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[covid19.git] / wikipedia_views / scripts / fetch_daily_views.py

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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-###############################################################################
-#
-# This script assumes the presence of the COVID-19 repo.
-# 
-# It (1) reads in the article list and then (2) calls the Wikimedia API to 
-# fetch view information for each article. Output is to (3) JSON and TSV.
-#
-###############################################################################
-
-
-import requests
-import argparse
-import json
-import csv
-import time
-import os.path
-import datetime
-#import feather
-
-
-def parse_args():
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Call the views API repeatedly.')
-    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output_folder', help='Where to save output', default="../data/", type=str)
-    parser.add_argument('-i', '--article_file', help='File listing article names', default="../resources/articles.txt", type=str)
-    parser.add_argument('-d', '--query_date', help='Date if not yesterday, in YYYYMMDD format please.', type=str)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    return(args)
-
-
-def main():
-
-    args = parse_args()
-
-    outputPath = args.output_folder
-    articleFile = args.article_file
-
-    if (args.query_date):
-        queryDate = args.query_date
-    else:
-        yesterday = datetime.datetime.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=1)
-        queryDate = yesterday.strftime("%Y%m%d")
-
-    queryDate = queryDate + "00" #requires specifying hours
-
-
-    articleList = []
-    #1 Load up the list of article names
-
-    j_Out = f"{outputPath}dailyviews{queryDate}.json"
-    t_Out = f"{outputPath}dailyviews{queryDate}.tsv"
-
-    with open(articleFile, 'r') as infile:
-        next(infile) #skip header
-        articleList = list(infile)
-
-    j = []
-
-    #2 Repeatedly call the API with that list of names
-
-    for a in articleList:
-        a = a.strip("\"\n") #destringify
-        url= f"https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/metrics/pageviews/per-article/en.wikipedia/all-access/all-agents/{a}/daily/{queryDate}/{queryDate}"
-
-        response = requests.get(url)
-        if response.ok:
-            jd = json.loads(response.content)
-            j.append(jd["items"][0])
-            time.sleep(.1)
-        else:
-            print(f"Not ok response: {response.status_code} from {url}")
-
-    #3 Save results as a JSON and TSV
-
-    #all data in j now, make json file
-    with open(j_Out, 'w') as j_outfile: 
-        json.dump(j, j_outfile, indent=2)
-
-    with open(t_Out, 'w') as t_outfile:
-        dw = csv.DictWriter(t_outfile, sorted(j[0].keys()), delimiter='\t')
-        dw.writeheader()
-        dw.writerows(j)
-
-
-    # f_Out = outputPath + "dailyviews" + queryDate + ".feather"
-    # read the json back in and make a feather file? 
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-
-    main()