ExWikipedia behaviour (ex_wikipedia v0.4.0)

ExWikipedia is an Elixir client for the Wikipedia API.

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Functions

Accepts an integer (or a binary representation) and returns a struct with key information extracted.

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fetch(input, opts)

@callback fetch(input :: integer(), opts :: keyword()) :: {:ok, map()} | {:error, any()}
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url(key, value, lang)

(since 0.4.0)
@callback url(key :: atom(), value :: String.t(), lang :: String.t() | atom()) ::
  {:ok, String.t()} | {:error, String.t()}

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page(wikipedia_id, opts \\ [])

Accepts an integer (or a binary representation) and returns a struct with key information extracted.

examples

Examples

iex> ExWikipedia.page(54173, [])
{:ok,
  %ExWikipedia.Page{
    categories: ["Webarchive template wayback links",
      "All articles with dead external links",
      "Films whose writer won the Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award",
      "Independent Spirit Award for Best Film winners", ...],
    content: "Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy crime film" <> ...,
    external_links: ["https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pulp-fiction-film-0",
      "https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm",
      ...],
    images: ["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Pulp_Fiction_%281994%29_poster.jpg",
      "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Willis_in_Pulp_Fiction.jpg/220px-Willis_in_Pulp_Fiction.jpg",
      ...],
    is_redirect?: false,
    page_id: 54173,
    revision_id: 1069204423,
    summary: "Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written" <> ...,
    title: "Pulp Fiction",
    url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction"
  }}

iex> ExWikipedia.page(1)
{:error, "There is no page with ID 1."}

iex> ExWikipedia.page(%{})
{:error, "%{} is not supported type for lookup."}

iex> ExWikipedia.page("Pulp_Fiction", by: :page)
{:ok,
 %ExWikipedia.Page{
   categories: ["Webarchive template wayback links",
    "All articles with dead external links",
    "Articles with dead external links from June 2016", ...],
   content: "Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy" <> ...,
   external_links: ["https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pulp-fiction-film-0",
    "https://web.archive.org/web/20150510235257/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pulp-fiction-film-0",
    "https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pulpfiction.htm", ...],
   images: ["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Pulp_Fiction_%281994%29_poster.jpg",
    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Willis_in_Pulp_Fiction.jpg/", ...],
   page_id: 54173,
   revision_id: 1059110452,
   summary: "Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, who conceived it with Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson," <> ...,
   title: "Pulp Fiction",
   url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction"
 }}

iex> ExWikipedia.page(30007, by: :pageid)
{:ok,
 %ExWikipedia.Page{
   categories: ["1990s English-language films", "1990s chase films",
    "1990s dystopian films", "1990s science fiction action films", ...],
   content: "The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the" <> ...,
   external_links: ["https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/matrix-1970-3", ...],
   images: ["https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Matrix_Poster.jpg", ...],
   is_redirect?: false,
   links: ["12 Monkeys", "1980s", "1999 in film", "2.35:1",
    "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)", "26th Saturn Awards", ...],
   page_id: 30007,
   revision_id: 1095349510,
   summary: "The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis." <> ...,
   title: "The Matrix",
   url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix"
 }}

Redirects are allowed by default. Compare the following two results.

iex> ExWikipedia.page(10971271)
{:ok,
%ExWikipedia.Page{
  # ...
  is_redirect?: true,
  page_id: 10971271,
  title: "Irene Angelico",
  url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Angelico"
}}

iex> ExWikipedia.page(10971271, follow_redirect: false)
{:error,
"Content is from a redirected page, but `follow_redirect` is set to false"}

options

Options

See ExWikipedia.Page for full implementation details.