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mwparserfromhell_wikipedia_wikitext_template_parsing_and_manipulation.py
pythonThis quickstart demonstrates how to parse a Wikipedia wikitext string a
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mwparserfromhell_wikipedia_wikitext_template_parsing_and_manipulation.py
1import mwparserfromhell
2
3# Example wikitext from a Wikipedia article
4wikitext = "Edit the page! {{Cleanup|date=July 2012}} '''Hello world'''."
5
6# Parse the wikitext
7code = mwparserfromhell.parse(wikitext)
8
9# Extract and display the text without markup
10print(code.strip_code())
11# Output: Edit the page! Hello world.
12
13# Access and modify templates
14templates = code.filter_templates()
15if templates:
16 template = templates[0]
17 print(template.name)
18 # Output: Cleanup
19
20 template.add("reason", "not enough examples")
21 print(code)
22 # Output: Edit the page! {{Cleanup|date=July 2012|reason=not enough examples}} '''Hello world'''_