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30 changes: 15 additions & 15 deletions scraper.py
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# connecting to database
db = MySQLdb.connect(host="127.0.0.1", port=3306, user="root", passwd="", db="LabBasedProject",charset='utf8' )
cursor=db.cursor()
cursor = db.cursor()

# url to start with
url='https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Q5&limit=500'
url = 'https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Q5&limit=500'

for i in range(1,101) :

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soup = BeautifulSoup(data)

# finding all links
link_array=soup.find_all('a')
link_array = soup.find_all('a')

url=''
# looking for next page url
for link in link_array:
if link.string=='next 500':
temp=link['href']
url='https://www.wikidata.org'+temp
if link.string == 'next 500':
temp = link['href']
url = 'https://www.wikidata.org'+temp
break

# searching for name specific list on webpage
if soup.ul['id']=='mw-whatlinkshere-list' :
data=soup.ul
person_list=data.find_all('li')
if soup.ul['id'] == 'mw-whatlinkshere-list' :
data = soup.ul
person_list = data.find_all('li')

for person in person_list :
temp=person.a['title']
temp1=temp.split('|')
if len(temp1)>=2 :
name=temp1[0][0:len(temp1[0])-1].lower()
description=temp1[1][1:len(temp1[1])-1].lower()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO `WikiPersons`(`NAME`,`DESCRIPTION`) VALUES (%s,%s)",(name,description))
temp = person.a['title']
temp1 = temp.split('|')
if len(temp1) >= 2 :
name = temp1[0][:-1].lower()
description = temp1[1][1:-1].lower()
cursor.execute("INSERT INTO `WikiPersons` VALUES (%s,%s)" % (name,description))

# write url of next page on a text file so that can resume process if error occurs
f = open('url', 'w')
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