MediawikiSharp_API 1.0.1

MediawikiSharp_API

NuGet .NET Library that help with request Wikipedia content.

To do:

• Own Wikitext parser
• GetInfoBox method

Usage

Link to class file:

Mediawiki.cs

Import namespace

using MediawikiSharp_API;

Initialize library:

As a parameter in constructor you type wiki language in string eg:

var mediawiki = new Mediawiki("pl");

Or leave empty to default using "en":

var mediawiki = new Mediawiki();

GetMembersOfCategory or GetMembersOfCategoryAsync

var members = mediawiki.GetMembersInCategory("Category:Medicinal plants", Mediawiki.TypeOfCatMembers.Subcats);
//or: var members = await mediawiki.GetMembersInCategoryAsync("Category:Medicinal plants", Mediawiki.TypeOfCatMembers.Subcats);
foreach (var item in members)
{
    Console.WriteLine(item);
}

In both of them we will get result:

• Category:Medicinal plants by tradition
• Category:Medicinal plants of Africa
• ...
• Category:Yerba mate
• Category:Medicinal plant stubs

GetPageSections or GetPageSectionsAsync

var sections = mediawiki.GetPageSections("Bearberry", true);
foreach (var item in sections)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Title: " + item.Title + ", Parrent: " + item.ParentSection + "\n");
    Console.WriteLine("Content: " + item.Content + "\n");
    if (item.Images.Count > 0)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Images: " + item.Images.Count + "\n");
        foreach (var image in item.Images)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(image.FileName + ":\n" + image.URL + "\n" + image.URL_Resize + "\n");
        }
    }
    Console.WriteLine("EndSection\n");
}

The result:

"Title: Bearberry, Parrent: Bearberry

Content: [[File:Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG|thumbnail|Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]] thumb|''Arcostaphylos uva-ursi'' flowers Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos (see manzanita), they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunctive population in Central America. thumb|150px|right|Common bearberry from ''ThomĂc Flora von Deutschland, Ă-sterreich und der Schweiz'' 1885

Images: 3

Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG

Bearberry_Flower.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bearberry_Flower.jpg

Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg/150px-Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg"

GetImagesURL or GetImagesURLAsync

var images = mediawiki.GetImagesURL("Bearberry");
foreach (var image in images)
{
    Console.WriteLine(image.FileName + ":\n" + image.URL + "\n");
}

The result:

• Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Arctostaphylos-uva-ursi.JPG

• Bearberry_Flower.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Bearberry_Flower.jpg

• Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Illustration_Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi0.jpg

• Alpine_bearberry_in_Varrio_Nature_Reserve,_Finland.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Alpine_bearberry_in_Varrio_Nature_Reserve,_Finland.jpg

• Commons-logo.svg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg

The "URL_Resize" property will be null because we get only raw information about images. The resize can be execute manualy or will be executed automated in GetPageSections and GetPageSectionsAsync, where image will be fitted to size on Wiki page.

AdvancedRequestConstructorAndSend or AdvancedRequestConstructorAndSendAsync

This methotd allow create more advanced request or those that are not implemented in MediawikiSharp_API. Let us consider the request as default value of parameter

string request="action=query&titles=Foo&prop=info"

Request it in browser:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&formatversion=2&action=query&titles=Foo&prop=info

We get result:

{"batchcomplete":true,"query":{"pages":[{"pageid":9132808,"ns":0,"title":"Foo","contentmodel":"wikitext","pagelanguage":"en","pagelanguagehtmlcode":"en","pagelanguagedir":"ltr","touched":"2018-07-31T15:04:55Z","lastrevid":794535609,"length":108,"redirect":true}]}} 

Copy all of text, go to Visual Studio and in any place in code do this: Edit → Paste Special → Paste JSON As Classes.

public class MyJSON
{
  public class Rootobject
  {
      public bool batchcomplete { get; set; }
      public Query query { get; set; }
  }

  public class Query
  {
      public Page[] pages { get; set; }
  }

  public class Page
  {
      public int pageid { get; set; }
      public int ns { get; set; }
      public string title { get; set; }
      public string contentmodel { get; set; }
      public string pagelanguage { get; set; }
      public string pagelanguagehtmlcode { get; set; }
      public string pagelanguagedir { get; set; }
      public DateTime touched { get; set; }
      public int lastrevid { get; set; }
      public int length { get; set; }
      public bool redirect { get; set; }
  }
}

This will safe a lot of time. Of course you can create json classes independently.

Then call the method:

var json = await mediawiki.AdvancedRequestConstructorAndSendAsync<MyJSON.Rootobject>();
var result = json.query.pages[0];
Console.WriteLine(result.contentmodel);
Console.WriteLine(result.lastrevid);
Console.WriteLine(result.length);
Console.WriteLine(result.ns);
Console.WriteLine(result.pageid);
Console.WriteLine(result.pagelanguage);
Console.WriteLine(result.pagelanguagedir);
Console.WriteLine(result.pagelanguagehtmlcode);
Console.WriteLine(result.redirect);
Console.WriteLine(result.title);
Console.WriteLine(result.touched);

with result:

wikitext
794535609
108
0
9132808
en
ltr
en
True
Foo
31.07.2018 15:04:55