article, and also retrieve the quote of the day. Please keep in mind that due to Wikiquote's varying HTML article layouts, some quotes may not be retrieved correctly. If you wish to collaborate, head over to the [Developing](https://github.com/federicotdn/python-wikiquotes#developing) section below.

## Installation
You can install the `wikiquote` module using `pip`:
```bash
$ pip3 install --upgrade wikiquote
```

## Usage
```python
>>> import wikiquote

>>> wikiquote.search('Dune')
# ['Dune', 'Frank Herbert', 'Children of Dune (TV miniseries)', 'Dune (film)', 'Dune (TV miniseries)']

>>> wikiquote.quotes('Dune', max_quotes = 3) # max_quotes defaults to 20
# ['A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.', 'Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.', 'Hope clouds observation.']

>>> wikiquote.quote_of_the_day() # returns a (quote, author) tuple
# 'Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.', 'Oscar Wilde'

>>> wikiquote.random_titles(max_titles = 3) # max_titles defaults to 20
# ['The Lion King', 'Johannes Kepler', 'Rosa Parks']

>>> wikiquote.supported_languages()
# ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl']

```

Some article titles will lead to a Disambiguation page (like `Matrix`), which will raise a `DisambiguationPageException` exception. When this happens, try using `search()` first, and then use one of the specific article titles found.

If the article searched for does not exist, and no similar results exist, a `NoSuchPageException` will be raised instead.

## Languages
The `wikiquote` module currently supports the following languages:

| Language | ISO 639-1 Code |
|----------|----------------|
| English | `en` |
| Spanish | `es` |
| German | `de` |
| French | `fr` |
| Italian | `it` |
| Polish | `pl` |

Use the `lang` parameter to specify the language (defaults to `en`):
```python
>>> import wikiquote

>>> wikiquote.search('Dune', lang='fr')
# ['Dune', 'Les Enfants de Dune', 'Les Hérétiques de Dune', 'Le Messie de Dune']

>>> wikiquote.quotes('Dune', lang='fr')[0]
# 'Si les vœux étaient des poissons, nous lancerions tous des filets.'

>>> wikiquote.quotes('Nueve reinas', lang='es')[0]
# 'Más ofendido estás... menos sospechoso pareces.'

>>> wikiquote.quote_of_the_day(lang='es')
# 'El universo no fue hecho a medida del hombre; tampoco le es hostil: es indiferente.', 'Carl Edward Sagan'

>>> wikiquote.quotes('Hermann Hesse', lang='de')[0]
# 'Nun, aller höhere Humor fängt damit an, daß man die eigene Person nicht mehr ernst nimmt.'

>>> wikiquote.quote_of_the_day(lang='it')
# "Siamo angeli con un'ala sola. Possiamo volare solo restando abbracciati.", 'Luciano De Crescenzo'

>>> wikiquote.quote_of_the_day(lang='pl')
# 'Boże pomóż mi być takim człowiekiem, za jakiego uważa mnie mój pies.', 'Janusz Leon Wiśniewski'
```

## Tips
Use `random.choice()` to select a random quote from an article:
```python
>>> import wikiquote, random

>>> random.choice(wikiquote.quotes('Linus Torvalds'))
# 'WE DO NOT BREAK USERSPACE!'
```

## Caveats
As mentioned in the introduction, `wikiquote` may fail to retrieve quotes from some articles. This is due to Wikiquote.org's varying internal article layouts: some quotes may be contained in `div` elements, others in `li`, etc. depending on the article.

## Developing
First, check that all tests pass:
```bash
$ make test
```
After that, check that the `wikiquote` package follows the PEP 8 conventions:
```bash
$ pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
$ make codestyle
```
Finally, create a pull request stating your changes.

## TODO
- Improve the way quotes are searched for in the HTML articles, avoid returning things like external references, links or notes from quotes.
- Add more/better tests (for example, check that returned quotes do not contain characters like '(' or ')').
- Add support for more languages: each language may require a different scrapping method.