Hi Masti, Thank you for the reply. As I see and searched in the API, there is no way that I can get the template extraction through the API. So what I am thinking is to get the list of templates through API as follows for Amoxicillin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles...
But I do not see the template "Template:Cell_wall_disruptive_antibiotics" as you mentioned in the last e-mail. I expected prop=templates query would give me all the properties in the wiki page. Then select the appropriate template to get external links using API as follows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Tem...
I also have issues with this query as well. It returns links that I do not see in the template page. For example, Beta-lactam antibiotic is not there in the template page but the query return it.
Do you have any idea about these issues? Thank you.
________________________________________ From: mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of masti [mastigm@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:38 AM To: mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-api] extracting external link portion of a wiki page
The table you are referring to is a template. In this case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cell_wall_disruptive_antibiotics
so you need to extract links from this template page. They are not directly stated in the article.
masti
On 09/13/2012 04:37 AM, Gunaratna, Dalkandura Arachchige Kalpa Shashika Silva wrote:
Hi Ed, The query you mentioned returns external urls in the web page. May be the word I used is ambiguous. In some Wikipedia pages there is a section called "External Links". It is normally after further reading section. so in this example Amoxicillin Wikipedia page, there is a table like structure having a heading "Antibacterials: cell envelope antibiotics (J01C-J01D)" under "External Link" section of the page. Basically, what I want to do is to get urls mentioned in that section for each wikipedia page. Do you get the requirement clearly now? Thank you.
regards, Kalpa ________________________________________ From: mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mediawiki-api-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] on behalf of Ed Summers [ehs@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:27 PM To: MediaWiki API announcements& discussion Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-api] extracting external link portion of a wiki page
Does, this get you what you need?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Amoxicillin&format=json&pllimit=500It should return all the Wikipedia links in the article. The external links are links to web properties outside of Wikipedia.
//Ed
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Gunaratna, Dalkandura Arachchige Kalpa Shashika Silvagunaratna.2@wright.edu wrote:
Hi, I have been using mediaWiki API to get categories a page belongs to using 'query' for 'action' and 'category' for 'prop'.
Now I want to get external link part of a page. For example, Amoxicillinwikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoxicillin has a table like structure in the external links section down in the bottom of the page having links to many other related concepts to Amoxicillin. I want to retrieve links of those related concepts. Currently, I am looking for a way to get these details. I am not sure yet whether I can do it through the API or I just have to process the page to get those details. If there is a way to get these details through MediaWiki API, please respond. Thank you very much in advance.
regards, Kalpa
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