jeroenl / wikitree-microdata

Provides access to WikiTree genealogical data.

wikitree-api

This library provides access to WikiTree genealogical data. It uses the microdata embedded in WikiTree's public pages.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.0 or higher
• The microdata library.

Installation

There are a few different ways you can get the wikitree-api library:

• Download the zipfile with the latest code.
• Checkout the source: git clone git://github.com/jeroenl/wikitree-api.

Install by extracting and running python setup.py in the source directory.

Usage

To retrieve data, use the classes in the wikitree.public package. Each requires an identifier or full URL to be passed when creating the object. For example:

# Pass an identifier or full URL
p = Person('Sloan-518')
p2 = Person('http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carvell-50')

# The data for this person is only retrieved when first accessing any of its properties.
p.name
# 'Clayton Sloan'

# Any references to other persons are returned as Person objects, which makes it easy to retrieve additional details.
p.children[0].birthDate
# '1922-05-07'