Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Wikipedia project OS X setup: Difference between revisions

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imported>Mako
(Created page with "==Download the WikipediaAPI project== # Right click the following file, click "Save Target as..." or "Save link as...", and save it to your Desktop directory: http://mako.cc/...")
 
imported>Ben zen
(→‎Test the WikipediaAPI code: Corrected a run.py reference, added code tags.)
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ls
ls


will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "wikipedia-mwc1.py", which has a ".py" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:
will show you the source code files in that directory. One of the files is "<code>wikipedia-mwc1.py</code>", which has a "<code>.py</code>" extension indicating that it is a Python script. Type:


python wikipedia-mwc1.py
python wikipedia-mwc1.py


at the command prompt to execute the run.py Python script. Wait a little while while your computer connects to Wikipedia. You should see some data from Wikipedia go by on your screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.
at the command prompt to execute the <code>wikipedia-mwc1.py</code> Python script. Wait a little while while your computer connects to Wikipedia. You should see some data from Wikipedia go by on your screen. If you don't, let a staff member know.


==Success!==
==Success!==