public static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Check if page exists
bool doesExist = Wiki.DoesPageExist("shouldnotexist"); // false
doesExist = Wiki.DoesPageExist("snow"); // true
doesExist = Wiki.DoesPageExist("lion"); // true
doesExist = Wiki.DoesPageExist("nonsensepage"); // false
// Build custom query
QueryBuilder queryBuilder = new QueryBuilder("https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?");
queryBuilder.AppendParam("action", "query");
queryBuilder.AppendMultiValParam("prop", new [] { "info", "description" });
queryBuilder.AppendParam("titles", "snow");
string result = Wiki.QueryPageName(queryBuilder);
ParserXml parserXml = new ParserXml(result);
// Convenience method for grabbing a page summary (first paragraph)
string summary = Wiki.PageSummary("snow");
}
/// <summary>
/// Check a page exists
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pageTitle">Title of wiki page</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool DoesPageExist(string pageTitle)
{
QueryBuilder query = new QueryBuilder(BASE_URI, Format.JSON);
query.AppendParam("action", "query");
query.AppendParam("titles", pageTitle);
query.Format = Format.XML;
string result = QueryPageName(query);
ParserXml parserXml = new ParserXml(result);
string idStr = parserXml.PageId();
try{
int id = Int32.Parse(idStr);
if (id >= 0)
{
return(true);
}
}
catch (FormatException e) {
return(false);
}
return(false);
}
