PyWikiHow

An unofficial WikiWow python API. Uses BeautifulSoup to scrape WikiHow and return the data you want.

• Installation
• Usage
  • Random How To
  • Searching
  • Parsing

Installation

pip install pywikihow

Usage

Random How To

Learn random stuff! Retuns a random WikiHow article. Sometimes they're weird.

frompywikihowimportRandomHowTohow_to=RandomHowTo()
how_to.print()

Searching

frompywikihowimportWikiHow, search_wikihowmax_results=1# default for optional argument is 10how_tos=search_wikihow("how to learn programming", max_results)
assertlen(how_tos) ==1how_tos[0].print()
# for efficiency and to get unlimited entries, the best is to use the generatorforhow_toinWikiHow.search("how to learn python"):
how_to.print()

Parsing

Manipulate HowTo objects

frompywikihowimportHowTohow_to=HowTo("https://www.wikihow.com/Train-a-Dog")
data=how_to.as_dict()
print(how_to.url)
print(how_to.title)
print(how_to.intro)
print(how_to.n_steps)
print(how_to.summary)
first_step=how_to.steps[0]
first_step.print()
data=first_step.as_dict()
how_to.print(extended=True)

ToDo

• Many WikiHow articles also contain "Parts" which break down further into sub-steps. Write a function to parse these additional divisions.
• Add parser for tips
• Add parser for warnings