Psuedo code for updating wikitionary

create_defs.py

# csv is built in
import csv

# requests must be installed with `pip`. See also: virtual environment.
import requests
# #Use this instead of reader[:10] to get a random 10 instead of the first ten.
# import random
# random.sample(reader, 10)

# Double quoted strings will allow for multiple lines, but all of the whitespace will be preserved,
# including the newline between the first """ and the next line.
template = """
{word} ({pos}): {def_}
"""

with open('words.csv') as f:
  reader = csv.reader(f)
  for row in reader[:10]:
    entry = template.format(
        word=row[0],
        pos=row[1],
        def_=row[2],
    )

    # 1. Get any required tokens, including OAuth for authentication if required

    # 2. Make a GET request to created the article ('articledata' is probably not the right param!)
    #    (row[0], the word, is used as the title)
    #    TODO: Lookup how to add the KEA category
    requests.get('https://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php',
                 data={
                     'action': 'edit',
                     'title': f'User:myusername/testdefs/{row[0]}',
                     'articledata': entry
                 })