On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 17:03, Julius Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey, > > It seems the following API call works for Wikipedia pages: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exsentences=10&titles=Pet_door > > But not for Wikisource pages: > > > https://en.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exsentences=10&titles=A_Simplified_Grammar_of_the_Swedish_Language > > Is there documentation somewhere about the API not working for Wikisource > or perhaps only certain actions / props working for certain sites? > Did you look at the wikitext of that page? https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=A_Simplified_Grammar_of_the_Swedish_Language&action=edit prop=extracts works, but I would say it's a poor fit for many (most?) wikisource pages. https://en.wikisource.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&exsentences=10&titles=Wikisource:Community_collaboration/Monthly_Challenge/September_2022 How can I get the full plaintext from an entire book on Wikisource with the > API? > Plaintext as in wikitext or in parsed html converted to plaintext? You could use something like this to fetch every page under A_Simplified_Grammar_of_the_Swedish_Language: https://en.wikisource.org/w/api.php?generator=allpages&action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop=content&rvslots=main&gapprefix=A_Simplified_Grammar_of_the_Swedish_Language Regards
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