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	#!/usr/bin/env python

	"""
	This script creates a new surname on Wikidata based on input.

	TODO: check no item exists, with P31:Q101352
	"""

	import argparse
	import json
	import pywikibot
	import os

	# usage: create_surname.py [-h] surname
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
	description='Creates a surname item on Wikidata.'
	)
	parser.add_argument(
	'surname', metavar='surname',
	nargs=1, help='the surname to create'
	)
	args = parser.parse_args()
	surname = args.surname[0]

	# Consistency check
	# if surname[0].islower():
	# sys.stderr.write(
	# "Can't create a surname with the first letter in lower case.\n"
	# )
	# sys.exit(5);

	# Creates item on Wikidata
	site = pywikibot.Site("wikidata", "wikidata")
	repo = site.data_repository()

	data = {}
	result = repo.editEntity(
	{}, {},
	summary="Creating empty item for surname " + surname
	)
	title = result.get('entity').get('id')
	item = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, title=title)
	item.get()

	script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

	# Gets whitelist latin languages to avoid create the element in other scripts.
	latin_languages_file = os.path.join(script_dir, 'l10n/latin-whitelist.json')
	with open(latin_languages_file) as data_file:
	latin_languages = json.load(data_file)

	# Gets descriptions from l10n file, and fill labels for these languages.
	l10n_file = os.path.join(script_dir, 'l10n', 'surname.json')
	with open(l10n_file) as data_file:
	descriptions = json.load(data_file)

	labels_languages = set(descriptions.keys()).intersection(latin_languages)
	labels = {lang: surname for lang in latin_languages}

	item.editLabels(labels, summary='Adding surname labels')
	item.editDescriptions(descriptions, summary='Adding surname descriptions')

	claim = pywikibot.Claim(repo, 'P31')
	target = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, 'Q101352')
	claim.setTarget(target)
	item.addClaim(claim)

	print(title)

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