1 # 8. How many edits to the article "Python (programming language)"
4 # Useful page is here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Revisions
9 # parameter version which makes a little more sense
10 parameters = {'action' : 'query',
12 'titles' : 'Python (programming language)',
14 'rvprop' : "timestamp",
20 # run a "while True" loop
22 wp_call = requests.get('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php', params=parameters)
23 response = wp_call.json()
25 for page_id in response["query"]["pages"].keys():
26 revisions = response["query"]["pages"][page_id]["revisions"]
29 if rev['timestamp'][0:4] == "2014":
30 edits_in_2014 = edits_in_2014 + 1
32 if 'continue' in response:
33 parameters.update(response['continue'])