MWParserFromHell v0.4 Documentation¶
mwparserfromhell
(the MediaWiki Parser from Hell) is a Python package
that provides an easy-to-use and outrageously powerful parser for MediaWiki
wikicode. It supports Python 2 and Python 3.
Developed by Earwig with contributions from Σ, Legoktm, and others. Development occurs on GitHub.
Installation¶
The easiest way to install the parser is through the Python Package Index;
you can install the latest release with pip install mwparserfromhell
(get pip). On Windows, make sure you have the latest version of pip
installed by running pip install --upgrade pip
.
Alternatively, get the latest development version:
git clone https://github.com/earwig/mwparserfromhell.git
cd mwparserfromhell
python setup.py install
You can run the comprehensive unit testing suite with
python setup.py test -q
.