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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+###############################################################################
+#
+# This script scrapes the Covid-19 Wikiproject
+#
+# It (1) hits the fcgi to find out how many rounds. Then (2) hit the fcgi
+# that many rounds, cooking that information down to just a list of article names and
+# then (3) saves it out.
+#
+# At time of writing:
+# the fCGI returns only 1000 max, no matter what you put in the limit. page 1 looks like this....
+# https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=COVID-19&namespace=&pagename=&quality=&importance=&score=&limit=1000&offset=1&sorta=Importance&sortb=Quality
+#
+# and page 2 looks like this
+# https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?namespace=&run=yes&projecta=COVID-19&score=&sorta=Importance&importance=&limit=1000&pagename=&quality=&sortb=Quality&&offset=1001
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+import argparse
+import requests
+import datetime
+import logging
+import re
+import math
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+def parse_args():
+
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Get a list of pages tracked by the COVID-19 Wikiproject.')
+ parser.add_argument('-o', '--output_folder', help='Where to save output', default="../resources/", type=str)
+ parser.add_argument('-L', '--logging_level', help='Logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, critical. Default: info.', default='info'),
+ parser.add_argument('-W', '--logging_destination', help='Logging destination.', default='../logs/')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ return(args)
+
+
+def main():
+
+ args = parse_args()
+
+ outputPath = args.output_folder
+
+ #handle -W
+ today = datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%Y%m%d')
+ dest = args.logging_destination
+ logHome = f"{dest}scraping{today}"
+
+ #handle -L
+ loglevel = args.logging_level
+ if loglevel == 'debug':
+ logging.basicConfig(filename=logHome, filemode='a', level=logging.DEBUG)
+ elif loglevel == 'info':
+ logging.basicConfig(filename=logHome, filemode='a', level=logging.INFO)
+ elif loglevel == 'warning':
+ logging.basicConfig(filename=logHome, filemode='a', level=logging.WARNING)
+ elif loglevel == 'error':
+ logging.basicConfig(filename=logHome, filemode='a', level=logging.ERROR)
+ elif loglevel == 'critical':
+ logging.basicConfig(filename=logHome, filemode='a', level=logging.CRITICAL)
+ else:
+ print("Choose a valid log level: debug, info, warning, error, or critical")
+ exit
+
+
+ outputFile = f"{outputPath}articles.txt"
+ logging.debug(f"Starting scrape at {datetime.datetime.now()} and destructively outputting article list to {outputFile}.")
+ #1 How many hits to the fcgi?
+
+ #make a session
+
+ session = requests.Session()
+
+ originalURL = "https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=COVID-19&namespace=&pagename=&quality=&importance=&score=&limit=1000&offset=1&sorta=Importance&sortb=Quality"
+ headURL = "https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=COVID-19&namespace=&pagename=&quality=&importance=&score=&limit=1000&offset="
+ tailURL = "&sorta=Importance&sortb=Quality" #head + offset + tail = original when offset = 1
+
+ # find out how many results we have
+ response = session.get(originalURL)
+
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, features="html.parser")
+ nodes = soup.find_all('div', class_="navbox")
+ rx = re.compile("Total results:\D*(\d+)")
+ m = rx.search(nodes[0].get_text())
+ #print(nodes[0].get_text())
+ numResults = int(m.group(1))
+
+ logging.debug(f"fcgi returned {numResults}")
+ rounds = math.ceil(numResults/1000)
+
+ #2 Fetch and parse down to just the article names
+ articleNames = []
+
+ for i in range(1, rounds+1):
+ offset = (i - 1)*1000 + 1 #offset is 1, then 1001, then 2001
+ url = f"{headURL}{offset}{tailURL}"
+ response = session.get(url)
+ soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, features="html.parser") #make fresh soup
+ article_rows = soup.find_all('tr', class_="list-odd") #just the odds first
+ for row in article_rows:
+ a = row.find('a')
+ articleNames.append(a.get_text())
+ article_rows = soup.find_all('tr', class_="list-even") #now the events
+ for row in article_rows:
+ a = row.find('a')
+ articleNames.append(a.get_text())
+
+ #3 Saves the list to a file
+
+ with open(outputFile, 'w') as f:
+ f.write("Article\n")
+ f.write('\n'.join(articleNames)+'\n')
+ logging.debug(f"Finished scrape and made a new article file at {datetime.datetime.now()}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+ main()
+