mwtemplates

mwtemplates is a simple wikitext template parser and editor, based on a python rewrite of the mediawiki preprocessorDOM.php. Tested with python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and 3.3.

It can be installed directly off github:

$ pip install git+git://github.com/danmichaelo/mwtemplates.git

(There is also a version on PyPi that can be installed using pip install mwtemplates or easy_install mwtemplates)

Running tests

To run tests, clone the repo and do:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ pip install -r test_requirements.txt
$ py.test -x tests --pep8 mwtemplates -v --cov mwtemplates --doctest-modules

Usage examples

Usage example:

from mwtemplates import TemplateEditor
txt = u"""
{{Infoboks geografi
| kart = Svalbard_kart1.png
| land = Norge
| status = Øygruppe
| administrasjon = [[Odd Olsen Ingerø]] ''<small>(2009)</small>''
| administrasjonsnavn = [[Sysselmannen på Svalbard|Sysselmann]]
| areal = 61022
| befolkning = 2527
| befolkningsår = [[2011]]
| url = www.sysselmannen.svalbard.no
}}
"""
te = TemplateEditor(txt)
te.templates['infoboks geografi'][0].parameters['land'] = 'Russland'
print te.wikitext()