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create_given_name

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
This script creates a new givenname on Wikidata based on input.
TODO: check no item exists, with P31:202444
"""
import argparse
import sys
import pywikibot
# Usage: create_givenname.py [-h] givenname
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='Creates a given name item on Wikidata.'
)
parser.add_argument(
'givenname',
metavar='givenname', nargs=1,
help='the given name to create'
)
parser.add_argument(
'genre',
metavar='genre', nargs='?', default='D',
help='M for a male, F for a female, U for an unisex given name',
choices=['M', 'F', 'U', 'D']
)
args = parser.parse_args()
givenname = args.givenname[0]
genre = args.genre[0]
# Consistency check
if givenname[0].islower():
sys.stderr.write(
"Can't create a givenname 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 given name " + givenname
)
title = result.get('entity').get('id')
item = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, title=title)
item.get()
labels = {
'fr': givenname,
'en': givenname
}
item.editLabels(labels, summary='Adding given name labels')
description = {
'en': 'given name',
'fr': 'prénom'
}
item.editDescriptions(description, summary='Adding given name descriptions')
genre_items = {
'D': 'Q202444',
'M': 'Q12308941',
'F': 'Q11879590',
'U': 'Q3409032'
}
claim = pywikibot.Claim(repo, 'P31')
target = pywikibot.ItemPage(repo, genre_items[genre])
claim.setTarget(target)
item.addClaim(claim)
print(title)

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