{"categories":[{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides simple Python access to Wikipedia article data through the MediaWiki API, enabling searches, summaries, links, and content retrieval without needing direct API knowledge.","skillfed_tags":["wikipedia-api","dormant-maintenance"],"use_cases":["Quick prototyping or learning: fetch Wikipedia summaries and article text for educational scripts or demos without API overhead.","Data collection for small projects: gather article links, references, or summaries for analysis when you don't need advanced scraping features.","Multilingual content access: switch between language editions to retrieve the same article in different languages.","Simple lookup tools: build a command-line or web tool that lets users search and read Wikipedia articles programmatically."],"what_it_does":"Wikipedia is a lightweight wrapper around the MediaWiki API designed to make it simple to fetch and parse Wikipedia data from Python. It lets you search for articles, retrieve summaries and full page content, extract links and images, and switch between language editions\u2014all without writing raw API calls. The library has no runtime dependencies and is intentionally minimal, trading advanced features for ease of use.\n\nHowever, the package has been dormant since 2014-11-15, with no releases for years. While the GitHub repository remains active and received a commit on 2024-05-12, the long gap between the last release and today raises serious questions about whether it still works against the current MediaWiki API, whether it handles modern Python versions correctly, and whether it respects current infrastructure expectations.","worth_installing":"No, unless you are working with legacy code or a frozen environment. The package is dormant (last release 2014-11-15), and its compatibility with current Python versions and the MediaWiki API is unverified. For new projects, seek a maintained alternative with active development and current API support. If you must use this library, test thoroughly in your environment first."},"id":"wikipedia","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wikipedia","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wikipedia.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/wikipedia/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2014-11-15","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"wikipedia","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Wikipedia API for Python"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1024854,"position":4483,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.4.0"}