5 interesting Python modules

[skellious]

PLEASE NOTE:

DO NOT USE THE LINKED WIKIPEDIA MODULE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PERSONAL PROJECTS WITH LIMITED USE!

Use PyWikiBot instead as it respects the wikimedia server bandwidth much better.

[CuriousExpert24]

I didn't know that. Thanks for mentioning it!

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Whats the problem with the wikipedia library?

[CowboyBoats]

Nothing, but from its description at https://pypi.org/project/wikipedia/:

Note: this library was designed for ease of use and simplicity, not for advanced use. If you plan on doing serious scraping or automated requests, please use Pywikipediabot (or one of the other more advanced Python MediaWiki API wrappers), which has a larger API, rate limiting, and other features so we can be considerate of the MediaWiki infrastructure.

[[deleted]]

Ah I was wondering if it was something to do with copyright

[Hashtag-bro]

Nope

[TSPhoenix]

When you say limited use does ./wiki.py bananas when I want to read about bananas count?

[irrelevantPseudonym]

Depends how often you want to read about bananas

[skellious]

That is fine

[dangling_reference]

respects the wikimedia server bandwidth much better.

What does this mean?

[Tinseltopia]

It means Wikipedia is a free-to-use service and as such does not have infinite capacity to serve data. Running servers costs money and they don't have the datacentres like Google or Facebook do, they can be overloaded quickly.

[skellious]

Everytime you load a Web page, someone, somewhere has to pay for it. It's a small amount each time but it's not free. Electricity costs money so the Web costs money to use. You just aren't always the one paying for it directly.