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From: Thomas Passin <list1@tompassin.net>
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Subject: Re: Script stops running with no error
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:58:02 -0400
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On 8/28/2024 8:07 PM, dn via Python-list wrote:
> On 29/08/24 10:32, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
>> On 8/28/2024 5:09 PM, Daniel via Python-list wrote:
>>> As you all have seen on my intro post, I am in a project using Python
>>> (which I'm learning as I go) using the wikimedia API to pull data from
>>> wiktionary.org. I want to parse the json and output, for now, just the
>>> definition of the word.
>>>
>>> Wiktionary is wikimedia's dictionary.
>>>
>>> My requirements for v1
>>>
>>> Query the api for the definition for table (in the python script).
>>> Pull the proper json
>>> Parse the json
>>> output the definition only
> 
> 
>> You need to check at each part of the code to see if you are getting 
>> or producing what you think you are.  You also should create a text 
>> constant containing the JSON input you expect to get.  Make sure you 
>> can process that.  Start simple - one main item.  Then two main 
>> items.  Then two main items with one sub item.  And so on.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you want to produce in the end but this seems 
>> awfully complex to be starting with.  Also you aren't taking advantage 
>> of the structure inherent in the JSON.  If the data response isn't too 
>> big, you can probably take it as is and use the Python JSON reader to 
>> produce a Python data structure.  It should be much easier (and 
>> faster) to process the data structure than to repeatedly scan all 
>> those lines of data with regexes.
> 
> 
> Good effort so far!
> 
> 
> Further to @Thomas: the code does seem to be taking the long way around! 
> How can we illustrate that, and improve life?
> 
> 
> The Wiktionary docs at https://developer.wikimedia.org/use-content/ 
> discuss how to use their "Developer Portal". Worth reading!
> 
> As part of the above, we find the "API:Data formats" page (https:// 
> www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats) which offers a simple example 
> (more simple than your objectives):
> 
> api.php?action=query&titles=Main%20page&format=json
> 
> which produces:
> 
> {
>    "query": {
>      "pages": {
>        "217225": {
>          "pageid": 217225,
>          "ns": 0,
>          "title": "Main page"
>        }
>      }
>    }
> }
> 
> Does this look like a Python dict[ionary's] output to you?
> 
> It is, (more discussion at the web.ref)
> - but it is wrapped into a JSON payload.

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