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<oerjan> learn Umlaut is German for "hum aloud", an important feature of the German language. It is indicated by putting two dots over the vowel of the syllable.
author HackBot
date Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:04:47 +0000
parents e037173e0012
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#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys
import json
import urllib2

proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': os.environ['http_proxy']})
opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_handler)
urllib2.install_opener(opener)

def lose():
    print 'You get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good DAY sir!'
    sys.exit()

def eels():
    print 'My hovercraft is full of eels.'
    sys.exit()

if len(sys.argv) > 2:
    args = sys.argv[1:]
elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
    args = sys.argv[1].split()
else:
    lose()

if len(args) == 2:
    from_lang = args[0]
    to_lang = 'en'
    word = args[1]
elif len(args) == 3:
    from_lang = args[0]
    to_lang = args[1]
    word = args[2]
else:
    lose()

def query(continue_id):
    url = 'http://%s.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&action=query&' \
        'redirects=1&titles=%s&prop=langlinks' % (from_lang, word)
    if continue_id:
        url += '&llcontinue=' + continue_id
    try:
        response = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
    except urllib2.URLError, e:
        print e.reason
        sys.exit()
    return json.loads(response)

continue_id = None
while True:
    q = query(continue_id)
    if '-1' in q['query']['pages']:
        eels()
    page = q['query']['pages'].values()[0]
    if 'langlinks' not in page:
        eels()
    for link in q['query']['pages'].values()[0]['langlinks']:
        if link['lang'] == to_lang:
            print link['*'].encode('utf-8')
            sys.exit()
    if 'query-continue' in q:
        continue_id = q['query-continue']['langlinks']['llcontinue']
    else:
        eels()