Wikipedia Transport

The Wikipedia Transport is a single controller that implements many individual features. Due to the many things we wish to interact with in Wikipedia (images, sections, whole pages), this is a particularly complex piece of code. As such this is currently most definitely a work in progress.

# Transporter

Drop a url on here to see the json sent to the transport:

# Use

Drop a Wikipedia url onto this transporter, or a link from a Wikipedia image to import the content. Follow up imported content sections by clicking on further links to import section content.

VIMEO 222722674 An intro showing how to use the Wikipedia Transport in order to import content into Fedwiki. This video shows some of the problems and bugs in the code.

Now with this Fedwiki transport you are able to store and share these lists in Fedwiki.

# Code

The code for this transporter is written in Livecode. You can view the source here - gist

# To Do

It should be enhanced to: * Use XPath * Spit out code into libraries

# See also

The mediawiki-transport is a single controller that implements many individual tranport features. It is a work in progress.

lib_MediaWiki is a Livecode script only stack designed to provide a flexible and easy way to interface with Wikipedia and other Mediawiki sites.

This Transport accepts a link to a Wikipedia (Mediawiki) image that is dropped onto it and display a Fedwiki Ghost Page containing the image.

The MediaWiki web API is a web service that provides convenient access to wiki features, data, and meta-data over HTTP. - mediawiki.org

We look to discuss proposed features and issues with this important transporter here. As an example we take the import of this page: