Wikiquote API

Small APi for Wikiquote

• How to install
• How to use
  • Import library
    • ES2017 Module style
      • In browser
      • In Node
    • Old style
      • Old style in browser
      • Old style in Node
  • API
  • Examples
    • Get all pages tile related to a given subject
    • Get HTML content for a given page title
    • Get all content as HTMLElement for a given subject
• Powered by Wikidata
• Yet another Wikidata API
• License

How to install

With Yarn

yarn add wikiquote-api

or with NPM

npm install wikiquote-api --save

How to use

Import library

ES2017 Module style

In browser

<script type="text/javascript" src="./node_modules/babel-polyfill/dist/polyfill.js"></script>
<script type="module" src="./node_modules/wikiquote-api/dist/WikiquoteApi.module.mjs"></script>

In Node

import 'babel-polyfill'
import WikiquoteApi from './node_modules/wikiquote-api/dist/WikiquoteApi.module.mjs'

Old style

Old style in browser

<script type="text/javascript" src="./node_modules/babel-polyfill/dist/polyfill.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./node_modules/wikiquote-api/dist/WikiquoteApi.browser.js"></script>

Old style in Node

require('babel-polyfill')
const WikiquoteApi = require('wikiquote-api')

API

WikiquoteApi provides this functions

async function searchQuotePage(
	searchTerm: string,
	lang?: string,
	searchUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string
): string[];

async function getQuotePage(
	pageTitle: string,
	lang?: string,
	pageUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	ambiguousPageConfig?: (lang: string) => string
): string;

async function getQuotePageDOM(
	pageTitle: string,
	lang?: string,
	pageUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	ambiguousPageConfig?: (lang: string) => string
): HTMLElement;

async function getFullQuotePage(
	searchTerm: string,
	lang?: string,
	searchUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	pageUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	ambiguousPageConfig?: (lang: string) => string
): Map<string, string>;

async function getFullQuotePageDOM(
	searchTerm: string,
	lang?: string,
	searchUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	pageUrlConfig?: (lang: string) => string,
	ambiguousPageConfig?: (lang: string) => string
): Map<string, HTMLElement>;

And this exceptions under the scope exception

• WikiquoteApiException
• UnsupportedLanguageException
• NoSuchPageException
• DisambiguationPageException

Examples

Get all pages tile related to a given subject

// returns a promise that resolve with all Spiderman related pages title
WikiquoteApi.searchQuotePage('Spiderman').then(console.log)
/*
Output:
[ 'Spider-Man',
  'Spider-Man 3',
  'Spider-Man 2',
  'Spider-Man: The Animated Series',
  'Spider-Man (2002 film)',
  'Spider-Man: Homecoming',
  'Spider-Man (2000 video game)',
  'Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions',
  'Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro',
  'Spider-Man: Web of Shadows',
  'Spider-Man: Edge of Time',
  'Spider-Man 3 (video game)',
  'Spider-Man 2 (Video Game)' ]
*/

Get HTML content for a given page title

// returns a promise that resolve with a HTMLElement with the Spider-Man (2002 film)'s HTML content
WikiquoteApi.getQuotePage('Spider-Man (2002 film)').then(console.log)
/*
Output:
<div class="mw-parser-output"><p><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(2002_film)" class="extiw" title="w:Spider-Man (2002 film)">Spider-Man</a></b></i> is a 2002 film based on the eponymous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" class="extiw" title="w:Marvel Comics">Marvel comic</a>. It stars <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobey_Maguire" class="extiw" title="w:Tobey Maguire">Tobey Maguire</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Dafoe" class="extiw" title="w:Willem Dafoe">Willem Dafoe</a> and explains the story ofPeter Parker's struggle to balance between his normal life and his life as Spider Man. This movie is released theaters May 3, 2002 in United States.</p>
...
<li><i>(last words of the movie)</i> Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-Man.</li>
...
*/

Get all content as HTMLElement for a given subject

// returns a promise that resolve with a Map<page's URL, HTMLElement with the content> of each pages related to Spiderman
WikiquoteApi.getFullQuotePageDOM('Iron Man').then(console.log)
/*
Output:
Map {
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%20(2008%20film)' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%3A%20Armored%20Adventures' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%20(comics)' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%203' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%202' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ted%20Hughes' => HTMLDivElement {},
  'https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iron%20Maiden' => HTMLDivElement {} }
*/

Powered by Wikidata

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Yet another Wikidata API

After tried severals Javascript API client for Wikidata nothing really suits to my needs or was too big :

• too many dependencies
• too many features not used

So, i created this small API for Wikiquote

License

MIT