The Hypermodern Python Project¶

License¶

MIT License

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modern_python.console¶

Command-line interface.

modern_python.wikipedia¶

Client for the Wikipedia REST API, version 1.

class modern_python.wikipedia.Page(title, extract)¶

Page resource.

title¶: The title of the Wikipedia page.

extract¶: A plain text summary.

modern_python.wikipedia.random_page(language='en')¶

Return a random page.

Performs a GET request to the /page/random/summary endpoint.

Parameters: language (str) – The Wikipedia language edition. By default, the English Wikipedia is used (“en”).
Return type: Page
Returns: A page resource.
Raises: ClickException – The HTTP request failed or the HTTP response contained an invalid body.

Example

>>> from modern_python import wikipedia
>>> page = wikipedia.random_page(language="en")
>>> bool(page.title)
True

The example project for the Hypermodern Python article series. The command-line interface prints random facts to your console, using the Wikipedia API.

Installation¶

To install the Hypermodern Python project, run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install hypermodern-python

Usage¶

Hypermodern Python’s usage looks like:

$ hypermodern-python [OPTIONS]

-l <language>, --language <language>¶: The Wikipedia language edition, as identified by its subdomain on wikipedia.org. By default, the English Wikipedia is selected.

--version¶: Display the version and exit.

--help¶: Display a short usage message and exit.