Wikipedia homepage

A homepage for Wikipedia that can be used for alternative URLs, such as wikipedia.se. Has a search box for Wikipedia and space for information about chapter, user group or similar.

Based on Wikimedia.de developed by Wikimedia Deutschland.

Running

It's recommended to use venv.

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Start with:

flask run

Add --debug when developing to make your life easier.

Endpoints

/suggest

Used internally to fetch search suggestions.

/go

Used internally to go to a Wikipedia page.

/preview-banner

Used to get a preview of a banner without saving it. Uses variables under banner from config.yaml. Parameters url and selector can be used to use content from another URL in the preview. See config.yaml for details.

/set-banner

Saves banner content for subsequent visits. Uses variables under banner from config.yaml.

Maintenance Scripts

These scripts can help with setting up, but aren't used during runtime. They're located in the maintenance folder.

get_search_strings.py

Generates the placeholder strings for the search field, e.g. "Search Wikipedia" for English, for each search language in the config. Each string is retrieved from the search field on that language version of Wikipedia.